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Parallel Entities: A Houthi Weapon that Destroys the State, Dismantles Society

The Houthi group continues to create parallel entities and bodies to replace state institutions despite its complete control over Sanaa. Last week, the head of the Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat, established the General Corporation for Electric Industries and Renewable Energy and appointed Abdul-Ghani Mohammad Hussein al-Madani as its head.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Calcutta high court stays pay of state power companies’ trio over dearness allowance default

KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court stayed the payment of salaries to the CMD of state-owned electricity company WBSEB and the two general managers of WBSEDCL and WBSETCL till July 15 after the corporations failed to comply with the court directive of paying at least 20% of accumulated dearness allowance (DA) to…

The Times of India

NT's Power and Water Corporation buys gas from LNG exporters

The Northern Territory's electricity provider has pulled an emergency lever after its regular supplier could not deliver enough gas.

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Police seize resorts on Egat, forest land

Several resorts in Kanchanaburi have been raided by police for encroaching on Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) land and forest reserve areas.

Bangkok Post

Capacity mechanism, FCAS, load shedding: how much have you learned from Australia’s energy crisis? Take our quiz

Think you know the difference between your NEM and your elbow? Take our quiz to find out if you’re a watt or a megawatt

The Guardian - AU

Australian voters have sent Peter Dutton a clear message; he would be silly to miss the cue

Dutton’s choice to continue a policy of wrecking in energy highlights the challenge Albanese has in seeking to end the destructive decade

The Guardian - AU

Life on the age pension: 'Steak doesn't come into the house'

Food bills are difficult to manage - even small price rises are noticeable.

Newcastle Herald

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Expensive fish died after electricity was cut off in Nottinghamshire house

They included koi carp and ghost koi

Nottingham Post

Sun Cable: The giant solar project making Australia a world leader in renewable generation

The world's largest solar generation and transmission project – Sun Cable – was given the go-ahead by Infrastructure Australia (IA) on Friday.

The New Daily

Electricity used to mine bitcoin plummets as crypto crisis widens

Consumption down by third since 11 June, with even sharper falls among other cryptocurrency networks

The Guardian - UK

'Green' Germany Prepares To Fire Up the Coal Furnaces

Strongly held wishes and pixie dust won’t deliver a green utopia.

Reason

Chinese premier calls for more coal production as electricity demand soars

Records for electricity usage broken in Shandong, Henan and Jiangsu after early summer heatwaves

The Guardian - UK

Qld expands grid storage with big battery

A new 400MWh battery in southeast Queensland is the latest in a series of announcements as the state government investigates more energy storage options.

AAP

Singapore imports clean power for first time, buying from Laos

Singapore began receiving hydropower from Laos wired through Thailand and Malaysia on Thursday, the city-state’s first renewable electricity imports as it looks beyond its borders to meet climate change goals.

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Claims most of Germany's power was recently generated by brown coal don't stack up

A graph purporting to show that Germany was briefly powered by more than two-thirds brown coal has spread widely online. But there's a devil in the detail.

The Conversation

The clean energy revolution isn’t just a techno-fix – it's about capturing hearts and minds

The Black Summer bushfires devastated parts of the Eurobodalla region in New South Wales. Then earlier this year, the area was hit by floods. As climate change threatens to bring more severe and frequent extreme weather events, how can we help future-proof such communities?

Wales Online

Man reduces gas and electricity bills to £0 thanks to his car

The green technology requires little effort from the user

The Hindu

Beware! Phishing attacks in the name of non-payment of Bescom bills

Wg. Cdr. Kurian Cherian (retd) learnt it the hard way after losing ₹10,000 to the phishing attack

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Social welfare Ireland: How to qualify for payments to help with gas and electric bills and TV licence

The payments cover a portion of the monthly cost of either gas or electricity for older people

ABC News

Adelaide electrician convicted of diverting power for cannabis crop has registration cancellation overturned

An electrician who illegally diverted electricity from the grid to grow cannabis at his southern Adelaide home will keep his operating licence, with a tribunal overturning a decision to cancel it.

Bangkok Post

Japan halts aid for coal-fired plants in Indonesia, Bangladesh

TOKYO: Japan will stop providing yen loans for the construction of coal-fired electricity plants in Indonesia and Bangladesh, the government said on Wednesday.

ABC News

Electric vehicles could significantly increase demand on the power grid, trials underway to change energy use behaviour

Energy retailers and distributors are preparing for a looming challenge from electric vehicles, with new research revealing they'll add at least 30 per cent demand on the evening peak unless drivers change their behaviour.

The Guardian - AU

More electricity retailers likely to fail, resulting in less competition and higher prices

Between five and 10 providers could go out of business in the next six months alone, researcher David Hiley says

The Hindu

Agency for promoting Clean Energy launched

Call for producing cheap electricity from thorium deposits

The Conversation

What is curtailment? An electricity market expert explains

Curtailment has a special meaning in electric power systems. It describes any action that reduces the amount of electricity generated to maintain the balance between supply and demand – which is critical for avoiding blackouts.

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