China's ancient water pipe networks show they were a communal effort with no evidence of a centralized state authority
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Ørsted shares fall 25% after it reveals troubles in US business – £7bn wiped off value of world's largest offshore wind company over possible £1.8bn write-down
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Despite years of Maui wildfire warnings, Hawaii Electric the Hawaii utility giant did little and spent more on lobbying than prevention
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Power lines likely caused Maui’s first reported fire, video and data show
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The first US nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia
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Every generator is a policy failure
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Thames Water is considering measures to cut down the water used by some UK datacenters, including fitting flow restrictors or charging operators more at peak times
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Solar power proves its worth as heat wave grips Texas
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Renewables are the only reason Texas' power grid hasn't failed during this month's punishing heat wave
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Controversy over lack of renewable in plans to rebuild electrical grid in Puerto Rico
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ERCOT will tap reserve power faster under system launched this week
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Mälarenergi has embarked on a project to fill caverns underneath Västerås, Sweden with hot water – warmth will be sent via heat exchangers to a district heating network
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Australia is quitting coal in record time thanks to Tesla
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An overview of the substation attack in Moore County, North Carolina in December 2022
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Has Sweden invented green steel?
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How long would society last during a total grid collapse?
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Finnish utility Fortum plans to add 560 megawatt capacity by reactivating an idle coal-fired power plant on Finland's west coast
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The nuts and bolts of siting and building power lines
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Leaked: US power companies secretly spending millions to protect profits and fight clean energy
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Swedish power utility Vattenfall considering building at least two new small nuclear reactors to deal with a projected rise in electricity consumption over the coming decades
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Why the Texas power grid is vulnerable to blackouts during winter storms and heat waves
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'Green steel' heating up in Sweden's frozen north – HYBRIT is a joint venture between SSAB, mining company LKAB and Swedish state-owned power firm Vattenfall
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The nuclear industry argues regulators don’t understand new small reactors
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The Texas electrical grid failure was a warmup
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Repairing underground, high voltage power lines is nearly impossible
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Swedish green steel venture HYBRIT has made the world's first customer delivery of steel, produced without using coal, to Volvo
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PG&E will bury 10,000 miles of power lines so they don't spark wildfires
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Texas’ “failsafe” generators failed, risking weeks-long catastrophe
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What really happened during the Texas power grid outage?
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Texas' grid operator warns rolling blackouts are possible as winter storm escalates demand for electricity
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Nearly 100,000 remain without power in Portland as outages stretch into sixth day
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Sweden has shut down one of four nuclear reactors at its largest power station after over forty years of operation, with operators citing a lack of profitability
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How the USA’s massive failure to close the digital divide got exposed by the coronavirus
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Coal industry will never recover after coronavirus pandemic, say experts
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Finland's center-left government gave its blessing to majority state-owned Fortum's strategy to cut emissions, but promised to push the company further
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Norway is postponing a decision on whether to allow companies to construct a new subsea power cable between it and Scotland
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Detroit to restore water service to unpaid homes to allow people to wash their hands to avoid coronavirus
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SSAB has teamed up with Vattenfall and LKAB to build a pilot plant for the world's first fossil fuel free steel-making process
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Battery pack prices fall as market ramps up with market average At $156/kWh in 2019
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California contemplates a dark and fiery future
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More than 100 tons of manure from 370 horses at the Helsinki International Horse Show was used to create 150 megawatt hours of energy
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PG&E releases list of California cities, counties on power shut-off watch
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Scandinavia's biggest offshore wind farm is officially open
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Ohio just passed the worst energy bill of the 21st century
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Rural Colorado electricity provider announces early coal plant closure, focus on renewables
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These community wind farms in Denmark and Scotland are decentralising power to the people
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Blackout hits major sections of Manhattan
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California's largest utility resorts to blackouts to prevent wildfires
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To some solar users, power company fees are an unfair charge
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