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Energy Vault Lands $110M From SoftBank’s Vision Fund for Gravity Storage

BERN - Energy Vault, the Swiss-U.S. startup that says it can store and discharge electrical energy through a super-sized concrete-and-steel…

PG&E Wildfire Assistance Program Accepting Applications for Aid

SAN FRANCISCO - Beginning today, August 15, 2019, those displaced by the 2017 Northern California wildfires and 2018 Camp fire…

Perry presses ahead on advanced nuclear reactors

WASHINGTON - Energy Secretary Rick Perry is advancing plans to shift the United States towards the next generation of nuclear…

New bill would close loophole that left hundreds of Kentucky miners with cold checks

HARLAN, KY - Following the high-profile bankruptcy of a coal company that left hundreds of Kentucky miners with bad checks…

Hydro-Quebec won't ask for rate hike next year

MONTREAL - Hydro-Quebec Distribution will not file a rate adjustment application with the province’s energy board this year.

In a statement…

Hydro One Q2 profit plunges 23% as electricity revenue falls, costs rise

TORONTO - Hydro One Ltd.'s (H.TO 0.25%) second-quarter profit fell by nearly 23 per cent from last year to $155 million as the…

More Managers Charged For Price Fixing At Ukraine Power Producer

KIEV - Two more executives of DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private power and coal producer, have been charged in a criminal…

Alberta Electricity market needs competition

CALGARY - Last week, Alberta’s new Energy Minister Sonya Savage announced the government would be scrapping plans to shift Alberta’s…

What Will Drive Utility Revenue When Electricity Is Free?

WASHINGTON - The latest electric utility customer satisfaction survey results from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Energy Utilities report…

Solar Now ‘cheaper Than Grid Electricity’ In Every Chinese City, Study Finds

BEIJING - Solar power has become cheaper than grid electricity across China, a development that could boost the prospects of…

Latvia eyes electricity from Belarus nuclear plant

RIGA - Latvia’s electricity transmission system operator, AST, is looking at the possibility of purchasing electricity from the soon-to-be completed…

BNEF Report: Wind and Solar Will Provide 50% of Electricity in 2050

LONDON - In a report that examines the ways in which renewable energy demand is expected to increase, Bloomberg New…

As Alberta electricity generators switch to gas, power price cap comes under spotlight

CALGARY - The Kenney government’s decision to cancel the redesign of Alberta’s electricity system to a capacity market won’t side-track…

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