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An investigation is being carried out after a hospital was left running on battery power when its back-up generator “failed” during a power…

Justice Secretary Angela Constance said an investigation was being held into what happened at Forth Valley Royal Hospital.

Having shattered assumptions in the tech sector and beyond about the cost of artificial intelligence, Chinese startup DeepSeek's new chatbot is now roiling another industry: energy companies.

Several African nations have committed to open up their electricity sectors to attract investors and light up the homes of 300 million people currently lacking power over the next six years. "Mission 300" is driving the agenda at a two-day energy summit in Tanzania.

Research finds 60% of government contracts through backup ‘capacity market’ went to fossil fuel plants

The microbial fuel cell is only able to generate tiny amounts of electricity for now.

The forecast comes despite the Government revising down its capacity targets in an action plan released late last year.

Approximately 60,000 customers remain without electricity across Northern Ireland.

The world is fast transitioning towards renewable energy systems. But in many African countries, this transition is not solving historical inequalities or socio-economic challenges. This is because moving away from fossil fuels is costly and governments have largely not involved historically disadvantaged communities in the transition.