Monday, 10 March 2025

Focus on Electricity

From left, Steve Harper, executive director of international business and skills at Invest NI; Sharon Cousins, client manager, Invest NI; Chris Doherty, managing director of Joulen; Economy Minister Conor Murphy; and Hans Jorg Holzenbein, chief executive and co-founder of SonneNext (Handout/PA)
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Belfast-based energy services firm secures £4m contract in Germany

Joulen wins £4M German deal with SonneNext, expanding its AI platform, Paris, and creating 13 jobs in Northern Ireland.

Robert Black, left, with the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, supervises as a volunteer crew lifts a power line pole, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, on the Navajo Nation in Halchita, Utah. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
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On Navajo Nation, a push to electrify more homes on the vast reservation

About 32% of Navajo homes still have no electricity — and connecting those remaining 10,400 people to the grid comes with a $400...

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No home left behind: a postcode approach to electrification

A community-driven pilot project in Australia promises to show how household electrification can be accelerated and co-ordinated at scale.

Cancer patient Linda Vidal, who relies on an electricity-powered oxygen concentrator to breathe properly, waits as Gabriela rolls her concentrator out of an elevator, amid the electricity cuts of up to 14 hours a day to deal with a severe drought, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. The drought is causing blackouts because of Ecuador's heavy reliance on hydroelectric power.(AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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In Ecuador, power-dependent patients wait in anguish as the government imposes hours-long blackouts

A long dry season in Ecuador has seriously undermined the country's hydroelectric power generation, leading to blackouts.

FILE PHOTO: The Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant is seen at sunset in Middletown, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 15, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
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US nuclear regulator hears Three Mile Island power plant restart plan

Three Mile Island's nuclear power plant has been out of action since 2019. Now, Constellation Energy wants to start it back up.

Windmills are seen amongst houses generating electricity in Punniyavalanpuram, Tamil Nadu, India. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
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After sundown: India must ramp up wind energy capacity to meet electricity demand

Ember: Wind energy can play a critical role in India's energy transition, particularly for its complementary role with solar power after sunset.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese react during the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Apia, Samoa, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft/Pool)
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Australia and UK make pact to partner on 2050 net-zero climate goal

Australia and the U.K. deepen ties with a climate and energy pact, aiming for net-zero by 2050, and reaffirm AUKUS submarine plans.

Leeds is one of the cities chosen (Richard McCarthy/PA)
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Six towns and cities chosen to pilot England’s first clean heating networks

England's first clean heat network zones will launch in Leeds, Bristol, Plymouth, Stockport, Sheffield, and two London areas.

FILE PHOTO: Electric power transmission pylon miniatures and Dominion Energy logo are seen in this illustration taken, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Avangrid sells offshore wind lease to Dominion Energy for $160 million

Avangrid sells Kitty Hawk North offshore wind lease to Dominion Energy for $160M, retains Kitty Hawk South for future development.

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