Focus on Electricity
Eastern Canadian province imposes fire ban after blaze forces evacuation of town near hydroelectric power plant
The Canadian Atlantic province of Newfoundland and Labrador imposed a partial fire ban after an out-of-control blaze forced the evacuation of a town...
Yellen says Biden’s China tariffs are strategic, Trump’s would raise costs
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday defended President Joe Biden's increased tariffs on certain Chinese goods as highly strategic but said Republican...
Net-zero grid could spark flurry of deal-making in renewables sector: report
Decarbonizing Canada's electricity grid could lead to a significant uptick in mergers and acquisitions in the renewable energy sector, a new report says
Germany and Dutch-owned operator end talks on grid sale because of budget constraints
Biggest electricity grid operator in Germany said Thursday that talks on selling its German business to the government in Berlin have been terminated.
Clyde Russell column: Australia’s nuclear power proponents have questions to answer
If there is to be a genuine debate on what form of generation is best to replace Australia's ageing and increasingly unreliable fleet...
Australian opposition puts nation’s first nuclear power plants in energy plan
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s main opposition party on Wednesday announced plans to build Australia’s first nuclear power plants as early as 2035, arguing the...
U.S. Senate passes bill to support advanced nuclear energy deployment
(This June 18 story has been corrected to rectify the type of nuclear fuel to ‘high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU),’ from ‘highly enriched uranium,’...
UK Labour to highlight pledge to cut down energy bills, tackle cost-of-living crisis
The UK Labour party has pledged to make Britain a clean energy superpower by 2030, which the party says will save families up...
US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region’s Indigenous tribes
The U.S. government acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of hydropower dams on the Columbia and Snake...
US lawmakers seek to reduce China’s dominance of critical mineral supplies
The new working group will help propose policies to lower U.S. reliance on China for critical minerals used in a variety of products...
