How a plan to save the power system disappeared: A federal lab found a way to modernize the grid, reduce reliance on coal, and save consumers billions. Then Trump appointees blocked it
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UAE starts operations at Arab world's first nuclear power plant
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Work has begun on Viking Link, the world's longest electricity interconnector which will allow power to travel between the UK and Denmark
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BP data reveals newly-installed clean electricity generation matched coal for the first time in 2019
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Scientists unravel challenge in improving fusion performance
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Coal industry will never recover after coronavirus pandemic, say experts
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2020 looks like the year US renewables first out-produce coal
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Solar’s future is insanely cheap
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Sweden closes last coal-fired power station two years ahead of schedule – country becomes third in Europe to exit coal, ahead of mass withdrawal from polluting fossil fuel
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First wooden wind power tower erected in Sweden – as early as 2022, the wooden towers will be built on a commercial scale
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Nearly half of global coal plants will be unprofitable this year
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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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Radical hydrogen-boron reactor could leapfrog current nuclear fusion tech
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Germany eyes new offshore wind farms dedicated to green hydrogen production
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Megadrill to build power highway below Stockholm's landmarks – Sweden's growing capital needs more electricity for homes and new industries
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US electricity generation from renewables surpassed coal in April
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Restoring an earthquake-hit power plant in Puerto Rico could take a year
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Billionaire’s company in talks to buy electric grid on Lanai
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Denmark sources record 47% of power from wind in 2019 – boosted by steep cost reductions and improved offshore technology
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The Hornsdale Power Reserve and what it means for energy storage
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Denmark plans $30 billion offshore wind island that could power ten million homes
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Battery pack prices fall as market ramps up with market average At $156/kWh in 2019
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Icelanders used more electricity per capita in 2017 than any other country in the world, the World Economic Forum reports
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Two of America’s biggest coal plants closed this month
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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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Renewable electricity generation overtakes fossil fuel generation in UK for first time
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PG&E releases list of California cities, counties on power shut-off watch
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Norway's public backlash against onshore wind threatens sector growth and prompted wider calls for a regulatory overhaul
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Scandinavia's biggest offshore wind farm is officially open
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“Load flexibility” could shave 15 percent off our peak electricity needs by 2030.
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Sweden's biggest cities face power shortage after fuel-tax hike
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Texas has generated more electricity from wind than coal so far this year
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More utilities plan to use blackouts to prevent wildfires
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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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Power has been restored to much of Argentina and Uruguay after a massive electrical failure left tens of millions of people in the dark
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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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Piezoelectricity - Why hitting crystals makes electricity
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Electricity grid cybersecurity will be expensive – who will pay, and how much?
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New scientific device creates electricity from snowfall
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Mapped: The world’s coal power plants
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Puerto Rico just passed a bill to require 100% renewable electricity by 2050
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Even in a warmer Europe, wind and solar could still keep the lights on
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Keep calm and carry on: Managing electricity reliability
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As US coal use drops to 1979 levels, Environmental Protection Agency may ease rules on new coal plants
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Why am I getting shocked in a very specific way when petting my cat?
It's a dry, windy day. I had my left hand stationary on my cat's back and was petting him with my right hand. I noticed when I removed my right hand from contact with his fur, I got tiny shocks in...
It's a dry, windy day. I had my left hand stationary on my cat's back and was petting him with my right hand. I noticed when I removed my right hand from contact with his fur, I got tiny shocks in the middle finger of my left hand, but only when removing my right hand and only in my left middle finger. (He didn't seem to notice any shocks.)
Why is this very specific type of electric shock occurring?
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'Records falling everywhere': Australian solar panel demand goes through the roof
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UK scientists turn coffee industry waste into electricity
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