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India will raise power price cap to let factories keep humming

NEW DELHI: India’s major power users will soon be able to access higher-priced electricity rather than being forced to scale down operations if another sweltering summer leads to a repeat of last year’s shortages.

The Times of India

Two coal-fired power stations fired up as extreme cold hits UK

This was the first time this winter they have started to produce electricity

Wales Online

Dad Describes First Hug with Daughters After Double Hand Transplants

After receiving double hand transplants, an amputee father describes the feeling of hugging his daughters after six years.

Zenger

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WHAUP solar panel business set to surge

SET-listed WHA Utilities & Power Plc (WHAUP), which provides utilities under WHA Corp, Thailand's biggest industrial land developer and operator, expects its rooftop solar panel installation service to grow by 24% to 300 megawatts this year, thanks to greater adoption of clean energy in the industrial sector.

Bangkok Post

Energy costs, poorly built houses leave Queensland renters stuck in hot conditions

A new report shows some rental homes topped 40C during summer as tenant advocates call for the Queensland government to extend electricity bill rebates.

ABC News

First look at the new settlement rule of Australia's electricity market, has it worked?

You might not realise this when you flick your switch at home, but Australian electricity generators are forever locked in a bidding war. They compete for the right to supply electricity on the spot market. The cheapest bids win and electricity from those generators is supplied, or “dispatched”, to the…

The Conversation

Energy giant launches electric vehicle subscriptions

One of Australia's biggest energy firms will launch a subscription car service to get more EVs on the road and offer some customers free power to fuel them.

AAP

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Regulated power prices set to surge 'at least 20 per cent' this winter as energy bill reprieve ends

Benchmark power prices are tipped to rise by more than 20 per cent within months, as the enormous costs from last year's energy crisis flow through to consumers' bills.

ABC News

Coal power stations on standby to prevent blackouts start generating

TWO coal-fired power stations which had been placed on “standby” during the energy crisis have begun producing electricity for UK homes for the…

The National (Scotland)

Family light candles and switch off all electrical devices during paid energy saving trial

Ryoko Scott and her family have been taking part in the National Grid's Demand Flexibility Service with their energy provider Octopus.

Daily Record

MeacoDry Arete One review: does the dehumidifier live up to the hype?

Tackle damp and mould without exponential electricity bills

Evening Standard

Five ways people working from home can adjust their set-up to keep energy bills down this year

Making a few changes to your home workstation could help keep electricity bills down.

Daily Record

People off-grid can now apply for £200 Alternative Fuel Payment as portal opens

Most payments were made automatically in February to those using oil, coal, LPG and biomass to heat their homes.

Daily Record

National Grid puts backup coal plants into action for first time this winter

Two units at EDF’s West Burton A plant in Nottinghamshire began producing power on Tuesday

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State-owned electricity generation firm ‘could save Britons nearly £21bn a year’

Analysis by thinktank Common Wealth bolsters Labour’s case to launch national energy company

Newcastle Herald

Monday's hot westerlies set power record for March as temperatures soar

Heat sets electricity consumption record

The Guardian - AU

NSW heatwave drives highest demand for power in three years

Electricity grid ‘held up well’ as state’s residents required 13,136 megawatts on third-hottest March day on record

WEKU

Hotels and motels fill up with Kentuckians still waiting for power restoration

Hotel and motel operators, particularly in the central portion of Kentucky, have been busier than usual for early March. Extended power outages prompted many Kentucky families to find a room with electricity.

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The New Daily

Queensland to spend $5b on electricity transmission project

The Queensland government has taken over the planned CopperString 2.0 project to build an 1100km electricity transmission line from Townsville to the northwest.

ABC News

Queensland government buys $5 billion CopperString 2.0 to connect north-west to national electricity grid

Promised for years, the 1,100-kilometre overhead transmission line will transmit electricity from the North-West Minerals Province to the grid near Townsville.

AAP

Qld to spend $5b to link northwest to the national grid

The Queensland government has taken over the planned CopperString 2.0 project to build an 1100km electricity transmission line from Townsville to the northwest.

Daily Mirror

Family live by candlelight and switch off computers during energy-saving trial

Ryoko Scott, 53, signed up for the National Grid's Demand Flexibility Service to help reduce the need to turn to coal power

Dynamite News

NTPC registered nearly 12 percent growth in electricity generation

State-owned power giant NTPC on has logged nearly 12 per cent growth in electricity generation. Read further on Dynamite News

The Independent UK

South African leader grapples with ever-worsening power cuts

South Africa’s ever-worsening power crisis — putting homes and businesses without electricity for up to 10 hours per day — is strangling Africa’s most developed economy

Tribune News Service

A stunning new way to view Niagara Falls

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Canada – The grandeur of Niagara Falls keeps tourists seeking new and better views of the natural wonder — and it’s easy to find them. On both the U.S. and Canadian sides of the river, you can gaze from lookouts, boat tours, a bridge, towers with wide…

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