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Opinion: Europe needs hybrid interconnectors for offshore wind

Opinion: Hybrid interconnectors for offshore wind projects could help support Europe's transition to renewable energy, but more could be done to support these...

Bosses were giving evidence following sharp rises in energy bills in recent years (Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
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UK energy bosses call for ‘progressive social tariff’ on bills amid price hikes

The bosses of Centrica and E.On have called for sweeping reforms to how energy bills are calculated in the wake of price hikes

FILE PHOTO: A recording light of a TV camera is flashing red as Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch addresses the annual results news conference in Munich, Germany, November 15, 2023.  REUTERS/Leo Simon/File Photo
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Siemens Energy raises outlook, flags CEO change at troubled wind unit

Siemens Energy will replace CEO of troubled wind turbine division after little more than two years in the job, the company said Wednesday

FILE - Solar panels work near the small town of Milagro, Navarra Province, northern Spain, Feb. 24, 2023. Billions of people are using different kinds of energy each day and 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources, according to a report published Wednesday, May 8, 2024, by Ember, a think tank based in London. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File)
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More and faster: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total

2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources, according to a report published Wednesday, May 8

FILE - A grain wagon supports a sign against the proposed transmission line by American Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and Dairyland Power Cooperative, along Highway 18-151 near Ridgeway, Wis., Dec. 8, 2018. A federal appeals court has cleared the way for utilities to finish building a high-voltage power line across a Mississippi River refuge. The utility companies are in the final stages of constructing a 102-mile (164-kilometer) transmission line linking Iowa’s Dubuque County and Wisconsin’s Dane County. About a mile of the line would cross the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge near Cassville, Wisconsin. (Barry Adams/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File, file)
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High-voltage power line through Mississippi River refuge approved by federal appeals court

About a mile of the high-voltage power line would cross the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge near Cassville, Wisconsin.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi meets with the Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Eslami (not pictured) in Isfahan, Iran, May 7, 2024. Iran's Atomic Energy Organization/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
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IAEA’s Grossi seeks deal with Iran on nuclear steps ‘soon’

Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog will continue talks aimed at ending an impasse on many issues between them and should strike a...

A drone view of the flooded Beira-Rio stadium home of the Sport Club Internacional in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 7, 2024. REUTERS/Diego Vara
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Brazil floods death toll rises to 90, dozens still stranded

Almost half a million people were without power in Porto Alegre, the capital of Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, and...

Electric power transmission pylon miniatures and Sempra Energy logo are seen in this illustration taken, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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US utility Sempra’s profit falls 17% in first quarter

U.S. power and gas utility Sempra posted a 17% drop in its first-quarter profit on Tuesday, impacted by lower earnings at two of...

FILE PHOTO: An oil pump is seen operating in the Permian Basin near Midland, Texas, U.S. on May 3, 2017. Picture taken May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Ernest Scheyder/File Photo
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US power and natgas prices turn negative in Texas, California and Arizona

US spot power and natgas prices turned negative in Texas, California and Arizona as pipeline maintenance trapped gas in the Permian Shale

Octopus Energy recently overtook British Gas as the UK’s largest domestic electricity supplier (Danny Lawson/PA Wire)
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Octopus Energy valuation jumps to nine billion dollars as investors double down

Octopus Energy’s valuation has jumped nine billion US dollars (£7.2 billion) after two of its biggest investors increased their stakes in the business

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