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Electricity prices rise more than double EU average in first half of 2021

TALLINN - Estonia saw one of the highest rates in growth of electricity prices in the first half of 2021,…

Energy crisis is a 'wake up call' for Europe to ditch fossil fuels

LONDON - Soaring energy prices are a stark reminder of how dependent Europe is on fossil fuels and should serve…

Nine EU countries oppose electricity market reforms as fix for energy price spike

BRUSSELS - Germany, Denmark, Ireland and six other European countries said on Monday they would not support a reform of…

US Moving Towards 30% Electricity From Wind & Solar

NEW YORK - A recent report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) predicts that cheap renewables…

China's electric power woes cast clouds on U.S. solar's near-term future

BEIJING - The solar manufacturing supply chain is among the industries being affected by a combination of soaring power demand,…

4 ways the energy crisis hits U.S. electricity, gas, EVs

WASHINGTON - A global energy crunch is creating pain for people struggling to fill their tanks and heat their homes,…

Competition in Electricity Has Been Good for Consumers and Good for the Environment

WASHINGTON - By Bernard L. Weinstein

Electricity used to be boring. Public utilities that provided power to homes and businesses were…

Sub-Saharan Africa has a huge electricity problem - but with challenge comes opportunity

PORTO NOVO - Sub-Saharan Africa has an electricity problem. While the world as a whole has made great strides when…

Annual U.S. coal-fired electricity generation will increase for the first time since 2014

WASHINGTON - We expect 22% more U.S. coal-fired generation in 2021 than in 2020, according to our latest Short-Term Energy…

Longer, more frequent outages afflict the U.S. power grid as states fail to prepare for climate change

WASHINGTON - Every time a storm lashes the Carolina coast, the power lines on Tonye Gray’s street go down, cutting…

Canadian climate policy and its implications for electricity grids

VANCOUVER - Along with many western developed countries, Canada has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40–45 percent…

Is tidal energy the surge remote coastal communities need?

VANCOUVER - Many remote West Coast communities are reliant on diesel for electricity generation, which poses a number of negative…

Scrapping coal-fired electricity costly, ineffective, says report

TORONTO - Replacing coal-fired electricity with renewable energy will cost Canadian taxpayers and hydro ratepayers up to $33.7 billion annually,…

Canada's race to net-zero and the role of renewable energy

OTTAWA - As the UN climate talks draw near, Canada has enormous work left to do to reach its goals…

Canadian electricity associations aligning goals toward net-zero by 2050

TORONTO - Six of Canada’s leading electricity associations have created a coalition to promote clean power’s role in a sustainable…

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