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From smart meters to big batteries, co-ops emerge as clean grid laboratories

WASHINGTON - Minnesota electric cooperatives have quietly emerged as laboratories for clean grid innovation, outpacing investor-owned utilities on smart meter…

Why Nuclear Fusion Is Still The Holy Grail Of Clean Energy

WASHINGTON - Just 100 years ago, when English mathematician and astronomer Arthur Eddington suggested that the stars power themselves through…

Electricity prices spike in Alberta

EDMONTON - Albertans might notice they are paying more when the next electricity bill comes in.

According to the consumer price…

Ontario faces growing electricity supply gap, study finds

TORONTO - Ontario faces an electricity supply shortage and reliability risks in the next four to eight years and will…

Starved of electricity, Lebanon picks Dubai's ENOC to swap Iraqi fuel

BEIRUT - Lebanon's energy ministry said it had picked Dubai's ENOC in a tender to swap 84,000 tonnes of Iraqi…

National Grid and SSE to use electrical transformers to heat homes

LONDON - Thousands of homes could soon be warmed by the heat from giant electricity grid transformers for the first…

Trudeau vows to regulate oil and gas emissions, electric car sales

TORONTO - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau vowed to regulate total emissions from Canada’s oil and gas producers as he laid…

Global electric power demand surges above pre-pandemic levels

LONDON - Carbon dioxide emissions from the global electric power sector surged past pre-pandemic levels to record highs in the…

Jennifer Williams, president & CEO of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

Completion of 1st fast-charging network 'just the beginning' for electric car owners in N.L.

ST. JOHNS - The first electric vehicle fast-charging network is now up and running across Newfoundland, which the province's main…

Recommendations from BC Hydro review to keep electricity affordable

VANCOUVER - The Province and BC Hydro have released recommendations from Phase 2 of the BC Hydro Review to keep…

India to Ration Coal Supplies as Electricity Demand Surges

DELHI - India will ration coal supplies to power plants with high inventories to direct more shipments to stations battling…

Turning thermal energy into electricity

NEW YORK - With the addition of sensors and enhanced communication tools, providing lightweight, portable power has become even more…

New Orleans Levees Withstood Hurricane Ida as Electricity Failed

NEW ORLEANS - Infrastructure in the city of New Orleans turned in a mixed performance against the fury of Hurricane…

Soaring Electricity And Coal Use Are Proving Once Again, Roger Pielke Jr's "Iron Law Of Climate"

LONDON - By Robert Bryce

As the Covid lockdowns are easing, the global economy is recovering and that recovery is fueling…

Tesla (TSLA) Wants to Become an Electricity Retailer

NEW YORK - Last week, Tesla Energy Ventures, a new subsidiary of electric car maker Tesla Inc. (TSLA), filed an…

Ottawa hands N.L. $5.2 billion for troubled Muskrat Falls hydro project

ST. JOHNS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Newfoundland and Labrador Wednesday to announce a $5.2-billion deal to help…

More people are climbing dangerous hydro dams and towers in search of 'social media glory,' utility says

VANCOUVER - More and more daredevils are climbing onto dangerous dams and power stations to gain likes and social media…

Alberta ratepayers on the hook for unpaid gas and electricity bills from utility deferral program

CALGARY - The province says Alberta ratepayers should expect to see an extra fee on their utility bills in the…

Electricity subsidies to pulp and paper mills to continue, despite NB Power's rising debt

FREDERICTON - An effort to fix NB Power's struggling finances that is supposed to involve a look at "all options"…

National Grid to lose Great Britain electricity role to independent operator

LONDON - The government plans to strip National Grid of its role keeping Great Britain’s lights on as part of…

Is 5G a waste of electricity? Experts say it's complicated

BEIJING - As 5G developers look desperately for a "killer app" to prove the usefulness of the superfast wireless technology,…

Ex-SpaceX engineers in race to build first commercial electric speedboat

LOS ANGELES - A team of former SpaceX rocket engineers have joined the race to build the first commercial electric…

7 steps to make electricity systems more resilient to climate risks

LONDON - Summer is just half done in the northern hemisphere and yet we are already seeing electricity systems around the…

Cape Town to Build Own Power Plants, Buy Additional Electricity

CAPE TOWN - Cape Town is seeking to secure more than 450 megawatts of power from renewable sources to cut…

Electric vehicles: recycled batteries and the search for a circular economy

NEW YORK -
Few people have had the sort of front-row seat to the rise of electric vehicles as…

"World?s Most Powerful? Tidal Turbine Starts Pumping Green Electricity To Onshore Grid

LONDON - “The world’s most powerful” tidal turbine has been hooked up to the onshore electricity grid in Orkney, a…

Renewables became the second-most prevalent U.S. electricity source in 2020

WASHINGTON - In 2020, renewable energy sources (including wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass, and geothermal energy) generated a record 834 billion…

Reconciliation and a Clean Electricity Standard

WASHINGTON - The Biden Administration and Democratic members of Congress have supported including a clean electricity standard (CES) in the…

Cheap material converts heat to electricity

NEW YORK - So-called thermoelectric generators turn waste heat into electricity without producing greenhouse gas emissions, providing what seems like…

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