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Canadian gold mine cleans up its act with electricity

TORONTO - Mining operations get a lot of flack for creating environmental problems around the world. Yet they provide much…

Sask. sets new record for power demand

REGINA - As the mercury continues to climb in Saskatchewan, SaskPower says the province has set a new summer power…

Manitoba Hydro's burgeoning debt surpasses $19 billion

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Hydro's debt load now exceeds $19 billion as the provincial Crown corporation grapples with a shrinking net…

Vehicle-to-grid could be ‘capacity on wheels’ for electricity networks

WASHINGTON - “There are already many Gigawatt-hours of batteries on wheels”, which could be used to provide balance and flexibility…

Michigan utilities propose more than $20M in EV charging programs

DETROIT - The two largest utilities in the state of Michigan, DTE Energy and Consumers Energy, are looking at time-of-use…

A goodwill gesture over electricity sows discord in Lebanon

BEIRUT - It was supposed to be a goodwill gesture from an energy company in Turkey.

This summer, the Karadeniz Energy…

Maryland opens solar-power subscriptions to all

MARYLAND - Maryland has launched a pilot program that will allow anyone to power their home with solar panels —…

Texas Utilities back out of deal to create smart home electricity networks

HOUSTON - Utilities made a promise several years ago when they built Smart Meter Texas that they’d come up with…

Canadian Solar and Tesla contribute to resilient electricity system for Puerto Rico school

PUERTO RICO - Eleven months since their three-building school was first plunged into darkness by Hurricane Maria, 140 students in…

Japan to host one of world's largest biomass power plants

TOKYO - Power supplier eRex will build its largest biomass power plant to date in Japan, hoping the facility's scale…

Russian hackers accessed US electric utilities' control rooms

WASHINGTON - Hackers working for Russia were able to gain access to the control rooms of US electric utilities last…

Peterborough Distribution sold to Hydro One for $105 million.

PETERBOROUGH - The City of Peterborough said Wednesday it has agreed to sell Peterborough Distribution Inc. to Hydro One for…

Japanese utilities buy into vast offshore wind farm in UK

TOKYO - Two of Japan's biggest power companies will buy around 40% of a German-owned developer of offshore wind farms…

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