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Factbox-Europe’s Plan to Tackle Winter Energy Crisis
Date: September 13, 2022
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union will unveil a package of measures this week aimed at pulling down surging gas and power prices that are stoking record-high inflation, hampering industrial activity and inflicting sky-high bills upon citizens ahead of winter. At the start of this month, Russia said it would not reopen its...
Slovaks Fuel up New Nuclear Plant as Europe Grapples With Energy Crisis
Date: September 13, 2022
By Radovan Stoklasa MOCHOVCE, Slovakia (Reuters) – Slovak utility Slovenske Elektrarne has completed loading fuel to the long-delayed Mochovce 3 nuclear power plant, the plant’s director said, making it one of the few new nuclear units to come online as Europe struggles with a power supply crunch. The 471-megawatt unit is expected to produce first...
Low-Carbon Bitcoin Crypto Miners’ Green Power Talk Angers Texas Locals
Date: September 6, 2022
By Avi Asher -Schapiro CORSICANA, Texas (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As temperatures crept above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8C) on a July day, air-conditioners across Texas churned overtime and demand on the U.S. state’s electricity grid flirted with a new demand record: 80 gigawatts (GW), nearly double the daily average. But at a recently set-up bitcoin...
Factbox-Hurdles for Germany’s Planned Nuclear Winter Reserve
Date: September 6, 2022
(Reuters) – Germany wants to keep two southern nuclear plants, Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim 2 open in reserve mode beyond their scheduled closure at the end of 2022, to help avoid potential energy shortages in a winter when most Russian gas supply has dried up. The move will be hard to implement within a coalition...
Botswana Awards Norway’s Scatec First Large-Scale Solar Plant Contract
Date: September 1, 2022
GABORONE (Reuters) – State-owned Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) has awarded Norwegian company Scatec ASA a contract to build a 50 MW solar plant, the companies announced on Wednesday, BPC’s first utility-scale renewable energy project as Botswana looks to boost power supplies and increase clean energy shares. Under the terms of a Power Purchase Agreement signed...
Explainer-How Could Europe Cap Surging Energy Prices?
Date: August 30, 2022
By Vera Eckert and Kate Abnett FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is preparing an emergency plan to separate power prices from the soaring cost of gas – as well as longer-term reforms aimed at ensuring electricity prices reflect cheaper renewable energy. Energy ministers from EU countries will meet on Sept. 9 to discuss how...