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NYC skyscrapers turning to carbon capture to lessen climate change

In a vertical city like New York, any serious effort to address climate change has to focus on the greenhouse gas emissions caused by buildings

The Independent UK

Practice what you preach

Political parties promised several populist pledges for the general election to entice voters, including a controversial 10,000-baht handout via digital wallets to those aged 16 and over; a hike in minimum daily wages to 600 baht; an increase of minimum monthly salaries for university graduates to 25,000 baht; debt suspension…

Bangkok Post

Tariff revision: public hearing in Thiruvananthapuram on May 15

The commission will hear the views of consumers and other stakeholders on the KSEB proposals for revising electricity tariffs for the fiscals from 2023-24 to 2026-27.

The Hindu

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Off-grid solar brings light, time and income to remotest villages

In Indonesia's far-east island of Sumba, off-grid solar is lighting up lives for residents still living out of reach of the country's national electricity provider

The Independent UK

TNERC rejects Tangedco plea for collecting cost from consumers over installation of distribution transformers

Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission has rejected a plea to review its verdict that Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd. (Tangedco) is not entitled to collect both development charges and extension/estimate cost from the consumer while effecting new service connection.

The Hindu

KSEB unveils capacity building policy for meeting emerging challenges in power sector

Formation of an efficient research and development team, a credit-based incentive system for employees, and a slew of programmes to develop their technical and managerial skills are among the highlights of the new ‘Capacity building policy’ unveiled by the Kerala State Electricity Board

The Hindu

The gas and electricity bill has rocketed from £15,000 to £50,000

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Cheaper electricity bills on the way thanks to offshore wind investment, says Eamon Ryan

The Environment and Energy Minister was speaking after the announcement that four offshore windfarms have successfully bid in an auction to supply electricity to the mainland

Dublin Live

Crypto miners ‘stole B500,000 a month worth of electricity’

SAMUT PRAKAN: Authorities have seized cryptocurrency mining hardware worth more than 5 million baht from two houses in Samut Prakan where electricity theft exceeded 500,000 baht a month.

Bangkok Post

WA government promises 'genuine' cost of living relief, but it's not enough for everyone

The cost of living crisis has upended Sandra Davis' retirement plans, and she says this week's state budget won't be enough to change that.

ABC News

Four enforcement orders served on businesses in Ireland for food past use-by date and unsafe storage

The FSAI served three closure orders and one prohibition order, with one business having no electricity or working boiler on site

Irish Mirror

Nat-Gas Prices Jump as Active U.S. Nat-Gas Rigs Plunge

June Nymex natural gas (NGM23 ) on Friday closed up +0.076 (+3.47%). Jun nat-gas prices Friday jumped to a 1-1/2 week high and closed sharply higher. Above-normal U.S. temperatures have increased demand from electricity providers to power air-conditioning. According to BNEF data, gas demand for power generation is at the...

Barchart

"Dirty Deeds" report lifts lid on power station's environmental impact

Vales Point Power Station and its associated coal mining operations have had 57 licence breaches over the 23 years.

Newcastle Herald

Domestic tariff slabs reduced from 4 to 2 for Bescom consumers

The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), on May 12, Friday, announced non-telescopic tariff slabs for the domestic consumers of Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom), under which the number of tariff slabs would be reduced from four to two. However, the same would not be applicable to LT industrial consumers

The Hindu

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Is Biden Replacing Bad Border Policy With Worse Border Policy?

Plus: Schools suing social media companies, a bitcoin mining tax is a bad idea, and more...

The Hindu

Steep hike of average 70 paise per unit in power tariff across categories

The new tariff will be applicable from April 2023. Electricity supply companies (Escoms) across Karnataka had submitted tariff revision proposals to the commission in November 2022.

Reuters

Baltic nations might bring forward cut-off from Russian power grid

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are considering speeding up a plan to disconnect the Baltic region's electricity supply from Russia's grid.

Daily Mirror

Warning as Brits only have weeks left to get £400 energy support - who can claim?

The cash is available to those who live "off-grid" such as in a houseboat or park home and those who use alternative energy as their main source of heating

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Factbox-Election promises of Thailand's major parties

Thailand's main political parties have differing ideologies and support bases but are proposing many similar policies ahead of a May 14 general election, focusing on winning over the rural poor and millions shackled by household debt.

Glasgow Live

Renfrew power restored after multiple homes left without electricity

The power cut this morning affected residents in the Bridge of Weir area and saw engineers rush to the site to find the fault. It has since been fixed and the power is back on.

The New Daily

Sudan’s rival forces agree to protect civilians

A declaration signed by Sudan's warring sides seeks to improve the flow of humanitarian relief and begin restoration of water and electricity services.

The Conversation

Despairing about climate change? These 4 charts on the unstoppable growth of solar may change your mind

Last year, the world built more new solar capacity than every other power source combined.

Barchart

Nat-Gas Prices Little Changed as Canadian Gas Production Resumes

June Nymex natural gas (NGM23 ) on Thursday closed down -0.001 (-0.05%). Jun nat-gas prices Thursday gave up an early advance and settled little changed. Nat-gas prices Thursday gave up early gains as more Canadian nat-gas production has come online as firefighters continue to make progress in battling wildfires in...

Irish Mirror

Ireland's 'breakthrough' offshore wind auction could save households hundreds of millions

Together the wind farms are expected to generate enough power for 2.5 million homes

Roll Call

EPA releases proposal for limiting power plant carbon emissions - Roll Call

The EPA proposed regulations to cut climate-warming emissions from power plants that burn fossil fuels to generate electricity.

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