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Electricity used to mine bitcoin plummets as crypto crisis widens

Consumption down by third since 11 June, with even sharper falls among other cryptocurrency networks

The Guardian - UK

'Green' Germany Prepares To Fire Up the Coal Furnaces

Strongly held wishes and pixie dust won’t deliver a green utopia.

Reason

Chinese premier calls for more coal production as electricity demand soars

Records for electricity usage broken in Shandong, Henan and Jiangsu after early summer heatwaves

The Guardian - UK

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Qld expands grid storage with big battery

A new 400MWh battery in southeast Queensland is the latest in a series of announcements as the state government investigates more energy storage options.

AAP

Singapore imports clean power for first time, buying from Laos

Singapore began receiving hydropower from Laos wired through Thailand and Malaysia on Thursday, the city-state’s first renewable electricity imports as it looks beyond its borders to meet climate change goals.

Bangkok Post

Claims most of Germany's power was recently generated by brown coal don't stack up

A graph purporting to show that Germany was briefly powered by more than two-thirds brown coal has spread widely online. But there's a devil in the detail.

ABC News

The clean energy revolution isn’t just a techno-fix – it's about capturing hearts and minds

The Black Summer bushfires devastated parts of the Eurobodalla region in New South Wales. Then earlier this year, the area was hit by floods. As climate change threatens to bring more severe and frequent extreme weather events, how can we help future-proof such communities?

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Man reduces gas and electricity bills to £0 thanks to his car

The green technology requires little effort from the user

Wales Online

Beware! Phishing attacks in the name of non-payment of Bescom bills

Wg. Cdr. Kurian Cherian (retd) learnt it the hard way after losing ₹10,000 to the phishing attack

The Hindu

Social welfare Ireland: How to qualify for payments to help with gas and electric bills and TV licence

The payments cover a portion of the monthly cost of either gas or electricity for older people

Dublin Live

Adelaide electrician convicted of diverting power for cannabis crop has registration cancellation overturned

An electrician who illegally diverted electricity from the grid to grow cannabis at his southern Adelaide home will keep his operating licence, with a tribunal overturning a decision to cancel it.

ABC News

Japan halts aid for coal-fired plants in Indonesia, Bangladesh

TOKYO: Japan will stop providing yen loans for the construction of coal-fired electricity plants in Indonesia and Bangladesh, the government said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Electric vehicles could significantly increase demand on the power grid, trials underway to change energy use behaviour

Energy retailers and distributors are preparing for a looming challenge from electric vehicles, with new research revealing they'll add at least 30 per cent demand on the evening peak unless drivers change their behaviour.

ABC News

More electricity retailers likely to fail, resulting in less competition and higher prices

Between five and 10 providers could go out of business in the next six months alone, researcher David Hiley says

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The Hindu

Agency for promoting Clean Energy launched

Call for producing cheap electricity from thorium deposits

The Conversation

What is curtailment? An electricity market expert explains

Curtailment has a special meaning in electric power systems. It describes any action that reduces the amount of electricity generated to maintain the balance between supply and demand – which is critical for avoiding blackouts.

The National (Scotland)

Woman fears massive bill after paying £1 for electricity for 2 years

A WOMAN living in a high rise flat fears she'll be hit with a massive bill after being wrongly told to pay only £1 for her heating and electricity…

The Independent UK

Letting agents doused tenant in petrol and beat him in eviction conspiracy, court told

Victims saw locks changed, electricity sabotaged and toilets damaged over 14-year period, prosecutors say

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The Hindu

India needs $223 billion to meet 2030 renewable capacity goals: Report

Government has a target of increasing non-fossil power capacity to 500 GW by 2030 and provide half of its electricity supply

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka PM says economy 'has collapsed,' unable to buy oil

Sri Lanka’s prime minister says its debt-laden economy has “collapsed" after months of shortages of food, fuel and electricity

Reuters

China heatwaves drive up power demand to record levels, southern floods swamp cities

Heatwaves in northern and central China drove up electricity demand to record levels as millions switched on air conditioners to escape the sweltering conditions, while floodwaters in the south submerged villages and trapped city residents.

Reuters

Hong Kong fire leaves 20,000 households without power for 2 days

A fire in global financial hub Hong Kong has left 20,000 households without electricity for two days amid hot and humid weather.The city's government is requesting an investigation into the accident, which occured on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Payouts on big US power grid fall 32% in blow to coal plants

Electricity generators on the biggest U.S. grid will be paid 32% less next year for being on standby to keep power flowing on the system stretching from New Jersey to Illinois.

ABC News

Australian Energy Market Operator to end its intervention in east coast market

An unprecedented intervention in Australia's east coast energy market will be gradually removed over the next day, with authorities increasingly confident in the supply of wholesale electricity.

Benzinga

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