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Ministers eye new energy support as Iran war sends prices soaring

Derek Lickorish, chairman of electricity and gas firm Utilita, has warned ‘we just don't know’ how high gas prices will go

Evening Standard

1.7m UK homes facing soaring bills as heating oil costs doubled in a week amid Iran conflict

Heating oil’s more volatile pricing is fed straight through to consumers, a key difference to gas and electricity energy supplies

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on EV charging: China took the right lessons from Britain’s past

Editorial: Megawatt fast EV charging reflects a coordinated grid strategy the UK once used. Privatisation and fragmentation now make that infrastructure far harder to build

The Guardian - UK

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Deadly ‘lawnmowers’ in the sky… Electricity 4 hours a day… A people that won’t give up

The world is focused on the West Asia war. So partly are Ukrainians, who have endured the sound and pain of war for four years. “Now you know what we go through,” they say. Resilience has become a fact of life for them; surrender is off the table. As a…

The Times of India

AI is spurring a big expansion of high-voltage power lines. Landowners and locals are fighting back

Bigger and bigger data centers are leading to proposals for massive electric power transmission lines, sometimes across hundreds of miles

The Independent UK

Public USB Charging Can Be Risky and These Safer Options Protect Your Data

Walk through an airport, coffee shop, or hotel lobby, and the glowing promise of free power feels almost comforting. A tired phone, tablet, or smartwatch suddenly looks alive again when a public charging port sits nearby. But convenience sometimes invites trouble when technology meets curiosity from people who want access…

Clever Dude

How to light your home beautifully and cut electricity use

From zoning rooms to the 5-7 layered-lighting rule, explore top ways to brighten your living space while keeping energy bills in check

The Independent UK

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Can green fuels clean up aviation? Scientists say the math doesn’t add up

Sustainable aviation fuels are the most promising technology available to replace fossil kerosene, but experts warn they can’t be produced quickly enough or in large enough volumes to keep pace with projected traffic growth

The Independent UK

Eric Schmidt: big tech should power its own AI ambitions

Tech leaders should respond to the momentum coming from the White House.

Fortune

Phoenix Heat Warning: 8 Bill-Relief Programs Fixed-Income Seniors Should Apply for Now

Phoenix seniors are bracing for another brutal summer, and the rising cost of electricity, water, and essential cooling is already stretching fixed incomes to the...

Saving Advice

South Africa’s power utility Eskom tried to block a gold mine from going solar – but lost in court

South Africa’s national energy policy says: build more renewable power facilities and build them fast.

The Conversation

Donald Trump ‘guarantees’ Americans about to save big on bills, but his genius plan has giant holes and they’ve been exposed

Trump is attempting to find ways to alleviate cost-of-living concerns as we race toward the midterms.

We Got This Covered

Seven EU ministers ask Commission to keep rules on energy pricing and invest more in clean power

Energy ministers from Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Portugal are concerned that the EU executive might change market rules, claiming the decision would undermine investments in clean power. Fears for the future of the bloc's carbon market are also growing.

Euronews

New modelling shows renewable electricity can meet NZ’s future demand – without importing gas

The government’s plan to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) has raised questions about whether this is the best approach to strengthening New Zealand’s energy security, not least because the conflict in Iran highlights price volatility.

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PC Gamer

Big Tech makes White House pledge to stump up for the increased energy costs of AI and prevent household bills from escalating

Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon et al agree to pay for new power generation at the White House.

TechRadar

‘The American people should not be footing the bill for the benefit of private companies': Tech giants sign White House pledge to not pass on data center electricity costs to consumers - here's everything you need to know

The Ratepayer Protection Pledge has been signed by numerous hyperscalers and AI companies, and seeks to prevents American consumers footing the bill for increased energy demand due to data centers.

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘A wrong and broken system’: Readers fear soaring bills as Iran war threatens to deepen cost of living crisis

YOUR VIEWS: Our community voiced frustration and anxiety over soaring oil and gas prices, warning that a system tied to volatile global markets leaves households exposed, heating oil users unprotected, and consumers once again paying the price for political decisions and energy policy failures at home and abroad

Fortune

Why Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI hedge fund is betting big on power companies and Bitcoin miners to fuel the AI boom

New filings show how the former OpenAI researcher is translating his AGI thesis into billions of dollars of bets on electricity, AI infrastructure, and Bitcoin mining companies.

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Axios

Trump's AI pledge: Tech giants say they can contain power costs

Seven companies signed the pledge during a White House event with Trump.

The Independent UK

Trump offers few details as he says data centers deal will lower electricity costs

The president has sought to deflect public concerns about AI,

The Guardian - UK

Energy bills could rise by £160 after Iran conflict pushes gas prices higher

Household costs could reach £1,800 a year from July as UK market hits three-year high

The Conversation

How would the Iran crisis play out in a world powered by renewables not fossil fuels?

Imagine the escalating conflict between the US, Israel and Iran unfolding in a world powered mostly by wind, solar and batteries rather than oil and gas.

Tom’s Hardware

Taiwan expects power demand to increase by more than 5GW by 2030, enough to power nearly 4 million homes — rise in electricity consumption driven by semiconductor manufacturing and AI data center deployments

New semiconductor fabs and data centers are fueling Taiwan's growing power demand, with the island expected to require more than 5GW of new electricity sources and power infrastructure to keep up.

Tom’s Hardware

Trump summons tech giants to White House to pledge power payment commitments — ‘ratepayer protection plan’ will make data center operators negotiate discrete payment structure for electricity use

Some of the U.S.'s biggest AI tech companies are expected to go to the White House to sign the "ratepayer protection pledge" that promises they will pay for all of their electricity usage and not pass on the burden of increased rates to the average American.

The Conversation

Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victory

In 1991, a simple line appeared in Broom, a Lithuanian satire and humor journal. “A shortest joke: Communism,” it said. A one-liner to celebrate the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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