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• Storm Nils Unleashes Destructive Winds, Deadly Avalanches Across Western Europe

  13-02-2026 20:00 via industrialinfo.com
  February 13, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--As Storm Nils swept across Western Europe, destructive winds, heavy rain and dangerous snow conditions combined to create one of the most disruptive winter storms of the season. The storm formed over the Atlantic, intensifying as it moved toward France. Driven by a strong jet stream, a clash between mild ocean air and colder continental air fueled powerful winds and heavy precipitation.
  
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• Trump to Pentagon: Use More Coal Power

  13-02-2026 08:55 via industrialinfo.com
  February 13, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)-- In his administration's latest effort to boost coal and coal-fired generation, President Donald Trump, flanked by members of his administration, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and a handful of coal-industry executives wearing hard hats, signed an executive order in the Oval Office Wednesday directing the Department of Defense (DOD) to increase its use of electricity generated by coal-fired power pla
  
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• Siemens Rides High on U.S.-Based Order Growth

  13-02-2026 08:55 via industrialinfo.com
  February 13, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Siemens AG is upbeat about its prospects for the coming year--particularly in the U.S., where a rapid growth in energy demand is fueling development of the company's Power Industry equipment.Industrial Info is tracking more than US$60 billion worth of projects across the U.S. that have a medium-to-high likelihood (70% or more) of beginning construction as planned and are using, or c
  
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• Restart of Michigan's Palisades Nuclear Plant Faces Another Potential Delay

  13-02-2026 08:50 via industrialinfo.com
  February 13, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)-Holtec's restart of the Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan faces yet another delay. The effort is a key part of Michigan's goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 and supporting a state law requiring 100% carbon-free electricity in 2040.
  
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• Permian Oil Holding Up, Despite Lack of Wells

  13-02-2026 08:50 via industrialinfo.com
  Crude oil production in the lucrative Permian Basin held steady during the fourth quarter of last year, even as the level of upstream activity declined, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reported.The Dallas Fed on Thursday reported that crude oil production in the Permian averaged 6.7 million barrels per day (BBL/d) over the three-month period ending December 31. That comes despite a downturn in drilling-related activity.
  
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• EPA Voids Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding for Vehicles

  13-02-2026 08:50 via industrialinfo.com
  February 13, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--In a White House event on Thursday, President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin said the agency was withdrawing the agency's own finding from 2009 that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles endangered public health and welfare as well as "all subsequent federal GHG emission standards for all vehicles and engines of model years 2012 to 2027 and beyond."
  
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• U.S. Oil Feeding Europe, as is Oil from Libya, Kazakhstan

  13-02-2026 08:45 via industrialinfo.com
  February 13, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. provided the largest share of crude oil exports to the European Union last year, though fringe players such as Libya were supportive, economists at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)said Thursday.
  The U.S. is the world leader in crude oil production, with output expected to average 13.6 million barrels per day (BBL/d) this year, according to U.S. federal estimates. In
  
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• Texas Lawmaker Pours Cold Water on County Moratorium for Data Center

  13-02-2026 08:40 via industrialinfo.com
  Tolar, Texas, with a population of about 1,300, is facing the prospect of having a hyperscale data center complex with more than 40 buildings next door. But there may be little the community can do about it. This week, commissioners in Hood County, home to Tolar, voted on a proposed six-month moratorium for large industrial developments, which would include data centers as well as the power plants that accompany them. However, before the vote, a letter from a state senator to Texas' attorney gen
  
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• Eliminated Tailpipe Emissions Standards, Exelon & Entergy Spending Plans: Your Daily Energy News

  13-02-2026 08:35 via industrialinfo.com
  We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.
  
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• Vetter Expands German Operations with New Pharma Plant

  13-02-2026 08:11 via industrialinfo.com
  GALWAY, IRELAND--February 13, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch, European News
  Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Germany's Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG is expanding its home-country operations with plans to spend 480 million euro (US$574 million) to build a state-of-the-art production facility in Saarlouis, in southwest Germany. A leading Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) for the production of injectable drugs, Vetter has submitted a planning applicat
  
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• Tropical Cyclone Gezani Strikes Madagascar, Impacting Port and Mining Operations

  13-02-2026 01:20 via industrialinfo.com
  February 13, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell, Ph.D., Energy Meteorologist & Analyst, for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Tropical Cyclone Gezani rapidly intensified before striking Madagascar as a Category 3 storm, causing fatalities, widespread damage, and major disruptions to mining exports and port operations. After weakening inland, it re-intensified over the Mozambique Channel and threatens southern Mozambique with strong winds, flooding, and surge.
  
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