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Wind and solar farms to pay nearly half of windfall profits to Treasury

The windfall tax on renewables, biomass and nuclear power generators will be set at 45%, Jeremy Hunt announced in his autumn statement.

The Independent UK

'I put heating on ONCE a week and family uses torches to save cash on electric'

Dad Chavdar Todorov wanted his family to cut back on their energy usages when they saw their bill more than double in price to £320 a month. He now forces them to wear head torches to save money

Daily Mirror

First draft of Cop27 text: what it says and what it means

Fiona Harvey deciphers the state of progress on addressing the climate crisis at UN talks in Egypt

The Guardian - UK

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Chancellor extends energy windfall tax to ‘low carbon’ generators

Jeremy Hunt proposes to raise £14bn by also raising levy to 35% and extending it by two years

The Guardian - UK

Wind farms to pay higher windfall tax than oil rigs, Chancellor reveals

Jeremy Hunt hopes the taxes can raise around £14 billion for the Treasury between them next year

Evening Standard

Five simple tech tweaks to help people working from home keep energy bills down this winter

Making a few changes to your daily work routine to help keep electricity bills down.

Daily Record

EU to provide aid to Ukraine over winter before possible hostility flareup

The EU will provide temporary cold-weather shelter, generators and electricity grid-repair kits to Ukraine to help it tide over the winter ahead of a possible flare-up of hostilities in the conflict with Russia, the bloc's crisis management commissioner Janez Lenarcic said on Thursday.

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How much your Christmas lights cost to run and a trick to cut the bill in half

Some lights could add £510 to your electricity bill in December

Wales Online

Russian strikes on Ukraine spotlight Moldova’s energy woes

Massive blackouts that temporarily hit more than a half-dozen cities across Moldova this week have highlighted the impact Russia’s war in Ukraine is having on Europe’s poorest country

The Independent UK

SA navigates over-supply of power

SA has coped with an over-supply of power after the loss of its connection to Victoria left the state unable to export excess renewable energy there.

AAP

SSE profits balloon as energy giant makes a killing from gas price boom

ENERGY giant SSE has seen its profits balloon as high electricity prices saw its gas generation arm make a killing a day before the government is…

The National (Scotland)

New Warm Home Discount helpline for people to find out if they are due £150 energy bill discount

We also have a full list of suppliers offering Warm Home Discount to customers this winter.

Daily Record

Reactors at Ukrainian nuclear power plants shut down after Russian strikes

Several reactors at two Ukrainian power plants automatically shut down as a result of Russian missile strikes on Tuesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, adding that millions of people were left without electricity.

Reuters

Ratch expects 10-15% revenue growth

Ratch Group Plc, Thailand's largest private power producer by capacity, expects revenue to grow by 10-15% next year, mainly driven by its expansion of electricity generation capacity.

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The Independent UK

US offshore wind energy industry faces blowback from locals

The offshore wind power energy has ambitious plans for generating electricity for millions of American homes

The Independent UK

‘We will survive,’ says Zelensky despite huge power cuts after Russia fires 100 missiles on Ukraine

Extraordinary wave of strikes reported hours after Zelensky addresses leaders at G20

Irish Mirror

Tallaght mum says house already decked out in Christmas lights 'doesn’t affect bills'

"I pay my own electricity bill and I haven’t seen a difference in it"

Birmingham Post

HMRC office used £550,000 of electricity in six months after being lit up like Christmas tree at night

1,000 people moved in in April – but average number of HMRC staff on-site overnight said to be just four

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Axios

US, Japan and EU unveil $20 billion plan to wean Indonesia off coal

Indonesia currently relies on coal, the most carbon-emitting fuel, for roughly 60% of its electricity.

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt ‘lining up new 40% windfall tax on electricity generators’

Chancellor plans levy on companies’ ‘excess returns’ to ease cost of living crisis, according to report

Daily Mirror

This £15.99 Amazon device will help cut energy bills in cost of living crisis

A clever gadget from Amazon could help you save money by switching your electricity off for different appliances

The Guardian - UK

India’s energy conundrum: committed to renewables but still expanding coal

Critics says India’s plans to increase coal production to 1bn tonnes a year are environmentally devastating and unnecessary

The Independent UK

Hopes and costs are high for UK's nuclear energy future

Sites like the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant have become integral to the U.K. government’s “net zero” by 2050 strategy

Nottingham Post

MP details electricity bill for Nottingham HMRC office block 'lit up like a Christmas tree'

HMRC said the building has reported an improvement

The Guardian - UK

‘Everything has changed, nothing has changed’: what’s stopping green energy

The case for rapid transition to renewables is stronger, but some developments are making it harder

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