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Myawaddy households struggle without power from Thailand

TAK: Ordinary households in Myawaddy have been hit hard by the decision to cut off the supply of electricity across the border from Thailand, but big Chinese investors are unaffected, their huge complexes brightly lit as usual at night.

Bangkok Post

Queensland state budget 2023 winners and losers: parents, households prioritised over coal lobby’s campaign

Treasurer Cameron Dick unveils what he says are the most generous electricity rebates of all the states and territories

The Guardian - AU

UK innovators get £4.3m to develop space-based solar power

Minister says technology to collect energy and beam it to Earth could help boost UK’s energy security

The Guardian - UK

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New wind farm could power 71,000 ACT homes a year

The ACT awarded the contract for the Victorian wind farm to be built.

The Canberra Times

Nat-Gas Prices Move Higher on Hot Temps in Texas

July Nymex natural gas (NGN23 ) on Monday closed up +0.012 (+0.53%). July nat-gas Monday recovered from early losses and posted modest gains on forecasts for hotter-than-usual temperatures this week in Texas, the largest nat-gas consuming state. Nat-gas prices Monday initially moved lower after updated U.S. weather forecasts shifted milder,...

Barchart

Data centres devouring 18% of Irish energy supply as Government rules out reducing number of them

New figures published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that data centres accounted for 18% of total energy consumption in 2022.

Irish Mirror

Clean tech unleashed at a lab near you

A pilot plant near Tairawhiti will turn waste heat into electricity via an up-to-5km-high whirling plume of water vapour. Yup, 5km high. And that's just one of a number of ‘clean tech’ companies in New Zealand

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Power tariff hike will have adverse impact on trade and industry, says KKCCI

The office-bearers of the Kalyana Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KKCCI) who met on Monday in Kalaburagi held that the power tariff hike approved by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) will adversely impact trade, industry and commerce, apart from mounting additional financial burden on the domestic consumers across…

The Hindu

AGL and Origin increase electricity prices by up to 30 per cent

Australians will be slammed by massive electricity bill hikes in coming weeks as major players pass through price increases.

The New Daily

UK heatwave prompts National Grid to fire up coal plant to meet aircon demand

National Grid asks for two units at Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant to be brought into action after temperature tops 30C

The Guardian - UK

Elvis Presley’s cousin Brandon lifts Democrats hope of ‘sleeper’ win in Mississippi governor’s race

Mississippi is tough political territory for Democrats

The Independent UK

Albanian man entered UK illegally to set up cannabis farm in County Durham home

Xhejmsi Islamaj arrived in England from Italy, rented a property and set up a sophisticated cannabis farm

Chronicle Live

The eternal joust over rate hikes

Some industry leaders are concerned about higher interest rates affecting businesses, especially small ones, in addition to weakening the purchasing power of homebuyers.

Bangkok Post

"It felt like a bomb had gone off": Lights explode and hole blown in roof after lightning hits houses in thunderstorm

"It felt like a bomb had gone off and dropped on my house"

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TechRadar

AI really could destroy the world - but not in the way you might expect

People are worried about the impacts AI could have on society - but I’m more concerned about what it’ll do to the planet.

The Hindu

No drinking water, no toilets, faraway school: Villagers of Belagalu tell a tale of neglect

Residents of Belagalu hamlet in Shivamogga live without the most basic facilities like drinking water, electricity, toilets, transport, school, anganwadi centre among others

The Independent UK

Elvis Presley’s cousin lifts Democrats’ hope of ‘sleeper’ win in Mississippi governor’s race

Mississippi is tough political territory for Democrats

The Hindu

New electricity tariffs kick in, leave consumers in shock

As the new tariff revisions, which were approved by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) in May, came into effect and started reflecting in the bills generated this month, many citizens were left in a state of shock or confusion. Many took to social media to air out their confusion…

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The Hindu

There is considerable scope for using lignite in T.N. thermal plants: National Electricity plan

There is considerable scope for exploitation and use of lignite in thermal power stations subject to cost-economics, particularly in Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Gujarat, which have limitations in transportation of coal.

Evening Standard

UK energy networks ‘struggling’ with demand, Sir John Armitt warns

New housing, EV chargers and air source heat pumps are all placing “unprecedented demands” on the UK’s energy capacity, Sir John Armitt said

Barchart

Nat-Gas Prices Slide on a Cooler U.S. Weather Outlook

July Nymex natural gas (NGN23 ) on Friday closed down -0.098 (-4.17%). July nat-gas prices Friday closed sharply lower as the U.S. weather outlook shifts cooler, reducing nat-gas demand from electricity providers to power air-conditioning. The Commodity Weather Group said that while Texas will see above-normal temperatures over the next...

The Hindu

The necessity of electricity distribution companies

The consequences of implementing the reform idea of doing away with the centrality of the Discom must be thought through

Daily Mirror

Isolated pensioner struggling with energy bills lives in dark and sleeps next to his will

John Foster, 76, was forced to turn off his fridge and store milk outside his door each night to keep cool as the price of electricity soars - and he says he's "completely alone"

The Guardian - UK

We must steer clear of all cars, including EVs

Letters: Readers respond to Rowan Atkinson’s growing disillusionment with electric vehicles

Birmingham Post

British Gas owner Centrica opens its first UK solar farm in Wiltshire

Codford Solar Farm, near Warminster, is designed to provide enough electricity to power close to 5,000 homes

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