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Final €200 electricity credit payment date as Government hints another could be on the way

Three payments of €200 each have been agreed by the Government in a bid to tackle the cost of living crisis. Every household in Ireland will benefit amid increases in the cost of living.

Irish Mirror

BGRIM signs Malaysian energy deal

B.Grimm Power Plc (BGRIM) plans to supply electricity from renewable sources to TNB Power Generation Malaysia in an effort to support energy security in Asia and assist the Asean Power Grid project.

Bangkok Post

Man forced to move out of Scots home after network error sees huge rise in energy bills

Glasgow Central MP Alison Thewliss asked the UK Government to help her constituent Justin Valmassoi as energy provider Utilita has taken 'too long' to investigate the potential fault.

Daily Record

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Two years after its historic deep freeze, Texas is increasingly vulnerable to cold snaps – and there are more solutions than just building power plants

Texans like to think of their state as the energy capital of the world. But in mid-February 2021, the energy state ran short of energy.

The Conversation

Girl, 7, who eats so little ‘you can see her ribcage’ among children needing help in cost of living crisis

On the Breadline: Families are worried about having enough food to go around and have started using food banks in the cost of living crisis

The Independent UK

School slapped with £250,000 energy bill after Liverpool Council error

Liverpool Council is to reimburse more than 130 schools after £2.3m bill racked up

Liverpool Echo

Nestlé ice cream goes green in energy pilot

Ice cream vendor Nestlé (Thai) is pioneering production by using 100% renewable energy under a pilot project with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat).

Bangkok Post

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Irish households to get further €90 off electricity bills this year

The decision was taken as a measure by the Government aimed at addressing inflation and to ease the financial burden of rising consumer costs on families.

Irish Mirror

South Africa's Ramaphosa to address nation amid power cuts

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is under pressure to convince the country that his government is addressing the nation’s dire electricity crisis and bleak economic outlook in his annual State of the Nation Address on Thursday

The Independent UK

Several universities to experiment with micro nuclear power

The next big thing in nuclear power could be tiny — little reactors that are far smaller and far cheaper than the traditional massive nuclear plants topped by giant concrete cooling towers

The Independent UK

Minn. mandates carbon-free electricity

Utilities can use a mix of solar, wind, hydropower, nuclear, hydrogen power, and biomass to meet the 2040 goal

Salon

GASTAT: Industrial Production Index in Saudi Arabia Increased by 7.3% in December

The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) has issued the results of the industrial production index for December 2022, showing that IPI increased by 7.3% compared to the same month in the previous year, as a result of the increase in mining, quarrying, and manufacturing activity. The results of the index's…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Inflation and recession: Can the world defeat both in 2023?

No, it must accept one, per conventional wisdom. But Europe’s showing another way, though it won’t be painless either.

Al Jazeera

Kirkcudbright couple hit with electricity bill in excess of £4,000

John and Emily McNally claim their meter is faulty by Scottish Power insists the readings are correct

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Liverpool Echo

Schools support confirmed by council after electricity error

Around 130 schools have been hit with a £2.3m bill

Los Angeles Times

LA is shutting down its largest gas plant — and replacing it with an unproven hydrogen project

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to move forward with an $800-million plan to convert the city's largest gas-fired power plant to green hydrogen — a first-of-its-kind project that was hailed by supporters as an important step to solve the climate crisis but slammed by critics as a…

The Conversation

The coal whack-a-mole: getting rid of coal power will make prices fall and demand rise elsewhere

The fight against climate change is full of inconvenient truths. The latest? Coal is going to be harder to get rid of than we had hoped. Every victory like the rejection of Clive Palmer’s proposed Rockhampton coal mine seems to be offset by coal’s gains elsewhere.

Los Angeles Times

Soaring California natural gas prices could bring higher electricity bills this summer

In the wake of skyrocketing gas rates, a utility company executive suggested that hikes in natural gas costs could lead to higher electricity bills this summer.

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Warning that families with smart energy meters could be switched to prepay

Courts ordered to stop issuing warrants to allow PAYG meters to be fitted, but those with smart meters are still at risk and Citizens Advice are calling for new protections

Fortune

Renewables and nuclear can handle almost all new electricity demand in the next few years

The clean energy transition is well underway, but some big outliers remain.

Edinburgh Live

Scottish couple living in council house slapped with £12,000 electricity bill

Both Scottish Power and Falkirk Council have been involved in finding a solution to the problem with Martin and Caroline being billed £1500 a month in their council house

Bangkok Post

Nestle to buy renewable energy from Egat

Nestle (Thai), a consumer goods manufacturer and marketer, plans to focus more on clean energy for its operations, working with the state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) as its trade and energy partner.

The Independent UK

Energy regulator admits vulnerable people are getting ill because they can’t afford electricity

The number of people unable to top up their prepay meters ‘will likely increase as we head into this difficult winter’ Ofgem director admits

Glasgow Live

Glasgow households issued energy voucher warning as thousands unclaimed

Almost one in five households in Scotland use prepayment meters for their gas or electricity with people across the country - including Glasgow - being urged to use their vouchers before the deadline.

The Texas Tribune

Rural Central Texas’ plentiful trees make power outages a frustrating fact of life after storms

Leon County’s judge wants the state to help clear trees around power lines after residents again go without electricity following another storm.

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