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The energy companies paying up to £100 to use power at off-peak times

The schemes have been set up after National Grid Electricity System Operator said Britain could face three-hour planned power cuts if there is a shortage of gas

Wales Online

California pushes a new plan cutting rooftop solar incentives

California is poised to reduce payments to homes and businesses that go solar for clean electricity they supply to the power grid — a landmark shift in how the state promotes a crucial technology for fighting climate change.

Los Angeles Times

In Egypt, host of COP27, a small step toward green energy

The Arab world’s most populous country is taking steps to convert to renewable energy

The Independent UK

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People will be paid not to use electricity to avoid winter blackouts

Octopus Energy is thought to have started to sign up customers to the scheme

Liverpool Echo

New research reveals the UK has the highest electricity bills in the world

Figure of 19.31 pence per kWh is way above European neighbours

Wales Online

Dolly Parton opens up about her family’s Christmas traditions and why she always wants a ‘live tree’

‘We didn’t even have electricity for lights on the tree. We had popcorn garland,’ Parton recalled of her Christmas celebrations as a child

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: World Cup host Qatar relies on desalination

World Cup host Qatar is among the world’s most water-stressed countries

The Independent UK

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Energy company Utilita starts paying customers for using electricity during off peak times

The 'Power Payback' feature is currently being tested by 1,000 customers.

Daily Record

Cafe owner 'scared' as electricity bill more than doubles to £14,000 a year

Hill Station Cafe and Bar in south-east London has seen its electricity bill soar from £6,000 to £14,000 per year, leaving managing director Jacqui Shimidzu fearing for its future

Daily Mirror

Pressure mounts on energy giants as National Grid’s profits soar 50%

The electricity network operator pledged to raise spending on critical infrastructure to £40 billion by 2026

Evening Standard

This genetically engineered houseplant does the work of 30 typical plants

A new genetically engineered houseplant requires no electricity to clean the air in your home, boosting plants' natural purification abilities.

Inverse

DRAFT - Irish caravan park residents livid as loophole sees them denied €200 energy credit they need 'more than anybody'

"We don’t turn the lights on in the rooms at night to save electricity. It’s like living back 100 years ago."

Irish Mirror

Blackouts UK 2022: What to expect and who would be exempt?

The National Grid warned there could be blackouts on ‘very very cold winter days’

The Independent UK

‘Tedious and horrible’: What life was like during the 1970s blackouts

As the National Grid warns Britons could face blackouts due to the energy crisis we look back at the last time the country was plunged into darkness

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Winter power cuts in UK unlikely, says National Grid boss

Worst-case scenario of rolling blackouts unlikely with milder weather and crucial electricity link to France back on line

Daily Mirror

GMB turns awkward as Susanna Reid scolds MP for 'smiling' over energy meter fears

Good Morning Britain hosts Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard spoke with Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris about a £400 payment towards electricity bills

The Guardian - UK

Stronger profits at British Gas owner fuel £250m share buyback

Higher electricity and gas prices offset weaker performance in Centrica’s household services

Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway Council reduces carbon footprint for fourth year running

While the move away from fossil fuels and switching to renewable energy sources continues, the council’s progress is slowing up

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How to tackle your supplier if you think your energy bill is too high

Taking an up-to-date meter reading is the first step if you need to challenge an unexpectedly big bill

Daily Record

People on certain benefits could be due £150 heating bill help this winter

The Warm Home Discount Scheme is open in Scotland for households with British Gas, Scottish Gas, EDF, Octopus and Shell energy.

Bangkok Post

Accelerating Business Solutions: true digital technology enables ‘smart-able’ ways to achieve energy efficacy

The quarantine period going back two years brought the energy world digital reliance. As over 70% of world citizens worked, learned, healed, entertained and shopped from home, electricity consumption increased and massive greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint was generated on Earth.

The Guardian - AU

Origin Energy to be split in half and invest in renewables under new $18.4bn takeover bid

The energy giant would be divided into electricity generation and gas firms in order to hit Australia’s climate targets

The Guardian - AU

The Australian’s back-of-the-envelope green hydrogen figures are overblown and forget climate impact

The claim it would take 25% of Australia’s land mass to provide the planet with green hydrogen misses an obvious point

The Independent UK

Syria increases gas production, hopes for more electricity

Officials at Syria's main gas company say newly installed turbine compressors at a gas facility in central Syria will lead to production increase that will help ease the war-torn country’s electricity crisis

France 24

The last nomads of Anatolia: Yörük herders in Turkey struggle to keep traditions alive

Most of southern Turkey's nomadic Yörük people no longer live like their ancestors, migrating annually between valleys and mountains with their herds of goats and sheep. But a small handful of families maintain this traditional way of life, living in tents held up with wooden pillars and made of thick…

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