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Vancouver adopts 100 per cent EV-ready policy

VANCOUVER - Vancouver is now one of the first cities in North America to adopt a 100 per cent Electric…

Canadian Scientists say power utilities need to adapt to climate change

TORONTO - The increasing intensity of storms that lead to massive power outages highlights the need for Canada’s electrical utilities…

US looks to decommission Alaskan military reactor

WASHINGTON - The US Army Corps of Engineers has begun decommissioning Alaska’s only nuclear power plant, SM-1A, which is located…

US January power generation jumps 9.3% on year: EIA

WASHINGTON - The US generated 373.2 TWh of power in January, up 7.9% from 345.9 TWh in December and 9.3%…

Duke Energy will spend US$25bn to modernise its US grid

WASHINGTON - The US power group Duke Energy plans to invest US$25bn on grid modernization over the 2017-2026 period, including the implementation…

NRC Makes Available Turkey Point Renewal Application

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday that it had made available the first-ever "subsequent license renewal application,"…

Deepwater Wind Eyeing Massachusetts’ South Coast for Major Offshore Wind Construction Activity

NEW BEDFORD - Deepwater Wind will assemble the wind turbine foundations for its Revolution Wind in Massachusetts, and it has…

Swiss electricity getting cleaner, says energy report

BERN - The electricity consumed in Switzerland is ever greener, according to government statistics: some 62% comes from renewable sources,…

More than a third of Irish electricity to be green within four years

DUBLIN - The share of wind and solar in total electricity generation in Ireland is expected to exceed 33pc by…

India is now the world’s third-largest electricity producer

NEW DELHI - India now generates around 1,160.1 billion units of electricity in financial year 2017, up 4.72% from the…

Uzbekistan Looks To Export Electricity To Afghanistan

LONDON - Senior officials with Uzbekistan’s state-run power company have said work has begun on building power cables to Afghanistan…

Renewables generated more electricity than brown coal over summer, report finds

LONDON - Renewable energy generated more electricity than brown coal during Australia’s summer for the first time in 2017-18, according…

Electricity deal clinches $100M bitcoin mining operation in Medicine Hat

TORONTO - The City of Medicine Hat has agreed to supply electricity and lease land to a Toronto-based cryptocurrency mining…

Electricity use actually increased during 2018 Earth Hour, BC Hydro

VANCOUVER - For the first time since it began tracking electricity use in the province during Earth Hour, BC Hydro…

Ontario Energy minister downplays dispute between auditor, electricity regulator

TORONTO - The bad blood between the Ontario government and auditor general bubbled to the surface once again Monday, with the…

Symantec Proves Russian

WASHINGTON - An October, 2017 report by researchers at Symantec Corp., cited by the U.S. government, has linked recent US…

US Government Condemns Russia for Power Grid Hacking

WASHINGTON - Russia is attacking the U.S. energy grid, nuclear facilities, water processing plants, aviation systems, and other critical infrastructure…

Ireland: We are the global leaders in taking renewables onto the grid

DUBLIN - Ireland is now able to cope with 65% of its electricity coming from intermittent electricity sources like wind…

West Coast consumers won't benefit if Trump privatizes the electrical grid

LOS ANGELES - President Trump's 2018 budget proposal is so chock-full of noxious elements — replacing food stamps with "food…

Does Providing Electricity To The Poor Reduce Poverty? Maybe Not

NEW YORK - The head of Swedfund, the development finance group, recently summarized a widely-held belief: “Access to reliable electricity…

Clocks are running slow across Europe because of an argument over who pays the electricity bill

LONDON - Over the past couple of months, Europeans have noticed time slipping away from them. It’s not just their…

BC Hydro rates going up 3 per cent

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Utilities Commission has rejected a request by the provincial government to freeze rates at BC Hydro…

Report: Duke Energy to release climate report under investor pressure

HOUSTON - One of America’s largest utility companies, Duke Energy, is set to release a report later this month that…

Groups clash over NH hydropower project

BANGOR, MAINE - Groups supporting and opposing the Northern Pass hydropower project in New Hampshire filed statements Friday in advance…

Alberta shift from coal to cleaner energy

EDMONTON - The turn of the calendar to 2018 saw TransAlta retire one of its coal power generating units at…

Alberta gives $40M to help workers transition from coal power jobs

EDMONTON - Alberta is putting aside $40 million to help workers losing their jobs as the province transitions away from…

Alberta creates fund to help communities hit by coal phase-out

EDMONTON - The Coal Community Transition Fund is open to municipalities and First Nations affected as Alberta phases out coal-fired…

Stop the Shock campaign seeks to bring back Canadian coal power

EDMONTON - Since when did electricity become a scarce resource?

I thought all the talk about greening the grid was about…

Solar panels cover the roof of UCI's Student Center Parking Structure.

Wind and solar power could meet 80% of US electricity demand, study finds

LOS ANGELES - The United States could reliably meet about 80 percent of its electricity demand with solar and wind…

Dutch produce more green electricity but target still a long way off

AMSTERDAM - The Netherlands is generating more electricity from sustainable sources but is still far from reaching its targets, the…

After rising for 100 years, electricity demand is flat. Utilities are freaking out.

WASHINGTON - The US electricity sector is in a period of unprecedented change and turmoil. Renewable energy prices are falling…

UK Electricity prices hit 10-year high as cheap wind power wanes

LONDON - The UK’s electricity market has followed the lead of surging wholesale gas prices this week to reach weekend…

Americans Keep Using Less and Less Electricity

WASHINGTON - By Justin Fox

Economic growth picked up a little in the U.S. in 2017. But electricity use fell, according to data released recently by the…

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