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Susanna Reid hits out at government for ‘misleading’ £2,500 energy cap figure

The presenter reiterated warning by Money Saving Expert founder Martin Lewis

The Independent UK

Green hydrogen sounds like a win for developing countries. But cost and transport are problems

Hydrogen is used mainly to make chemicals such as fertiliser, and in oil refineries. Most hydrogen in the world today is made from natural gas or coal – methods associated with large carbon dioxide emissions. Developed countries are therefore looking to “green hydrogen” instead – produced using renewable electricity such…

The Conversation

In one tiny German town, nobody worries about energy bills

While Europeans watch their energy bills soar as the war in Ukraine drives up the price of natural gas, oil and electricity, the tiny German town of Feldheim has been energy self-sufficient for a decade

The Independent UK

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Causeway to Sanibel Island severed as Florida wakes up to Ian’s trail of destruction

FORT MYERS, Fla. — As Ian continued its destructive trek across Florida, over a million households across the state awoke on Thursday without electricity as residents and emergency crews along the Gulf Coast began to assess the toppled buildings, flooded streets and crippled infrastructure.

Miami Herald

Tesla Raises Supercharger Prices In California

EVs have low ownership costs, especially if you charge at home. They're efficient and require little maintenance. However, public charging can be expensive.

InsideEVs

Meter reading day: Here’s when to submit gas and electricity meter readings this week

The typical household in Britain will pay, on average, around £2,500 a year in energy bills for the next two years from Saturday 1 October. A worldwide squeeze on gas supplies has led to a supply-demand imbalance and soaring prices are now being passed on by energy companies to households.…

Evening Standard

Loy Yang A’s premature closure puts pressure on renewable energy to replace fossil fuels

AGL is speeding up the closure of one of Australia’s biggest carbon polluting power plants, but a solid replacement is yet to take shape.

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Rough dates given for Budget 2023 electricity credit, €400 fuel allowance lump sum and Christmas bonus

New measures announced will be coming in before the end of 2022 and will continue into 2023

Irish Mirror

Liz Truss falsely claims no one's energy bills will be higher than £2,500

The Prime Minister was blasted by Full Fact after saying 'nobody' will be paying electricity and gas bills of more than £2,500 a year - when in fact, that's just the average

Daily Mirror

Days left for households to submit meter readings before Electric Ireland and Bord Gais price hikes

Customers will need to avoid the worst of impending price hikes by only paying for what their household actually uses

Dublin Live

When to take your gas and electricity meter readings ahead of October energy cap rise

Customers are advised to find out the best way to submit readings on 'meter reading day', as in April energy companies' websites crashed due to demand

Chronicle Live

French electric grid operator to return €1bn in windfall profits to customers

France's electrical grid operator says it will return at least one billion euros to major power users in early 2023, a record amount, as energy companies have seen soaring profits during Europe's energy crisis.

Radio France Internationale

How did Victoria cut emissions by almost 30% - while still running mostly on coal?

In the 15 years to 2020, Victoria’s emissions fell by almost 30%, according to a new government report. You might wonder how is this possible, given most of the state’s brown coal stations are still running and we’re still driving petrol cars.

The Conversation

Exclusive-Europe braces for mobile network blackouts - sources

Once unthinkable, mobile phones could go dark around Europe this winter if power cuts or energy rationing knocks out parts of the mobile networks across the region.

Reuters

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Irish Mirror

Irish households have just days left to submit meter readings before next energy price hike

Customers will need to avoid the worst of impending price hikes by only paying for what their household actually uses

The Guardian - AU

Nationals say renewables can’t meet energy needs without fossil support. But do the claims firm up?

The Nationals have turned the scare rhetoric up to 11, but the energy market operator has already accounted for much of their criticisms

Newcastle Herald

AGL Energy to accelerate exit from coal

Australia's largest electricity generator AGL Energy - operator of the Liddell and Bayswater power stations in the Hunter Valley - will go "net zero" after abandoning plans to split into two companies.

The Independent UK

Pool asks swimmers to consider showering at home to cut its energy bills

Pubs use candles or reduce hours to save electricity

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Miami Herald

Cuba after Ian: How the entire electrical grid collapsed, leaving a nation in darkness

Most of Cuba’s 11 million people remained without electricity on Wednesday, after the failure of one of the country’s main power plants Tuesday afternoon brought down the entire electrical grid.

Wales Online

The reason energy prices are higher in one region of Wales

The price of energy varies across the UK

Chronicle Live

Police discover suspected cannabis farm site inside empty business premises in Newcastle

Police officers discovered that the electricity at the address had been bypassed

The Guardian - US

‘We’re natural fighters’: Cubans brave sweeping power cuts in Hurricane Ian aftermath

As parts of the island languish without electricity, people worry about the worsening after-effects of the storm

The Guardian - UK

EDF considers extending life of two UK nuclear plants due to energy crisis

Hartlepool and Heysham 1, operational for four decades, are due to close in 2024 but EDF says that is under review

AAP

Massive investment needed in energy sector

The Energy Security Board says large-scale investment in new transmission infrastructure, generation and capacity is needed to keep power prices down.

The Guardian - US

Hurricane Ian: more than 2m without power as Florida hit with ‘catastrophic’ wind and rain

‘Major, major’ storm, estimated to be 140 miles wide, sweeps inland after causing huge flooding on coast, with millions of residents in its path

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