Electricity News
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New Delhi -
Nearly half of India's coal-fired power stations only have enough stocks to last a week, as the country struggles to meet growing seasonal demand for electricity, the power minister said Thursday.
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by AFP
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Researchers continue to work on the wonder material of the age: graphene. Part of this involves ‘fine tuning’ the material in preparation to make a new generation of ‘superconductors’.
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Time to re-name 'Silicon Valley'? Researchers have announced silicon alternatives for semiconductors to be used in future computers and next-generation electronics.
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At least three people were killed and many more were injured in a suspected gas explosion at a major power plant outside the Kosovo capital Pristina on Friday.
In the Media
by AFP
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At least three people were killed and many more were injured in a suspected gas explosion at a major power plant outside the Kosovo capital Pristina on Friday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Manchester -
Combining black and white graphene can change the electronic properties of the one-atom thick material. This could lead to advances in electronics.
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By emitting and sensing weak electrical signals, the electric fish have bypassed the usual means of communication, such as with sounds and visual signals, and go directly to electrical signals. This allows them to quietly "talk" to each other in the dark.
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Madrid -
Spain's Bankia, rescued by the state from near financial collapse in 2012, announced Thursday it had raised 1.53 billion euros ($2.1 billion) by selling its stake in energy giant Iberdrola.
In the Media
by AFP
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Madrid -
Spain's state-owned bank Bankia, which was nationalised in 2012 to save it from collapse, said Wednesday it would sell its stake of 4.94 percent in Spanish utility Iberdrola.
In the Media
by AFP
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A super battery has gone on display at a tech show. In a demonstration a Samsung S4 smartphone went from a dead battery to full power in 26 seconds.
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Tokyo -
Two Japanese companies have agreed deals to develop advanced coal-fired power plants in Malaysia and Myanmar as part of a government drive to export energy efficiency technology to emerging markets, a report said Sunday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Brussels -
The European Commission on Wednesday fined 11 producers of high-voltage power cables a total of 300 million euros for operating a cartel that secretly shared out the global market."These companies knew very well that what they were doing was illegal.
In the Media
by AFP
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Gaza -
The Gaza Strip's only power plant shut down Saturday due to a lack of fuel from Israel, which closed a goods crossing after militant rocket attacks, the energy authority said."The plant has completely ceased to function due to a lack of fuel caused by ...
In the Media
by AFP
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Frankfurt -
E.ON, Germany's leading power supplier, said on Wednesday it booked a sharp drop in profits last year as a result of Europe's energy transition and expected earnings to fall again this year.E.ON said in a statement its net profit plunged 46 percent to ...
In the Media
by AFP
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At the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Chicago, Stanford professor Marc Jacobson presented The Solutions Project, a roadmap for the development of renewable energy sources across all 50 United States.
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Milan -
Italian energy company Enel said Tuesday its operating profit rose by 7.6 percent to 17 billion euros ($23 billion), although the gain was largely due to disposals.
In the Media
by AFP
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Romania has recently announced its decision to suspend the construction or operation of hundreds of small-scale hydropower plants in protected areas across the Carpathian Mountains, in order to protect regional biodiversity and aquatic ecosystems.
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Abuja -
General Electric has signed a deal with a Nigerian bank to invest $350 million in Nigeria's ailing power sector, the country's trade and investment minister said on Friday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Tokyo -
Japan's government on Wednesday approved a fresh business plan for the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant that includes restarting idled reactors elsewhere in the currently nuclear-free country.
In the Media
by AFP
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Bristol -
With the motto "if in doubt, work out", this gym in the UK has converted some of its equipment to not only generate power, but also to save energy costs and help with the environment, with "go-green" machines.
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Parts of the UK experienced severe flooding over the Christmas period and the bad news is that bad weather is set to return as Britain welcomes in 2014.
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Lima -
A new program in the South American country will provide 2 million of the nation's poorest people with free electricity.
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Ontario’s new Long Term Energy Plan was released today by Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli. With a focus on wind power, not all environmentalists are happy.
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Scientists have looked at how bacteria work together to anaerobically digest biomass to produce methane gas, which is important in bioenergy and could be linked to the new generation of biofuels.
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A simple lab error has uncovered a new way to boost electrical conductivity of a crystal by 40,000 percent. The discovery came after some crystals were unintentionally exposed to light.
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Scientists have examined two important bacterial forms, demonstrating their ability to produce electricity by coordinating their metabolic activities.
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A new stretchy material has been developed which conducts electricity. The material was used to manufacture a transparent loud speaker.
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Caracas -
A power cut left around 70 percent of Venezuela without power on Tuesday. President Nicolás Maduro says sabotage by opposition is responsible for the outage, but his opposition disagrees.
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In a rather ironic turn of fate, a man who tried to steal an electrical transformer that supplied power locally, was electrocuted and "burned to ashes."
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Bracebridge -
Bracebridge Generation and the Ontario Waterpower Association have completed a green energy transformation of Muskoka, providing water powered electricity to the area.
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Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan
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Some of the reduced electricity usage in a busy part of Tokyo, Japan
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Work outs at theclub in Bristol produce electricity.
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Work outs at theclub in Bristol produce electricity.
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A fairly big number of fish species, including eels and sharks, has the ability to generate and discharge electrical currents in the water around.
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An electricity prepayment meter key in Britain
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An electricity pylon shot from below.
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Ngong Hills Wind Project, Kenya
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