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The UK Government is ‘exploring options' for other ways to support households who do not currently qualify.

Fresh into a new mandate but without a parliamentary majority since legislative elections on Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron will now have to hammer out an energy policy caught between the gas crisis caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and an increasingly vocal green movement. Germany faces similar problems.

Australian consumers may end up paying to extend the lifespan of fossil fuels unless a planned overhaul of the electricity market is handled carefully.

Solar Philippines has submitted offers to contract most of its planned 10 gigawatts of projects, including the world’s largest, as the Southeast Asian nation seeks to meet rising demand for electricity while shifting away from coal.

The UAE is preparing to reach 75 percent of operating its peaceful nuclear project. Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has announced that Nawah Energy Company has begun the process of loading fuel assemblies into the reactor of the Barakah plant following the granting of operating license by Federal Authority for…

Power consumption surged in Chinese provinces north of the Yangtze river due to warmer-than-normal weather, with regions like Henan, China's third-most populous province, being tested to meet record electricity demand.

Australia's largest natural gas infrastructure business APA Group has signed a 30 year agreement for the transport and storage of gas to the Hunter Power Project at Kurri.

The shock suspension last week of Australia’s wholesale electricity market rekindled an age-old debate about whether the energy sector should be nationalised – in other words, owned and controlled by government.

The Energy Security Board recommends paying generators to keep extra capacity in the national grid to reduce the risk of blackouts

Weather extremes have deepened the man-made power crisis in ways that were hard to predict and at times even harder to imagine. Both Snowy Hydro and coal-fired power stations have been impacted by summer rains. And two weeks of extreme cold has only brought the power system closer to the…

The end of the day is usually when most of us start to unwind – but that's when Australia's energy market experiences the biggest strain. Here's what you need to know about off-peak electricity.