Tuesday’s other energy news headlines

** A top official with Union Pacific revealed last week that the company could move its rail operations from Los Angeles County unless law enforcement stops thieves from raiding shipping containers.

** Hawaiian Electric, Hawaii’s largest electrical utility announced  that it hit the milestone equal to 1 billion watts in 2021 with a 5 % increase in private rooftop solar systems connected to its grids on Oahu, Hawaii island, Maui, Molokai and Lanai.

** In the first project of its kind in Northwest Florida, Florida Power & Light Company has finished replacing overhead power lines with more reliable underground lines to continue improving service and speed storm restoration for customers in a west Pensacola neighborhood.

World

** Swedish authorities are puzzled by reports that drones last week were seen hovering over two nuclear power plants on the country’s Baltic Sea coast.

** The world’s biggest independent oil trader, Vitol Group said crude prices, already up more than 10% this year, could rise even further because of tight supplies.

** Electric vehicle (EV) producers and suppliers could be facing a major cost headache starting this year as prices for battery-grade lithium are poised to skyrocket. Prices for the metal are already trading at a record high of $35 per kilogram in Asia.

** The president of South Korea on Monday vowed to world leaders that his fossil fuel-dependent country and the oil-rich United Arab Emirates would jointly expand their investments in renewable energy to tackle climate change.