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Ranelagh butcher's horror at €6,000 electricity bill

Sarah Kelly, who co-owns The Village Butcher in Ranelagh, says that the staggering cost puts extra pressure on staff as they head into their busiest week of trading

Dublin Live

Over 100 engineers work to restore power to thousands of Shetland homes

Emergency crews arrive from mainland Scotland and Orkney after snowstorm downs electricity lines

The Guardian - UK

Britons save £3m by using power-hungry appliances at quieter times

National Grid push to use devices such as washing machines and dryers at low-demand periods ‘paying dividends’

The Guardian - UK

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

A historic ‘fusion breakthrough’ was just announced in the US. What does it mean?

The lofty end goal for harnessing fusion for power production is to generate vast amounts of clean, sustainable electricity.

The New Daily

Could Lithuania hold the key to Europe's energy security?

On 19 October, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced that the EU had replaced two-thirds of its Russian gas imports since February by switching to other suppliers. Such a turnaround seemed unattainable last spring, when the invasion of Ukraine turned Moscow from an EU business partner into a…

The Conversation

Despite recycling efforts, many older wind turbine blades still end up in landfills

MURRAY COUNTY, Minnesota — When a 2003-vintage wind farm in southwestern Minnesota became obsolete, its owner Allete Clean Energy tore it down and built anew.

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Save £250 on your energy bills by changing the way you pay

Switching from paying your bill when it comes in to paying by direct debit could mean you can pocket an extra £250 saving

Chronicle Live

A major 'fusion breakthrough' was just officially announced in the US. But what does it actually mean?

For the first time, scientists in the US have confirmed a fusion energy experiment achieved net gain. This means releasing more energy than it takes to initiate, demonstrating the physical basis for producing fusion energy in a controlled way.

The Conversation

Households in Ireland to get €200 boost in weeks as cost of living and cold snap bites

It is the second payment of its kind and was announced in Budget 2023 to help people during the rising cost of energy

Irish Mirror

To clean up Australia's power grid, we're going to need many thousands more skilled workers – and fast

To get Australia’s grid 82% powered by renewables by 2030 is a huge increase. At present, the electricity powering eastern and southern states is around 33% renewable.

The Conversation

Paris's Christmas illuminations 'still joyful' despite having fewer lights

Christmas illuminations in Paris are set to shine a little less brightly this year as local authorities are reducing decorations in a bid to save energy and keep down electricity costs.

France 24

Five unusual energy-saving tips to help you slash your bills

As temperatures drop over the winter period and the cost of energy rises across the UK and Europe, how to spend less money on gas and electricity is on everyone’s minds.

The Conversation

US Scientists Reveal Step Advancing Fusion Energy Quest

US scientists on Tuesday revealed a scientific advance on fusion energy which, if it can make the leap from labs to commercial generation of electricity in coming decades, could help the fight to curb climate change. Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California on Dec. 5 for the…

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Ukraine Battles Russian Push in East as Kyiv Allies Pledge $1 Bln in Aid

Russia and Ukraine pounded each other's forces in heavy fighting in the eastern region of Donetsk on Tuesday as Kyiv's allies meeting in Paris pledged just over 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion) to help Ukrainians survive the freezing winter. Russian forces are battling to take control of the Donetsk and…

Al Jazeera

Ukraine’s wartime winter: Which energy facilities are at risk?

Russian attacks have destroyed at least 40 percent of Ukraine’s energy facilities since the war began in February.

Manchester Evening News

Argos shoppers rush to buy £45 product that 'slashes heating bills to 1p a night'

"I don't use the heating as it's superb and really saves electricity and of course is so much cheaper."

Liverpool Echo

Octopus Energy pays customers up to £20 to reduce their electricity use

Octopus said more than 250,000 households have taken part

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Business sector warns prices will rise if cost of electricity goes up

The Federation of Thai Industries has warned that product prices will rise if the government approves a planned electricity price hike from next month.

The Independent UK

How you can get paid for using appliances at off-peak times

The Demand Flexibility Service scheme set for launch after trial by energy supplier saw some customers paid £2 per kilowatt hour

The Independent UK

‘Tedious and horrible’: What life was like during the 1970s blackouts

As the National Grid warns Britons could face blackouts due to the energy crisis we look back at the last time the country was plunged into darkness

The Guardian - UK

Does a kettle use more electricity than a TV? How much power your gadgets use

We test what devices consume, with households increasingly worried about rising energy prices

Chronicle Live

Families with no gas will get extra £200 to help pay for heating in the new year

Additional cost of living payment will be paid to millions of households who use oil, LPG or biomass boilers to heat homes

Reuters

Ukraine needs $1 billion quickly to restore infrastructure

Ukraine needs rapid assistance totalling $1 billion to return its electricity grid and centralised heating system to normal operation, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Monday.

Salon

The myth of "green hydrogen"

Using electricity to make hydrogen could be an elegant climate solution — or it could prop up a dirty grid

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