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Exclusive: Price distortions in EU energy market must end, Portuguese minister tells Euronews

In an exclusive interview with Euronews, Portugal's Energy and Environment Minister Maria da Graça Carvalho said ensuring a level playing field among member states will be "essential" to lowering electricity prices across the bloc in 2026.

Euronews

Hydro One Outage Update: Which Areas Are Still Without Power and When Service Is Expected to Return

Freezing rain caused Hydro One power outages across Ontario, with crews restoring electricity in stages as residents await confirmation of service.

International Business Times UK

London Eye architect proposes 14-mile tidal power station off Somerset coast

West Somerset Lagoon would harness renewable energy for UK’s AI boom – and create ‘iconic’ arc around Bristol Channel

The Guardian - UK

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New electrochemical method splits water with electricity to produce hydrogen fuel — and cuts energy costs in the process

Scientists adapted a method that can produce double the amount of hydrogen when splitting water molecules with electricity.

LiveScience

This ETF Will Benefit From Americans' Higher Energy Bills

Electric bills are up 13% since President Trump took office. That’s bad news for the average American but good news for utilities investors.

MarketBeat

Google's proposed data center in orbit will face issues with space debris in an already crowded orbit

As a space scientist, I predict that the company will soon have to reckon with a growing problem: space debris.

Space

North Macedonia declares electricity crisis over fuel oil shortage

The crisis in the Western Balkan country was sparked by severe difficulties in supplying fuel oil from neighbouring Greece after border blockades by protesting farmers, authorities said.

Euronews

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Two-way electric vehicle charging at scale could stop renewable energy being wasted – here’s how it works

The amount of renewable energy produced around the world is increasingly exceeding demand – particularly from wind and solar sources. This presents a significant challenge when limited grid capacity and insufficient energy storage mean this clean power has to be curtailed, wasting the excess generation. The scale of this problem…

The Conversation

Politicians Say AI Data Centers Are Driving Up Electricity Costs. That's Not How Energy Prices Work.

Rising electricity prices are being pinned on data centers, but demand isn’t what makes power expensive.

Reason

Top Global Energy Players Assemble at Wison Technology Seminar 2025

The second annual event addressed a range of topics, including the energy transition, floating wind, green hydrogen, carbon capture and Power-to-X, a set of technologies that convert surplus renewable electricity into products such as synthetic fuels.

International Business Times

Victoria to get first publicly owned windfarm with 33-turbine Latrobe valley project

Advocates say State Electricity Commission’s $650m Delburn windfarm will be a ‘new chapter’ for region previously home to Hazelwood coal power station

The Guardian - AU

No wonder there's a bubble - study claims nearly all of the world’s data centers are built in the wrong climate

Most global data centers are built in unsuitable climates, straining cooling, energy, and infrastructure as AI and cloud demand rise.

TechRadar

"Tech companies have paid lip service" - US government is asking AI giants why data centers are leading to rising bills

US senators challenge tech giants over rising electricity bills as AI data centers strain grids and shift infrastructure costs onto consumers.

TechRadar

When disasters strike, home batteries could be a lifeline

Extreme weather is placing greater strain on Australia’s power grids. In 2022, the record-breaking Northern Rivers floods blacked out almost 70,000 households. A powerful storm in 2024 cut electricity to more than half a million Victorians. In 2025, Cyclone Alfred left 320,000 homes without power.

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The Guardian - AU

Why are Australians paying so much for gas – and will Labor’s new scheme bring down prices?

LNG export market and lack of competition have driven up bills across the country – but experts say era of cheap gas is ‘going, going, gone’

The Guardian - US

‘The biggest transformation in a century’: how California remade itself as a clean energy powerhouse

The Golden State’s clean energy use hit new highs in 2025. As the Trump administration abandons US climate initiatives, can California fill the void?

The Guardian - UK

This year’s Christmas could be Britain’s greenest yet, energy operator says

System operator Neso predicts lowest carbon intensity ever on Christmas Day after new wind and solar power come online

Euronews

AI data centres could have a carbon footprint that matches small European country, new study finds

AI systems could produce 80 million tons of CO₂ in 2025 and as much water as the world’s bottled water industry. But it’s hard to measure as tech companies do not release all of the details.

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Utility Providers in Kansas City Are Rolling Out Mid‑Winter Rate Reviews

While Kansas City residents are facing higher utility bills this winter, there is no public evidence that local utility providers are conducting formal “mid-winter rate...

The Guardian - UK

UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’

Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates

The Independent UK

AI data centers may have created as much pollution as New York City and used a world’s supply of bottled water in just one year

Over the past few years, Silicon Valley's AI blitz has created skyrocketing demand for high-end computation in vast dedicated data centers

Radio France Internationale

China's power paradox: clean energy surge conflicts with coal safety net

Ten years on from the Paris climate agreement, China sits at the heart of the global energy transition – as both the world’s biggest emitter of carbon dioxide and its biggest driver of renewable power.

The Guardian - UK

AI boom has caused same CO2 emissions in 2025 as New York City, report claims

Study author says tech companies are reaping benefits of artificial intelligence age but society is left to pay cost

International Business Times UK

Qatar AI Push Relies on Low-Cost Electricity as Long-Term Economic Risks Mount

Qatar is banking on cheap power and its $526bn sovereign fund to challenge Saudi Arabia and the UAE in the Gulf's AI race.

The Conversation

Can ‘miracle’ heaters really warm your home for pennies? The physics says no

The internet is awash with adverts for various portable heaters, with claims that they will heat your house for pennies. Some are marketed as the “Tesla of the heating industry” (despite being nothing to do with Elon Musk’s carmaker), while others claim they can “heat up a house in three…

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