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The Latest Breaking News from Electricity

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is gathering public opinion on its proposal for a single power tariff rate, which would make electricity bills cheaper for businesses but slightly more expensive for households.

Bangkok Post

Dark summer nights: India faces high risk of outages

India faces a high risk of nighttime power cuts this summer and in coming years, as delays in adding new coal-fired and hydropower capacity could limit the country's ability to address surging electricity demand when solar energy is not available.

Bangkok Post

Public feedback sought on power tariffs

Bangkok Post

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The farming estate developing a pioneering scheme to capture and bury CO2 as solid carbon

Pilot scheme to make renewable heat, electricity and biochar – reverse coal – which can be buried safely underground

Birmingham Post

Scientists discover how to make electricity ‘out of thin air’

Huc enzyme means ‘sky is quite literally the limit for using it to produce clean energy,’ researchers say

The Independent UK

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and senators unveil package of bills aimed at improving Texas’ power grid

The bills would allow the state to hire companies to build emergency gas-fueled power plants, among other ideas for swinging the state’s power balance away from wind and solar.

The Texas Tribune

Huge renewable scheme up for auction

Energy officials are preparing to organise a new auction for a 3.66-gigawatt renewable power scheme to increase clean energy usage in Thailand, says the National Energy Policy Council (NEPC).

Bangkok Post

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Pricey power bills expected to ease

Electricity bills are expected to decline from May to August as the fuel tariff (Ft) dips following a decrease in the price of liquefied natural gas (LNG), says Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow.

Bangkok Post

Lebanon government failing to uphold ‘right to electricity’: HRW

Human Rights Watch says Lebanon’s electricity crisis has exacerbated poverty and inequality.

Al Jazeera

Rights group says Lebanon electricity crisis deepens poverty

Human Rights Watch says many middle and working class families in Lebanon have been forced to spend most of their monthly income to pay shady neighborhood businessmen running private generators

The Independent UK

'I was slapped with a massive electricity bill and now I'm moving back home'

The 27-year-old says she would need a fourth job to cover the cost of living

Liverpool Echo

UK power cuts leave nearly 40,000 Brits without electricity in 10 regions

Brits across the south east and east of England have been hit by a number of power cuts that have left tens of thousands of people without electricity this morning

Daily Mirror

French electricity company discovers deep crack in nuclear plant cooling system

French energy group EDF has reported a major crack in a cooling pipe at a nuclear power plant on the Channel coast. This is the latest such incident to plague the energy sector, already struggling to compensate for the unavailability of Russian natural gas.

Radio France Internationale

National Grid pays high price for gas-generated power during UK cold snap

Electricity system operator struggled to keep lights on during one of the coldest weeks

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UK ‘must act now on renewable energy or risk being left behind’

Government needs to introduce new ambitious energy policies before next general election, advisers say

ABC News

Melbourne scientists find enzyme that can make electricity out of tiny amounts of hydrogen

Scientists have isolated an enzyme from soil bacteria that can convert air into electricity, which they say could be developed into a renewable power source for small devices.

The Independent UK

‘Urgent changes’ needed to achieve decarbonised power system, report says

The Climate Change Committee said planning, regulation and consent policy is holding back investment in renewable energy.

Zenger

A Congolese Refugee Refused To Accept The Lack Of Electricity At His Refugee Camp— So He Built A Mini Solar Power Grid

Let there be light: How Congolese Refugee is Lighting up Kenya's Second-Largest Refugee Camp Through Solar

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The Conversation

Electricity from thin air: an enzyme from bacteria can extract energy from hydrogen in the atmosphere

It may sound surprising, but when times are tough and there is no other food available, some soil bacteria can consume traces of hydrogen in the air as an energy source.

The New Daily

Australian scientists discover a ‘natural battery’ that generates electricity from ‘thin air’

A “natural battery” – an enzyme that can convert air into electrical energy – has been found by Monash University researchers.

The Independent UK

Scientists discover how to make electricity ‘out of thin air’

Huc enzyme means ‘sky is quite literally the limit for using it to produce clean energy,’ researchers say

Daily Record

The one dehumidifier mistake experts say makes the gadget use up extra energy

As prices for electricity and gas continue to rise, the last thing households want do is waste costly energy.

Liverpool Echo

Council outlines changes made since expensive electricity contract errors

A damning report outlined a litany of significant failings last year

Wales Online

Man gets £3,000 power bill after switching boiler for Government-backed pump

Steve got a £5,000 grant to install the green alternative but his electricity bills have shot up

AAP

Qld power station won't run at full capacity until 2024

Queensland state-owned electricity generator CS Energy has flagged that its Callide power station may end up running at reduced capacity for almost three years.

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