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Scientists Built a Genius Device That Generates Electricity 'Out of Thin Air'

LONDON - They found it buried in the muddy shores of the Potomac River more than three decades ago: a…

Ontario takes constitutional challenge of its global adjustment electricity fee to Supreme Court

TORONTO - The Ontario government wants the Supreme Court of Canada to weigh in on a constitutional challenge being brought…

3 Reasons Why Cheap Abundant Electricity Is Getting Closer To Reality

WASHINGTON - Science never sleeps. The quest to find new and better ways to do things continues in thousands of…

Global CO2 emissions 'flatlined' in 2019, says IEA

LONDON - Despite widespread expectations of another increase, global energy-related CO2 emissions stopped growing in 2019, according to International Energy…

Senate Democrats push for passage of energy-related tax incentives

WASHINGTON - A group of 27 Democratic senators is calling for action in the Senate Finance Committee on extending energy-related…

Utility giant Electricite de France acquired 50pc stake in Irish offshore wind farm

PARIS - It’s been previously estimated that the entire Codling Bank project, which will eventually see hundreds of wind turbines…

Leading Offshore Wind Conference to Launch National Job Fair

WASHINGTON - The Business Network for Offshore Wind, the leading non-profit advocate for U.S. offshore wind at the state, federal…

Energy Department Announces 20 New Competitors for the American-Made Solar Prize

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the 20 competitors who have been invited to advance to the…

Is this the start of an aviation revolution?

LONDON - Aviation is one of the fastest rising sources of carbon emissions from transport, but can a small Canadian…

Ontario's electric debacle: Liberal leadership candidates on how they'd fix power

TORONTO - When Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals went down to defeat at the hands of Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservatives,…

The Cool Way Scientists Turned Falling Raindrops Into Electricity

HONG KONG - Scientists at the City University of Hong Kong have used a Teflon-coated surface and a phenomenon called…

Chief Scientist: we need to transform our world into a sustainable ‘electric planet’

LONDON - I want you to imagine a highway exclusively devoted to delivering the world’s energy. Each lane is restricted…

New Mexico Could Reap $30 Billion Driving on Electricity

PHOENIX - What would happen if New Mexicans ditched gasoline and started to drive on cleaner, cheaper electricity? A new…

N.L., Ottawa agree to shield ratepayers from Muskrat Falls cost overruns

ST JOHNS - Ottawa and Newfoundland and Labrador say they will rewrite the financial structure of the Muskrat Falls hydro…

Ottawa sets out to protect its hydro heritage

OTTAWA - The city of Ottawa is looking to designate five hydro substations built nearly a century ago as heritage…

Old meters giving away free electricity to thousands of N.B. households

FREDERICTION - Home and business owners with old power meters in New Brunswick have been getting the equivalent of up…

Nova Scotia's last paper mill seeks new discount electricity rate

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Power is scheduled to appear before government regulators Tuesday morning seeking approval for a unique discount…

Town of Gander forgives $250K debt from local curling club

GANDER - Gander town council has agreed to forgive the local curling club's debt of over $250,000.

Gina Brown, chair of…

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