The Latest Breaking News from Electricity

Exclusive: Resolving congestion on main electricity grid will top agenda of ministers’ meeting on Friday

The aim of the batteries is to store electricity and release it when demand is higher

As Russia targets Ukrainian energy facilities, repair teams race off to patch up the power grid when the strikes hit.

A third of those polled said they had sought medical care for heat stress while others who had air conditioning avoided using it due to cost of electricity

Wholesale gas prices – the price paid by the company that then sells it on to you – are at last starting to fall to levels below where they were before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, though not back to levels before the global economy restarted after COVID lockdowns.

The announcement by the South African finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, of debt relief for the country’s troubled power utility, Eskom, is a step forward. It will fix one problem: Eskom has too much debt. But the plan won’t end power cuts which have worsened in recent years.

Critics say power generator would make loss without public support as firm boosts dividend after 84% rise in profits to £731m

Another region is leaning into the offshore wind race as Australia ramps up efforts to replace ageing coal-fired electricity generators to reduce emissions.

Long-awaited scheme aims to cut costs for 300 firms in energy-intensive sectors such as steel and chemicals

South Africa’s current electricity crisis has been described as “a perfect storm”. A number of factors have converged to reach this point: an ageing and inadequately maintained fleet of coal power stations, delays in upgrading the Koeberg nuclear power station and significant failures at the recently built Medupi and Kusile…

Some 900,000 households can now apply for the lump sum online or over the phone.