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Germany launches second wind-solar tender

BERLIN - Germany's Federal Network Agency (BNA) has launched its second joint onshore wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) tender, with a…

Germany’s renewable energy dreams derailed by cheap Russian gas, electricity grid expansion woes

BERLIN - On a blazing hot August day on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast, a few hundred tourists skip the beach…

Is nuclear power really in decline?

LONDON - By Kirill Komarov, Chairman, World Nuclear Association.

As Europe and the wider world begins to wake up to the…

New energy projects seek to lower electricity costs in Southeast Alaska

ANCHORAGE - New projects are under development throughout the region to help reduce energy costs for Southeast Alaska residents. A…

Website Providing Electricity Purchase Options Offered Fewer Choices For Spanish-speakers

DALLAS - The state’s Public Utility Commission has ordered that the Spanish-language version of the Power to Choose website provide…

Ameren, Safe Electricity urge safety near downed lines

CAROLINA - Ameren Illinois and Safe Electricity are urging the public to stay in their cars and call 911 in…

France’s first offshore wind turbine produces electricity

PARIS - Floating offshore wind turbine Floatgen, the first offshore wind turbine installed off the French coast, exported its first…

Solar + Wind = 10% of US Electricity Generation in 1st Half of 2018

WASHINGTON - To complement our revival of US electricity capacity reports, here’s a revival of our reports on US electricity…

Power outage update: 252,596 remain without electricity Wednesday

EASTERN CAROLINA - Power is slowly being restored to Eastern Carolina residents after Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wilmington on…

Nearly 600 Hong Kong families still without electricity after power supply cut by Typhoon Mangkhut

HONG KONG - Nearly 600 Hong Kong families are still sweltering under the summer heat and facing dark nights without…

Investor: Hydro One has too many unknowns to be a good investment

TORONTO - Hydro One may be only half-owned by the province on Ontario but that’s enough to cause uncertainty about…

External investigators looking into alleged assaults by Manitoba Hydro workers

WINNIPEG - Manitoba RCMP have called in outside investigators to probe alleged assaults linked to hydro projects in the province’s…

Two new BC generating stations officially commissioned

VANCOUVER - Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. is celebrating the official commissioning today of what may be the last large run-of-river…

B.C. Hydro misled regulator: report

VICTORIA - B.C. Hydro misled the province’s independent regulator about an expensive technology program, thereby avoiding scrutiny on how it…

Reliability of power winter supply puts Newfoundland 'at mercy of weather': report

ST. JOHNS - An independent consultant is questioning if the brand new Labrador Island link can be counted on to supply…

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