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The Latest Breaking News from Electricity

Summer has just started but the heat is becoming unbearable. Electricity costs -- at a record high of 4.72 baht per unit -- are set to soar further thanks to rising fuel costs. These two factors alone are enough to increase interest in solar rooftop systems among households.

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FTI forecasts production to reach 2m

The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) expects car manufacturing in Thailand to reach 2 million cars this year, close to the level recorded prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, despite concerns over the impact of costly electricity bills and banking problems overseas.

Bangkok Post

Rising water pressure

As if households have not been hurt enough by rising electricity bills, the Metropolitan Waterworks Administration (MWA) and Provincial Waterworks Administration (PWA) on Sunday reportedly sent a signal that worse could be in store by telling the media they may have to increase tap water fees.

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Electricity transformer weighing 197 tonnes to be transported from Glasgow to Paisley

The machinery will leave King George V Dock just after midnight on Wednesday for Neilston sub-station in Gleniffer Road.

Daily Record

WHO Preparing to Evacuate Employees from Sudan

The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that it was working on evacuating its non-essential staff and their families from Sudan. WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Ahmad al-Mandhari told Asharq Al-Awsat that the health and humanitarian situation in Sudan was becoming more dangerous. The health ministry said 18 health…

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Community Solar Saves Money With Solar Energy – Without Changing Your Roof

Learn more about community solar, projects that help save money with solar energy.

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Blackout-beset South Africa may delay closing coal stations

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa may delay the timetable for shutting down many of its highly polluting coal-fired power stations as the nation deals with crippling daily electricity blackouts

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Fears grow for 3,000 Indian citizens trapped in Sudan: ‘I just want my wife and children rescued. Please help’

‘No electricity, no water... just continuous bombardment’: A family member describes situation on the ground

The Independent UK

No special licence to serve liquor at wedding halls: T.N. Minister Senthilbalaji

The Tamil Nadu government will grant the special licence to serve liquor only at the venues of international-level sports and other such events, and not at wedding halls, said Minister for Electricity, Excise, and Prohibition, V. Senthil Balaji. The Tamil Nadu has government has introduced the special licence by amending…

The Hindu

No. 1 Tacos: Belfast restaurant cites "crazy electricity bills" among reasons for closure

"I've put my heart and soul into every single detail...but it would appear in this current climate that is not enough"

Belfast Live

‘Hostages and human shields’: The civilian toll of Sudan’s crisis

Residents of Khartoum describe going days without electricity and water as fighting rages around them.

Al Jazeera

Power bill subterfuge

The Election Commission (EC) last week announced that it is ready to consider a request by the caretaker government to use an extraordinary budget to subsidise electricity bills for the public.

Bangkok Post

Sky-high summer surge

Greater power usage during the summer months is heating up electricity prices as people crank up air conditioners.

Bangkok Post

What this week's closure of Liddell power plant means for energy prices and blackouts in NSW

The energy grid has had time to prepare for Friday's closure of power plant Liddell in the Upper Hunter, and some experts say there's still plenty of capacity for coal generation across the state combined with other energy sources.

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Sudan Lions Reserve Warns Running Low on Food

Heavy fighting in Sudan, which has plunged the nation into chaos and killed hundreds, has also raised fears about the fate of 25 lions and other animals in a wildlife reserve. The facility said it is without electricity to power safety fences around enclosures and running low on food for…

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Biden plans to slash planet-warming pollution from power plants

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is preparing to propose limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants that are so stringent they could almost wipe out the U.S. electricity sector’s planet-warming pollution by 2040.

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Corporate con? Giant polluting investors are behind the push for hydrogen heating

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Production cost steady amid higher power bills

Prices of fresh food remain stable and electricity bills have yet to impact manufacturers' production costs, according to the Internal Trade Department.

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ERC move 'won't solve main reasons' for pricey electricity

Energy activists and politicians have expressed reservations about a decision by an Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) subcommittee to cut the electricity rate from May to August, saying it does not address the real cause of expensive power bills.

Bangkok Post

Industry lauds power tariff reduction

Businesses welcomed the decision by authorities to make a tiny reduction to the power tariff, dropping to 4.70 baht a kilowatt-hour (unit) from 4.77 baht a unit, but they called for more long-term measures to deal with expensive power bills, especially from the next government.

Birmingham Post

Industry leaders in Cornwall call for Celtic Sea windfarms to land in the county

The Crown Estate, which manages the seabed around the UK, will invite energy companies to bid for leases to build the windfarms in the Celtic Sea later this summer

The Conversation

How extreme weather threatens to bring down UK’s power lines and halt supply to homes

Storm Arwen, described by the UK’s Met Office as “one of the most powerful and damaging winter storms of the last decade”, hit the east coast of Scotland and northern England in late November 2021. Wind gusts of over 90 mph and fallen trees caused widespread damage to energy infrastructure.…

Radio France Internationale

France's economy minister extends electricity subsidies to 2025

The French government will continue subsidising electricity bills into 2025 as prices suffer from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and part of the country's nuclear reactor fleet remaining offline, the finance minister said Friday.

Irish Mirror

Cost of living: Taoiseach says energy credit decision will be 'revisited' closer to Budget

The Government ruled out the introduction of more energy credits in February, but Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has now said that the situation will be revisited closer to Budget time

The Guardian - UK

‘There’s a lot of posturing’: Europe’s nuclear divide grows as one plant opens and three close

Europe’s first new plant in 16 years comes on stream in Finland day after Germany pulls plug on last reactors

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