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E.ON to Commission 2500 Digital Transformer Stations

DUSSELDORF - E.ON plans to commission 2500 digital transformer stations in the service areas of its four German distribution grid…

Britain Goes Full Week Without Coal Power

LONDON - For the first time in a century, Britain weaned itself off of coal consumption for an entire week.

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Iran turning thermal power plants to combined cycle to save energy

TEHRAN - Iran has turned six percent of its thermal power plans into combined cycle plants in order to reduce…

Ireland goes 25 days without using coal to generate electricity

DUBLIN - The island of Ireland has gone a record length of time without using coal-fired electricity generation on its…

California just made more clean energy than it needed

LOS ANGELES - We’re a long way from the land of milk and honey, but on Easter Sunday – for…

Maine Governor calls for 100% renewable electricity

BANGOR - The winds of change have shifted and are blowing Northward, as Maine’s Governor, Janet T. Mills, has put…

Tesla’s Powerwall as the beating heart of your home

VERMONT - There are more than 100 million single-family homes in the United States of America. If each of these…

Energy freedom and solar’s strategy for the South

WASHINGTON - The South Carolina House has approved the latest version of the Energy Freedom Act, a bill that overhauls…

New Hydro One CEO aims to repair relationship with Ontario government — and investors

TORONTO - The incoming chief executive officer of Hydro One Ltd. said Thursday that he aims to rebuild the relationship…

Calgary electricity retailer urges government to scrap overhaul of power market

CALGARY - Jason Kenney's government is facing renewed pressure to cancel a massive overhaul of Alberta's power market that one…

Experiment Shows We Can Actually Generate Electricity From The Night Sky

LONDON - There's a stark contrast between the freezing temperatures of space and the relatively balmy atmosphere of Earth, and…

Summerland solar power project will provide electricity

summerside solar - A proposed solar energy project, to be constructed on municipally-owned property on Cartwright Mountain, will allow Summerland…

Kenney holds the power as electricity sector faces profound change

CALGARY - Hearings kicked off this week into the future of the province’s electricity market design, but a high-stakes decision…

Charting a path to net zero electricity emissions by the middle of the century

WASHINGTON - The world has been put on notice. Last year, both the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the…

'Electricity out of essentially nothing': Invention creates power from falling snow

TORONTO - Scientists from University of California, Los Angeles and McMaster University have invented a nanogenerator that creates electricity from…

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