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Podcast recorded Feb 18
Podcast recorded Feb 18
Dan Steffens
Energy Prospectus Group
Energy Prospectus Group
Re: Podcast recorded Feb 18
Here are some details on the massive increase in the electric power grid that will be needed to meet the goals of Green New Deal Dreamers.
"Renewable energy developments continue at break-neck speed, with $644 billion to be spent on new capacity in 2024, but outdated and inadequate power grids could prove to be a significant stumbling block to the energy transition. If the world is to limit global warming to 1.8 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, $3.1 trillion of grid infrastructure investments are required before 2030, according to Rystad Energy research."
Read more: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Rystad-Energy-Transition-Requires-31-Trillion-in-Grid-Investment-by-2030.html
If you believe that we can electrify everything, then you should be investing in copper.
Also, there is NO WAY that wind and solar can keep up with the growing demand for electricity. Nuclear is the long-term solution, but U.S. voters don't want to live anywhere near a nuke and getting a nuclear power plant approved and built can take up to ten years. We are going to need a lot more natural gas fired power plants in the U.S. unless we want to return to coal fired power plants.
"Renewable energy developments continue at break-neck speed, with $644 billion to be spent on new capacity in 2024, but outdated and inadequate power grids could prove to be a significant stumbling block to the energy transition. If the world is to limit global warming to 1.8 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, $3.1 trillion of grid infrastructure investments are required before 2030, according to Rystad Energy research."
Read more: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Rystad-Energy-Transition-Requires-31-Trillion-in-Grid-Investment-by-2030.html
If you believe that we can electrify everything, then you should be investing in copper.
Also, there is NO WAY that wind and solar can keep up with the growing demand for electricity. Nuclear is the long-term solution, but U.S. voters don't want to live anywhere near a nuke and getting a nuclear power plant approved and built can take up to ten years. We are going to need a lot more natural gas fired power plants in the U.S. unless we want to return to coal fired power plants.
Dan Steffens
Energy Prospectus Group
Energy Prospectus Group
Re: Podcast recorded Feb 18
LONDON (Reuters) - On February 13th OPEC stuck to its forecast for relatively strong growth in global oil demand in 2024 and 2025 and raised its economic growth forecasts for both years saying there was further upside potential.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, in a monthly report, said world oil demand will rise by 2.25 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2024 and by 1.85 million bpd in 2025. Both forecasts were unchanged from last month.
A further boost to economic growth could give additional tailwind to oil demand. OPEC's 2024 demand growth forecast is already higher than that of other forecasters such as the International Energy Agency, although the wider OPEC+ alliance is still cutting output to support the market.
OPEC said a "positive trend" for economic growth was expected to extend into the first half of 2024 and raised its economic growth forecasts for 2024 and 2025 by 0.1 percentage points.
"Global economic growth remains robust," OPEC said in the report. "Further upside potential could materialise in all major OECD and non-OECD economies."
Oil prices have found support in 2024 from conflict in the Middle East and supply outages, although concerns about continued high interest rates have weighed. Brent crude on Tuesday was trading around $82 a barrel, up 0.5% < WTI was up $0.55/bbl to $79.74 at the time of this post on thin trading volume because of the President's Day holiday in the U.S.
A rise in prices last month stemmed from a range of factors including easing speculative selling pressure, supply disruptions, stronger-than-expected macroeconomic data and signs of robust oil market fundamentals, OPEC said.
OPEC now sees world economic growth of 2.7% this year and 2.9% in 2025, supported by the expectation of a continued easing in general inflation throughout this year and next.
GAP WITH IEA
For this year, OPEC's expectation of oil demand growth is much more than the expansion of 1.24 million bpd so far forecast by the IEA.
OPEC and the IEA have clashed in recent years over issues such as long-term demand and the need for investment in new supply. The IEA sees oil demand peaking by 2030 as the world shifts to cleaner energy, a view OPEC dismisses. < MY TAKE is that IEA (base in France) is under pressure from their "bosses" in Europe to make forecasts that align with the Paris Climate Accord, which IMO is total hog wash.
Earlier on Tuesday, OPEC's Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais told Reuters he believed OPEC's long-term demand outlook, which looks to 2045 and sees no peak in demand, is robust.
OPEC and the wider OPEC+ alliance have implemented a series of output cuts since late 2022 to support the market. A new cut for the first quarter took effect last month.
The OPEC report said that OPEC oil production fell by 350,000 bpd to 26.34 million bpd in January as the latest round of voluntary output cuts took effect. < U.S. and Canada oil production also declined in January due to weather related issues.
(Reporting by Alex Lawler; editing by Jason Neely and Sharon Singleton)
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, in a monthly report, said world oil demand will rise by 2.25 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2024 and by 1.85 million bpd in 2025. Both forecasts were unchanged from last month.
A further boost to economic growth could give additional tailwind to oil demand. OPEC's 2024 demand growth forecast is already higher than that of other forecasters such as the International Energy Agency, although the wider OPEC+ alliance is still cutting output to support the market.
OPEC said a "positive trend" for economic growth was expected to extend into the first half of 2024 and raised its economic growth forecasts for 2024 and 2025 by 0.1 percentage points.
"Global economic growth remains robust," OPEC said in the report. "Further upside potential could materialise in all major OECD and non-OECD economies."
Oil prices have found support in 2024 from conflict in the Middle East and supply outages, although concerns about continued high interest rates have weighed. Brent crude on Tuesday was trading around $82 a barrel, up 0.5% < WTI was up $0.55/bbl to $79.74 at the time of this post on thin trading volume because of the President's Day holiday in the U.S.
A rise in prices last month stemmed from a range of factors including easing speculative selling pressure, supply disruptions, stronger-than-expected macroeconomic data and signs of robust oil market fundamentals, OPEC said.
OPEC now sees world economic growth of 2.7% this year and 2.9% in 2025, supported by the expectation of a continued easing in general inflation throughout this year and next.
GAP WITH IEA
For this year, OPEC's expectation of oil demand growth is much more than the expansion of 1.24 million bpd so far forecast by the IEA.
OPEC and the IEA have clashed in recent years over issues such as long-term demand and the need for investment in new supply. The IEA sees oil demand peaking by 2030 as the world shifts to cleaner energy, a view OPEC dismisses. < MY TAKE is that IEA (base in France) is under pressure from their "bosses" in Europe to make forecasts that align with the Paris Climate Accord, which IMO is total hog wash.
Earlier on Tuesday, OPEC's Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais told Reuters he believed OPEC's long-term demand outlook, which looks to 2045 and sees no peak in demand, is robust.
OPEC and the wider OPEC+ alliance have implemented a series of output cuts since late 2022 to support the market. A new cut for the first quarter took effect last month.
The OPEC report said that OPEC oil production fell by 350,000 bpd to 26.34 million bpd in January as the latest round of voluntary output cuts took effect. < U.S. and Canada oil production also declined in January due to weather related issues.
(Reporting by Alex Lawler; editing by Jason Neely and Sharon Singleton)
Dan Steffens
Energy Prospectus Group
Energy Prospectus Group