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Germany considers electricity price cap for industry

Berlin (AFP) - Germany's Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Friday presented plans to cap the price of electricity used by energy-intensive industries to insulate the sector against sharp cost increases, but the proposal immediately sparked criticism.

AFP

Council could face £55m bill to replace fleet of 1,000 vans and lorries with electric vehicles

Councillors were told that electric vans cost on average £9,000 more petrol or diesel ones but that powering them was cheaper

Wales Online

Couple's 'nightmare' after being charged £1.2k a month for electricity over six years

Bernard and Pat Hampson resorted to heating just one room in their house but were still being hit with massive bills

Wales Online

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Couple 'terrified' after charged £1.2k a month for electricity over six years

"We were just heating up one room in the house - it was a nightmare"

Liverpool Echo

Matt Canavan says Liddell power station's closure is linked to several 'lack of power' alerts. Is that correct?

Nationals senator Matt Canavan has sought to link recent AEMO energy alerts with the closure of Liddell power station. But is there a link?

ABC News

Calif. could use EVs to stop blackouts

The state might require every electric vehicle to be capable of powering your home — and the grid

Salon

Labor warns NSW facing a ‘momentous task’ in transition to renewables

Energy minister Penny Sharpe says state will need to decarbonise its electricity sector at a faster rate

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I'm not an apologist for the Snowy 2.0 hydro scheme – but let's not obsess over the delays and cost blowouts

The first power from the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project may not be delivered until 2028, it was revealed yesterday, triggering a fresh round of criticism over the controversial project.

The Conversation

Texas utility commission chair raises threat of summer power outages and pushes for more gas-powered electricity

Public Utility Commission Chair Peter Lake said renewable energy could be critical to preventing power outages this summer. Renewable energy supporters said the grid’s reliability doesn’t hinge on wind and solar.

The Texas Tribune

Biden Budget Proposes 30% Electricity Tax on Cryptomining

The Biden Administration wants to crack down on high energy consumption from cryptomining operations.

Tom’s Hardware

KSEB objects to KWA proposal to draw water for JJM projects from Idukki reservoir

The dam safety wing of the Kerala State Electricity Board has objected to a proposal of the Kerala Water Authority to release a massive volume of water from the Idukki reservoir for water distribution projects under the Jal Jeevan Mission

The Hindu

MLAs, MPs of Rayalaseema must exert pressure on govt. to set up KRMB offices in Kurnool, says Saguneeti Sadhana Samiti

The president of Rayalaseema Saguneeti Sadhana Samiti Bojja Dasaratharami Reddy on Wednesday said that the Andhra Pradesh State government had issued an order on April 25 to set up the office of the Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Regulatory Board (APERB) in Kurnool and reiterated that the Rayalaseema Saguneeti Sadhana Samiti…

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: JSW Group opts for electric arc furnace at steel plant coming up in Kadapa district

The JSW Group says it is environment-friendly as the source of energy is electricity and involves low capital cost compared to conventional blast furnace

The Hindu

New York takes big step toward renewable energy in ‘historic’ climate win

Measure will also help shift utilities away from private companies to make them publicly owned

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Daily Mirror

Woman buys abandoned 'one-euro house' and turns into dream home worth an estimated £400k

When Meredith Tabbone placed a bid on a 'one-euro house' in Italy, with no electricity or running water, she never anticipated it would become her dream holiday home

Wales Online

Energy experts say simple switch could cut £120 off your bills

Lighting makes up 11% of the average household electricity bill

The Guardian - AU

Snowy Hydro 2.0 project hit by delay of up to two years and another cost blowout

Government-owned company pushes earliest start date of pumped hydro project to the second half of 2028

The Conversation

Two trillion tonnes of greenhouse gases, 25 billion nukes of heat: are we pushing Earth out of the Goldilocks zone?

Since the 18th century, humans have been taking fossil fuels out of their safe storage deep underground and burning them to generate electricity or power machinery.

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The Conversation

NZ industry burns the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol every second – that has to reduce to meet our carbon targets

New Zealand burns the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol every second in coal and natural gas to generate heat for industrial processes. This burning of fossil fuels for industrial heat generates 28% of New Zealand’s energy-related emissions.

The Hindu

Once a saviour of the poor, Indira Canteens are now a picture of neglect

From poor patronage to unavailability of electricity and water as a result of pending dues, the sorry state of affairs continues at Indira Canteens in the city ahead of elections in Karnataka.

The Conversation

Perovskite: new type of solar technology paves the way for abundant, cheap and printable cells

Silicon solar cells are an established technology for the generation of electricity from the sun. But they take a lot of energy to produce, are rigid and can be fragile.

Daily Record

Argos shoppers snap up heated clothes airer that 'saves a fortune on electricity'

The heated clothes airer has managed to amass nearly 1,000 five-star reviews on the Argos website.

The Guardian - UK

John Pettigrew: National Grid chief on why the public must not block the charge to net zero

Events of the past year turned the heat up on the energy network, but the man in charge is unfazed, putting faith in civic duty and turning down the thermostat

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran, Syria to Sign Agreements During Raisi's Visit to Damascus

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Damascus Wednesday at the head of a sizeable ministerial delegation, the first by an Iranian president to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad since war broke out in Syria in 2011. A local newspaper revealed an Iranian plan to invest in the electricity sector in Syria,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hemedti to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Have Control of Khartoum, We Don’t Fear Foreign Meddling

General Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Daglo, commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stressed that his forces are now in complete control of the capital Khartoum’s three main districts: Khartoum, Khartoum Bahri and Omdurman. In an interview to Asharq Al-Awsat, he added that the RSF is working closely with the citizens…

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