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Power cuts in South Africa: trend to get off the grid is gathering pace, but total independence is still a way off

South Africans have been battered by power shortages for several years. These have worsened to the point that towards the end of 2022 the country’s electricity utility, Eskom, had only half of its power generation capacity operational.

The Conversation

Bosnian dairy farm makes electricity from organic waste

A high-tech dairy farm is among the first in Bosnia turning biogas from animal faeces and silage into electricity, as it aims to become self-reliant at a time when high energy prices pose a risk to the subsidy-dependent agricultural sector.

Reuters

Australians to save $230 on electricity bills next financial year as wholesale prices fall

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the saving is a sign the government’s plan to cap prices is ‘starting to make a difference’.

The Guardian - AU

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New £150 Warm Home Discount Scheme update for people in Scotland claiming energy help

Eligibility rules for the annual heating bill discount have changed for winter 2022/23.

Daily Record

Millions of homes hit by £116 energy bill hike - despite prices being fixed

Those who have seen their bills increase were customers on Economy 7 electric tariffs which new analysis found rose by 7.6% on average this January

Daily Mirror

SSE commits to 'significant' renewable investment despite 10% lower output

Trading update reveals that calm weather meant gas-fired generation had to pick up the slack

Insider UK

How to help UK households manage rising energy bills - and decarbonise at the same time

The cost of electricity rose sixfold between January 2021 and November 2022 as the impact of the COVID pandemic combined with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to push up wholesale energy prices.

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This is an era of plentiful, cheap, renewable energy, but the fossil fuel dinosaurs can’t admit it

For a couple of days this month, wind power supplied over half the UK’s electricity. You wouldn’t know it, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Households can apply for £400 off energy bills from this month

Almost a million people without a direct electricity connection will be eligible to apply

Liverpool Echo

State regulators approve controversial Texas electricity market reform

The substantial change in the way the state’s market works will first be reviewed by the Legislature.

The Texas Tribune

Almost one million UK households can apply for £400 energy bill payment later this month

An online application process, as well as a helpline for the one-off lumper will open for 900,000 homes which don't have a direct electricity connection.

Chronicle Live

Liverpool City Centre plunged into darkness as power cut hits hundreds

Homes and businesses in L1 have no electricity

Liverpool Echo

The electric car savings gap

A new study says 90% of Americans would save by getting an EV. The other 10%, not so much

Salon

Trade unions call for more strikes over Macron's pension reform

More than a million people marched through French cities on Thursday to denounce President Emmanuel Macron's plans to raise the retirement age, with a wave of nationwide strikes halting trains, blocking refineries and curbing power generation.

Reuters

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Daily Record

Nearly one million households will be able to apply for £400 energy bill help later this month

An online application portal and helpline for the one-off payment is due to open for 900,000 homes without a direct electricity connection.

The Independent UK

Strikes, protests test French plan to raise retirement age

French workers angry over proposed changes to retirement rules are halting high-speed trains, disrupting electricity supplies and taking to the streets in protest Thursday

Nottingham Post

Concern Nottinghamshire village will turn into 'industrial heartland' amid huge solar farm plan

It would be created on 233 acres of land

Bangkok Post

Manufacturers urged to adopt renewables

Higher power bills will be a key factor awakening businesses in the manufacturing sector to a need to seriously adopt renewable energy to relieve an increase in their production costs, estimated at 4.88% on average, says the Industry Ministry.

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Bangkok Post

Erawan output set to normalise next year

PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP) expects gas production at the Erawan gas field in the Gulf of Thailand to increase to the normal level of 800 million metric standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) by April next year, part of efforts to increase domestic gas supply and reduce electricity…

ABC News

Why community batteries could be the next step in the solar power revolution

This year the federal government will begin rolling out 400 community batteries to store excess energy produced by households — an initiative that is expected to prompt an uptick in solar panel purchases.

The Conversation

How to maximise savings from your home solar system and slash your power bills

Soaring electricity prices have made 15% of Aussies think about installing solar panels, a recent survey found. Another 6% were already weighing up the move, on top of the 28% who had panels.

Irish Mirror

Hurling legend Henry Shefflin among residents opposing €175 windfarm as group seeks High Court challenge

The Castlebanny wind farm is expected to generate enough clean, green electricity to power the equivalent of around 70,000 homes

Daily Record

Scots firm fined £80,000 after asbestos inspector electrocuted to death

Christopher Earley, 64, had been carrying out an inspection at the Port of Nigg when he was lashed by a high voltage arc of electricity.

Dublin Live

Exact dates final €200 electricity credit will be issued to Irish households

The payment will be the last of three €200 instalments announced in Budget 2023

The Conversation

Why gas stoves matter to the climate – and the gas industry: Keeping them means homes will use gas for heating too

Gas stoves are a leading source of hazardous indoor air pollution, but they emit only a tiny share of the greenhouse gases that warm the climate. Why, then, have they assumed such a heated role in climate politics?

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