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‘Tedious and horrible’: What life was like during the 1970s blackouts

As the National Grid warns Britons could face blackouts due to the energy crisis we look back at the last time the country was plunged into darkness

The Independent UK

Does a kettle use more electricity than a TV? How much power your gadgets use

We test what devices consume, with households increasingly worried about rising energy prices

The Guardian - UK

Families with no gas will get extra £200 to help pay for heating in the new year

Additional cost of living payment will be paid to millions of households who use oil, LPG or biomass boilers to heat homes

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Ukraine needs $1 billion quickly to restore infrastructure

Ukraine needs rapid assistance totalling $1 billion to return its electricity grid and centralised heating system to normal operation, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Monday.

Reuters

The myth of "green hydrogen"

Using electricity to make hydrogen could be an elegant climate solution — or it could prop up a dirty grid

Salon

NZ's proposed pumped storage hydropower project will cost billions – here's how to make it worthwhile

Greater electrification of the economy is an essential part of Aotearoa New Zealand’s climate policy, as set out in the emissions reduction plan.

The Conversation

Ukraine calls for Patriot missiles to defend its grid and stop rise in refugees

Prime minister Denys Shmyhal says western air defence systems will keep power stations working despite Russian attacks

The Guardian - UK

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Jamie Dimon warns of 'extraordinary' dangers of Ukraine War and global energy crisis

JPMorgan’s CEO warned of a prolonged energy crisis, while calling for a “Marshall Plan for energy” to combat oil and gas underinvestment.

Fortune

Record low Kariba dam levels see Zimbabwe, Zambia facing drastic power cuts

Zimbabwe and Zambia both rely on lake Kariba – the world’s biggest dam – for the bulk of their hydro-electric supply. The record-low water level at present means electricity supplies in both countries will be heavily rationed.

Radio France Internationale

Exact time tonight Brits are being asked to cut electricity use in bid to halt blackouts

UK next-day electricity prices surged yesterday to help attract power imports through interconnectors from Europe. Record prices are expected during the peak demand hours of 5pm to 7pm today

Daily Mirror

Bold, fast partnering can solve infrastructure needs

Action on NZ's backlog of infrastructure needs will require open minds on private and public financing, and active partnerships able to deliver at pace

Newsroom.co.nz

Ukraine: Electricians fight to restore power to villages in Mykolaiv and Kherson

As the temperature drops below freezing in Ukraine, Russia has launched wave after wave of missile attacks on the country's energy infrastructure in a bid to destroy morale and force the Ukrainians to sue for peace. FRANCE 24 correspondents Robert Parsons, Pauline Godart and Raid Abu Zaideh report from the…

France 24

Octopus Energy pays customers more than £1 million to save electricity

The firm’s customers have been the most active among the suppliers offering the service.

The Independent UK

A stingray: do they get a little light-headed as they feel the electricity brighten, speed up, then die?

Most venomous creatures store their poison in a gland. Not the stingray, whose venom is in its very tissue

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The Independent UK

How you can get paid for using appliances at off-peak times

The Demand Flexibility Service scheme set for launch after trial by energy supplier saw some customers paid £2 per kilowatt hour

The Independent UK

‘Tedious and horrible’: What life was like during the 1970s blackouts

As the National Grid warns Britons could face blackouts due to the energy crisis we look back at the last time the country was plunged into darkness

Evening Standard

National Grid asks two coal plants to fire up amid big freeze

National Grid said the move to use two standby plants should ‘give the public confidence in Monday’s energy supply’

Wales Online

People asked to turn appliances off between 5pm and 7pm tonight in system test

Two more coal-fired power stations are being brought online to prepare for a surge in demand

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Reason

Brickbat: Flatlining

The German government is denying reports that it plans to ban energy price increases next year. Rather, it says it plans to require energy companies to prove that any increases in electricity or natural gas prices are necessary before it will allow them. Companies would have to prove that they…

The Guardian - UK

National Grid stands down coal plants on standby in icy weather

Great Britain’s electricity system operator says it has no concerns over blackouts despite snow and ice

The Guardian - UK

‘People can’t afford milk’: Moldovans weigh political future as Ukraine war hits economy

Pro-Kremlin rhetoric is catching on with some as winter heating and basic foods become unaffordable

The Guardian - UK

UK facing ‘tough road’ as recession looms despite economy growing in October – as it happened

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warns economy likely to get worse before improving, after UK GDP rose 0.5% in October, but shrank by 0.3% in the August-October quarter

The Conversation

Indonesia's climate target still got the worst rating despite being “more ambitious”

Global research coalition Climate Action Tracker (CAT) categorises Indonesia’s climate goals as “Critically Insufficient”, which means they are far from enough to curb global warming.

ABC News

Former Synergy chief engineer fears for summer power supplies in Perth and southern WA

On a warmish evening across Perth and southern WA recently, something happened to make Andy Wearmouth feel very uncomfortable, while just about everybody else in the state remained blissfully ignorant.

The Guardian - UK

UK power prices hit record high amid cold snap and lack of wind power

Severely cold weather has come with low wind speeds, creating perfect storm to drive wholesale costs up

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