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Energy price cap was never designed to keep your bills down in the first place

The price cap is the same for every household, regardless of income

Wales Online

Easy step could save you up to €800 a year on your electricity and gas bill in Ireland

Due to rising inflation, over 35 price hikes were announced by energy suppliers in Ireland in 2021

Irish Mirror

Editorial: 10 more years of nuclear power? Gov. Newsom needs to make the case

With only a few weeks left before state lawmakers adjourn for the year, Gov. Gavin Newsom is making a last-minute push to extend the life of California’s last nuclear plant.

Los Angeles Times

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Exactly when and how you'll get your £400 to pay for energy bills

Every household in the country is to get the money to help cover raising energy costs

Wales Online

Greater Manchester arts complex faces £1m energy bill this winter

The Lowry says energy costs in 2022-23 will far outstrip its entire Arts Council grant

The Guardian - UK

China's Sichuan limits power to homes, offices amid extreme heat

China's southwestern province Sichuan began limiting electricity supply to homes, offices and malls on Wednesday, due to a severe power crunch driven by extreme heat waves and drought, according to state media and one power company.

Reuters

How much of America’s clean energy infrastructure is built in the US?

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Clean energy needs far clearer policy

Amid rising oil prices and the need to slow down global warming from fossil fuels, the government's vow to give electric vehicles a big policy push is more than welcome. The road ahead will not be easy, however.

Bangkok Post

A clean energy grid means 10,000km of new transmission lines. They can only be built with community backing

If you drive through central Victoria, you might wonder at the signs reading “Piss off AusNet” in shop windows or even mown into grassland. Communities and farmers are pushing back against plans for new 85-metre towers and transmission lines needed to transmit renewable power to the cities.

The Conversation

'We're sleepwalking into disaster': A dairy farmer's experience of the energy crisis

AS the prices of energy, grain and fertilizer skyrocket, it is no surprise to hear that Scotland’s farmers are facing a perfect storm amid the…

The National (Scotland)

British Gas and Octopus Energy delivers 'significant' plan to UK Government to freeze bills

The top energy companies are urging the UK Government to freeze gas and electricity bills before the end of the year, as millions of Brits face a torrid, cold winter.

Glasgow Live

Russia says Ukrainian 'sabotage' behind pylon blasts in southern Kursk region

Russia's FSB security service on Tuesday accused Ukrainian "saboteurs" of repeatedly blowing up electricity pylons running from a nuclear reactor complex in the southern Russian region of Kursk, disrupting the plant's operations.

Reuters

Energy bill price cap could hit £5,500 in April, latest data predicts

On Monday, electricity prices increased by around £100 per megawatt hour

Manchester Evening News

Next US energy boom could be wind power in the Gulf of Mexico

With passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which contains US$370 billion for climate and energy programs, policy experts are forecasting a big expansion in clean electricity generation. One source that’s poised for growth is offshore wind power.

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Daily Record

Full details on £400 energy rebate monthly discounts starting in October for 29m households

Everything you need to know about reduced direct debit payments, refunds, pre-payment meters and people who do not qualify.

The Conversation

Why are gas prices still high despite oil getting cheaper – and what will happen next? Energy expert Q&A

While thermometers have been well into the red across the northern hemisphere, people are panicking about the cost of energy bills once winter starts to bite. According to the latest forecasts in the UK, the minimum price cap for households’ electricity and heating costs is set to more than double…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Renews Adherence to Nile River Water Rights

Egypt has renewed its “adherence” to its water rights, a few days after Ethiopia announced completing the third filling of its mega dam reservoir and the electricity production from the second turbine without agreement from downstream countries. Egypt and Sudan demand that Ethiopia halt the construction work at the Grand…

Evening Standard

City of the future: can London adapt to survive the soaring temperatures?

As the heatwave showed, our cities are going to have to work hard to cope with the climate emergency. From plastic-paved roads to heat-pumped buildings, what might the London of the future look like?

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Qld hydrogen tilt needs big renewable push

A future in which Queensland is a green hydrogen superpower will demand a huge investment in renewable energy and a considerable labour pool for construction.

Bangkok Post

BGRIM posts B14.67bn earnings in Q2

SET-listed B.Grimm Power Plc (BGRIM) recorded revenue of 14.6 billion baht in the second quarter of 2022 from higher electricity tariffs, increased sale volumes and contributions from renewals in Laos and Thailand.

Bangkok Post

Ratch deals put capacity plan on course

Ratch Group Plc, Thailand's largest private power producer by capacity, expects to conclude three deals on new asset purchases in the third quarter of this year to put it on track to add 700 megawatts of electricity generation capacity to its portfolio in 2022.

The Hindu

Explain why electricity tariff should not be revised annually, HC asks Tangedco, TNERC

Court also wants to know why power suppliers should not be paid strictly on the basis of seniority

Daily Mirror

Terrified mum says she'll have to go hungry to keep son alive with life-saving equipment

Maxine Rothchester's disabled son Isaac, nine, weighs just 11kg and has a rare condition called Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome which requires round the clock care and specialist equipment

The Guardian - UK

Kosovo stops import of electricity and begins energy rationing

Power blackouts after wholesale prices soar as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Conversation

Britain's energy price cap was never designed to keep your gas and electricity affordable

The price of gas and electricity is soaring in Britain and many millions of people are likely to be pushed into fuel poverty. And this is even with an “energy price cap”. Perhaps weirdly to many, nothing has actually gone wrong in terms of what the price cap was designed…

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