Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 17:58:32 +0000
South African officials, faced with continued power outages that are hurting the country’s economy, are turning to nuclear power in an effort to support a more reliable supply of electricity. […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2023 17:17:21 +0000
An official with South Africa’s government said the country will accelerate its development of natural gas-fired power generation as energy shortages continue to be a challenge for the nation’s economy. […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:14:00 +0000
The energy crisis in South Africa has prompted continued calls for government action, and officials in January said an energy action plan announced last year is starting to be implemented. The plan was laid
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:37:03 +0000
Major French utility Electricite de France SA (EDF) said it will again extend maintenance outages at some of its nuclear reactors by several months, meaning France will continue to import power and putting more strain on the country’s supply of electricity. EDF has returned some nuclear units to service in the past several weeks, but […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:29:00 +0000
More than 2.5 million electricity customers in Florida were without power early Sept. 29 as Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc on the state’s power grid and continued to cause damage with high winds and heavy rain, even after being downgraded to a tropical storm early Thursday. The storm, which made landfall in southwest Florida on Wednesday […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:47:05 +0000
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) on June 22 initiated the first step to lift a suspension of its National Electricity Market (NEM), citing a “clear improvement in market conditions.” The measure comes more than a week since it indefinitely suspended spot markets in all regions of its NEM, given critical power generation supply shortfalls […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 16:13:18 +0000
In February 2021, a severe cold weather event, known as Winter Storm Uri, caused numerous power outages, derates, or failures to start at electric generating plants scattered across Texas and the south-central U.S. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages the power supply for about 90% of the load in Texas, ordered a […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 01:00:21 +0000
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A federal bankruptcy judge on Oct. 9 ruled that Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), California’s largest utility, does not have the sole right to determine the terms of its reorganization. Judge Dennis Montali said those who support a rival proposal, which was devised by a group of the utility’s creditors, can have their plan considered. […]
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