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Biden just declared heat pumps and solar panels essential to national defense – here's why and the challenges ahead

Solar panels, heat pumps and hydrogen are all building blocks of a clean energy economy. But are they truly “essential to the national defense”?

The Conversation

Calls for energy networks to shape up after report into the Storm Arwen response

Then Storm Arwen crashed through the Big County in a winter freeze, Perthshire homes were left for an "unacceptable" period of time without power or heating.

Daily Record

AGL, Australia's largest provider, reveals its coal-fired power generator outages will continue

There is no relief in sight from Australia's energy crisis with almost one-quarter of coal-fired capacity offline, and the nation's largest producer revealing several of its units will be out for some time.

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Energy market turmoil: Snowy Hydro delayed until 2028 while coal plants run at half capacity

Cold snap and gas shortages spike electricity prices amid multiple outages at coal-fired power stations

The Guardian - AU

Qld plans second pumped hydro project

The Queensland government will spend $35 million on a study for a pumped hydro project that could store up to seven gigawatts of electricity.

AAP

Snowy Hydro will not produce power until end of the decade, adding more pain to energy market woes

The signature energy reform piece of the previous government will not start producing electricity until late this decade, presenting another energy market headache for the country.

ABC News

Will long-term boost to energy capacity stop exit from coal? Debate is red hot

One of Australia's most experienced energy advisers has downplayed concerns that a plan by state and federal energy ministers to overhaul the electricity market could prolong the coal-fired power industry.

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If the opposition wants a mature discussion about nuclear energy, start with a carbon price. Without that, nuclear is wildly uncompetitive

The idea of nuclear power in Australia has been hotly debated for decades. Most of this discussion has been unproductive, focusing on symbolism and identity politics rather than the realities of energy policy. For that reason alone, we should welcome the commitment by opposition party leaders David Littleproud and Peter…

The Conversation

Locked out of solar, Rosemary found a green power deal. But advocates say they can be hard to navigate

Unable to get solar panels, Rosemary found a green power deal. But advocates say they can be difficult to navigate and hard to compare.

ABC News

Groundwater irrigation, a game-changer for agriculture in T.N.

Today, groundwater caters to about 62% of the net irrigated area in the State

The Hindu

Petrol and diesel prices in Northern Ireland continue to rise to record levels

There is currently a difference of 28p per litre between the highest and lowest petrol prices

Belfast Live

West Dunbartonshire Hydrogen power plant given the green light in Clydebank

The new facility will divert plastic waste from l;andfills and use it to create electricity, as well as providing hydrogen fuel for hgvs and local buses.

Glasgow Live

Most companies buying renewable energy certificates aren't actually reducing emissions

Big companies are increasingly setting voluntary greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets that are derived from the 1.5 C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement. As part of these science-based targets or longer-term net-zero targets, companies commit to rapidly reducing the emissions that come from their electricity consumption.

The Conversation

Electricity firms must ‘up their game’ following Storm Arwen

Three network operators have paid £30m in compensation and agreed to pay another £10m in redress to local communities

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Wales Online

What this UK minister said about winter gas supplies, Wales' electricity grid and a new nuclear power station

Greg Hands was giving evidence at a House of Commons committee

The New Daily

Ministers addressing our spiralling energy crisis have ignored the greatest opportunities

While we have two separate energy crises, an electricity price crisis and gas price crisis, they both have the same problem – our reliance on fossil fuels.

Daily Mirror

Energy bills set to fall for most households under Ofgem plans to cut standing charges

Part of the cost of sky-high energy bills could be stripped out under proposals from the Ofgem energy regulator to help British homes with the rising cost of living

Daily Record

People living in mobile homes may not qualify for £400 energy bill discount this October

Energy customers using off-grid gas supplies will also miss out on the UK Government grant.

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Belfast Live

Click Energy increasing electricity prices by 11%

This change impacts around 26,000 customers

Asharq Al-Awsat

No Way Out as Iraq's Dangerous Post-election Impasse Deepens

Eight months after national elections, Iraq still doesn’t have a government and there seems to be no clear way out of the dangerous deadlock. Political elites are embroiled in cutthroat competition for power, even as the country faces growing challenges, including an impending food crisis resulting from severe drought and…

Manchester Evening News

Ofgem finds that electricity companies provided "unacceptable service" following Storm Arwen

The industry watchdog has made a variety of recommendations so better services are delivered in the future

The National (Scotland)

Watchdog slams energy firms' 'unacceptable' response to Storm Arwen

SCOTS left without power for days following Storm Arwen were provided an “unacceptable service” by electricity networks, industry watchdog Ofgem…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq Approves $17 Bn to Pay Iran Gas Debt, Buy Grain

Iraq passed Wednesday an emergency finance bill to pay debts to Iran to ensure gas supplies and forestall worsening power cuts, as well as to buy grain for "food security,” AFP reported. Parliament, which has still not adopted its budget for 2022, approved the law relating to "food security and…

Daily Record

Storm Arwen response by energy firms 'unacceptable' after thousands left without power

Three network operators - Northern Powergrid, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks and Electricity North West - have agreed to pay out an additional £10.3 million in "redress payments".

Reuters

Power restored in crisis-hit Sri Lanka, UN unveils $47m aid plan

Striking power sector workers returned to work in Sri Lanka on Thursday after the president promised to listen to their concerns, ending widespread blackouts and bringing some respite to an economy hit by its biggest crisis in decades.

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