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Ontario secures more natural gas, battery storage for electricity supply

Combined with a previous round of securing new generation, the IESO says today's announcement means Ontario will have enough electricity for the rest...

A one-horned rhinoceros cools down in Bardiya National Park. Conservationists have condemned new regulations in Nepal allowing hydropower and hotel projects in nature reserves (AFP)
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Nepal’s nature ‘threatened’ by new development push

Nepal hydropower facility among the infrastructure permitted in nature reserves under new regulations, to the outrage of conservationists.

Plans for a pilot ‘hydrogen town’ have been halted (Tim Goode/PA)
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UK halts plans for pilot ‘hydrogen town’ heating scheme

Proposals for pilot 'hydrogen town' scheme scrapped as UK government chooses to focus on heat pumps as a low-carbon alternative to natural gas.

A person walks past in front of the headquarters of Brazil's power company Eletrobras in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares/File Photo
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Brazil’s Eletrobras net income down 19% in Q1

Latin America's largest utility Eletrobras Q1 report shows net profit down as it pursues new strategies.

FILE PHOTO: A general view of electric lines as demand for power surges during a period of hot weather in Houston, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2023. REUTERS/Callaghan O’Hare/File Photo
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Summer power prices seen surging for Texas, falling in California

US electricity prices could be driven up by imbalances across country as some states struggle to provide amid heat and rising demand.

South Carolina House Speaker Murrell Smith, R-Sumter, presides over the House on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
ElectricityLegislationNewsNuclear PowerPoliticsUtilities

South Carolina Senate turns wide-ranging energy bill into resolution supporting more power

The South Carolina Senate agreed to gut the House’s 80-plus page energy bill and replace it with a resolution acknowledging the state’s power...

AnalysisBuildingsClimateIn-DepthResiliencyWeather

A ‘sponge city’ may be your home in 2050

The Conversation: For people to thrive in a more dangerous world, cities will need to look very different.

Members of the Woodland Cree First Nation take part in a blockade of an oil lease road in northern Alberta as shown in this undated handout image. Police say they're present at the blockade but aren't enforcing an injunction for members of the First Nation to clear the site. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Woodland Cree First Nation-Paul Lavoie
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Police present but not enforcing injunction at Alberta oil blockade

Woodland Cree First Nation in Alberta says it hasn't been consulted on Obsidian Energy's expansion plans and has concerns about earthquakes resulting from...

FILE PHOTO: A pump is seen at a gas station in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 11, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
AutomotiveBuildingsEconomyFuelNewsOilTransport

Seasonal US fuel demand hits pandemic lows, weighs on refining margins

U.S. gasoline and diesel demand are at their weakest seasonal level since the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, according to data from the Energy Information...

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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...

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