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Bruce Power cranking out more electricity after upgrade

OWEN SOUND - Bruce Power’s Unit 3 nuclear reactor will squeeze out an extra 22 megawatts of electricity, thanks to…

German renewables deliver more electricity than coal and nuclear power for the first time

BERLIN - In Lippendorf, Saxony, the energy supplier EnBW is temporarily taking part of a coal-fired power plant offline. Not…

Climate Solution: Use Carbon Dioxide to Generate Electricity

LONDON - The world is quickly realizing it may need to actively pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to…

Scotland’s Wind Farms Generate Enough Electricity to Power Nearly 4.5 Million Homes

GLASGOW - Wind turbines in Scotland produced enough electricity in the first half of 2019 to power every home in…

Nova Scotia Power says it now generates 30 per cent of its power from renewables

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's private utility says it has hit a new milestone in its delivery of electricity from renewable…

'Unbelievably dangerous': NB Power sounds alarm on copper theft after vandalism, deaths

FREDERICTION - New Brunswick's power utility is urging people to stay away from its substations, saying the valuable copper they…

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball

N.L. premier says Muskrat Falls costs are too great for optimism about benefits

ST JOHNS - Newfoundland and Labrador's premier says the Muskrat Falls hydro megaproject is currently too much of a massive…

N.S. approves new attempt to harness Bay of Fundy's powerful tides

HALIFAX - An Alberta-based company has been granted permission to try to harness electricity from the powerful tides of the…

Transformer fire downs power in four University of Kentucky buildings, facilities closed

LEXINGTON, KY - Four University of Kentucky buildings will be closed due to a Thursday morning transformer fire.

A transformer in…

Transformer explosion triggers five small fires

PALO ALTO, CA - An initial report of a possible airplane crash at the Palo Alto Airport Monday morning turned…

Olympia efforts to remove contaminated sediment from Capitol Lake continue

OLYMPIA, WA - Activity related to clean-up from the Olympia Brewery Transformer oil spill will increase in Heritage Park this…

Pioneer Reaches Agreement to Sell Transformer Business for Approximately $65 Million

FORT LEE, N.J - Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. (PPSI) ("Pioneer" or the "Company"), a company engaged in the manufacture, sale…

Transformer Steel Market Sales Volume, Status, Growth, Opportunities and World Market Share Of 2019-2024

WASHINGTON - Transformer Steel Market Report by Material, Application, and Geography – Global Forecast to 2024 is a professional and…

Lawsuit alleges EWEB’s faulty transformer caused house fire

EUGENE, OR - A Eugene couple filed a lawsuit last month against a local utility company, alleging that a faulty…

Electrical Transformer Market Share and Growth 2019| Siemens, Alstom, GE

WASHINGTON - The latest report up for sale by QY Research demonstrates that the global Electrical Transformer market is likely…

Electricity and water do mix: How electric ships are clearing the air on the B.C. coast

TORONTO - The river is running strong and currents are swirling as the 150-metre-long Seaspan Reliant slides gently into place…

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