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Air fryers and pressure cookers: how you can save money on your cooking bills

If you look carefully at the energy vampires in any house, there’s one common denominator: heat. This means cooking can be among your biggest costs, along with electric heaters and warming water for washing and radiators. So what are the most effective things you can do in the kitchen to…

The Conversation

Kyiv hospital staff and new mums hatch blackout plans

As the Ukrainian capital braces for power blackouts after Russia rained missiles on the country's electricity infrastructure, patients and staff at one Kiyv hospital are putting a brave face on the situation.

Reuters

Big Brother winner Luke Anderson thought eye-watering electricity bill for his bakery was a typo

The reality TV star’s Welsh bakery business is feeling the pinch due due to soaring food and energy prices

Evening Standard

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No traffic lights, no street lights: What to expect in a winter blackout

The National Grid warned there could be blackouts on ‘very very cold winter days’

The Independent UK

New Warm Home Discount update provides details on who may need to claim £150 energy help

Letters will be sent out to households advising who will get the help automatically and who needs to make a claim.

Daily Record

Fish and chip shop owner working in dark as electricity bill hits £1,000 a month

Amy Anemoni said last year the chippy's electricity bill was £150, but it has now risen to £1,000 per month. She said she always switches off the lights whenever she can and works in the dark

Daily Mirror

National Grid to offer £100 energy discount for using washing machine at night

Homes and businesses are set to be offered a bigger incentive for using electricity outside of peak hours.

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Big Brother winner fears for his bakery after sky-high £1,600 electricity bill

Big Brother winner Luke Anderson's bakery business is feeling the pinch due to eye-watering electricity prices soaring

Daily Mirror

Man living without electricity leaves £250,000 fortune to 31 mystery relatives

Richard Ticehurst, 70, was sadly found dead in his dilapidated terraced house in Eastbourne, East Sussex last February - he didn't have will and little was known about this family

Daily Mirror

EnergyAustralia latest to be hit by cyber-attack as details of hundreds of customers exposed

Electricity company says attack accessed information on 323 customers but ‘no evidence’ data was transferred elsewhere

The Guardian - AU

Big Brother winner now struggling to pay the electricity bill at his Welsh bakery

2012 winner Luke Anderson has seen bills rise from £400 a month to £1,600

Wales Online

Not keeping up with the Joneses: the one factor that makes us less likely to emulate our neighbours on climate action

About 30% of Australian homes have rooftop solar panels installed – the highest uptake of any nation. Their popularity has been helped along by government subsidies that reduce the upfront costs of the technology.

The Conversation

National Grid to give households bigger discounts for off-peak electricity use

Households will be paid a bigger incentive of £3 per kilowatt hour instead of 52p, if they avoid high energy use at peak times

Wales Online

Australia's biggest electricity system 'on life support' as states take control of the energy transition

Top energy expert says the country's biggest electricity market is dying as state and federal governments take control of renewable energy switch.

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Aldi shoppers rush to get £25 microwave and kettle Special Buy that uses ZERO electricity

"Highly recommend beautiful set well worth the money really good quality."

The Guardian - UK

Ovo revives interest in buying nationalised energy supplier Bulb

Gas and electricity company that pulled out of auction for Bulb last year could gazump bid by Octopus

France 24

France sends gas to Germany, another step towards energy solidarity

Faced with a complete cut off of Russian gas supplies, European countries are relying on each other to get through the upcoming winter. In the case of France, the country has agreed to deliver gas to Germany in exchange for electricity. FRANCE 24 weighs up the stakes of this unprecedented…

Tribune News Service

Ukraine’s grid thrown out of balance after power-station attacks

Russian missile and drone attacks toppled more Ukraine power supplies on Thursday, forcing electricity grid operator Ukrenergo to prepare for rolling blackouts.

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Irish Mirror

Senator fears Ireland could see phone, broadband and electricity blackouts this winter

Senator Boylan said that “once unthinkable scenarios” surrounding mobile phone and broadband blackouts are now “a very real prospect” facing us this winter

Axios

Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure prompt energy rationing

Attacks on Ukraine's critical infrastructure could leave many without electricity and heat as winter approaches.

The Independent UK

Bolsonaro struggles to sway Brazil’s poor voters with aid

After Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro boosted welfare payments in August by 50%, many people in the Jequitinhonha Valley, one of the poorest regions of the country, felt they could once again buy some beef, keep electricity running and repair leaky roofs

Pedestrian.tv

Dan Andrews Says The Vic Govt Will Set A 95% Renewable Energy Target If Ya Vote Labor In Again

There's also a plan to bring back the State Electricity Commission.

The Independent UK

Spain, Portugal eased energy prices. Can they teach the EU?

Households and businesses across Europe have struggled with high electricity prices for months, though they have fallen since late August peaks

Wales Online

Owners of small businesses bracing for a turbulent and uncertain year

The rising cost of gas, electricity and fuel for business use is the greatest challenge for half of small business owners

The Independent UK

Ukraine news - live: Putin may withdraw troops from Dnipro as Zelensky’s forces advance

It comes as Russia’s new commander concedes Moscow’s position is ‘difficult’

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