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Headlines: April 2026
Hello and welcome to this month’s instalment of headlines proving we have gone beyond interesting times and need a new term.
 • Irina Slav
Europe wants Canadian LNG
Some European energy buyers are in talks to start importing LNG from Canada, via the Panama Canal, to diversify a bit away from the U.S.
 • Irina Slav
Sovereigntism, a plague upon the world
“You learn something new every day” are not empty words.
 • Irina Slav
Brits to get paid to use electricity
Per the FT: “British households and factories will be offered payments to use more electricity at certain times of the day in order to soak up surplus…
 • Irina Slav
A devastating loss
Wild oil price swings, markets turning on a dime, dime here meaning the latest Trump post on TruthSocial, analyst upon analyst revising their price…
 • Irina Slav
Sub-zero
“Imbalance costs (also known as balancing costs) are financial penalties that renewable energy producers incur when their actual energy generation…
 • Irina Slav
An awkward tax issue
It’s that time in the giant geopolitical circus programme when politicians start calling for windfall profit taxes on the energy industry.
 • Irina Slav
The face of desperation
There is a type of sombre facial expression that people tend to acquire when they are faced with a really serious problem that they know they do not…
 • Irina Slav
War conspirasea
March and the Great KitKat Heist are both over, and Record wind output helps shield the UK from worst of Iran war fallout. Since April Fools Day…
 • Irina Slav

March 2026

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