US deploys bombers to NATO air power drills
The United States sent its strategic bombers to Europe's High North region for an exercise with two NATO allies on Tuesday, which involved the drop of live weapons on targets. The…
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Cuba hit with nationwide blackout after entire power grid fails
Cuba has been hit with another nationwide blackout after the island's power grid failed on Wednesday. Cuban Power Plant Fails The Electric Union, Cuba's state-run power company, wrote on…
Meta seeks nuclear power developers for reactors to start in early 2030s
META said on Tuesday (Dec 3) it is seeking proposals from nuclear power developers to help meet its artificial intelligence and environment goals, becoming the latest big tech company to…
'I want you to be my agent.' What to know about Trump's ties with Hollywood power player Ari Emanuel
Last month, President-elect Donald Trump entered a sold-out Madison Square Garden to attend the mixed martial arts extravaganza UFC 309. Kid Rock’s “American Bad Ass” played and the crowd…
Sembcorp unit inks second power purchase agreement with Equinix
It will supply the US data-centre firm a maximum capacity of 58.5 MWp from its renewable energy portfolio SEMBCORP Industries’ wholly owned subsidiary, Sembcorp Power, has signed a second…
Amazon debuts tools to make data centres less power hungry
AMAZON.COM’s cloud unit is rolling out components it says will make data centres run more efficiently, a move that could help address the growing strain power-hungry server farms are…
Supreme Court weighs FDA's power to prohibit new vaping products for teens
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday did not sound ready to sharply limit the power of the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit the sale of new candy-colored vaping products aimed…
Denso, Fuji Electric get government aid for power chips
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) has agreed to provide subsidies worth up to JPY70.5bn (US$470m) to Denso Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation's main auto…
Virtual power plants turn energy savings into cash for China’s industrial users
IMAGINE being paid hundreds of dollars a day just to tweak your energy consumption – using less electricity at night and more during the day. For a casting and smelting company in Shanxi…
Ukraine fights to keep the lights on as Russia hammers power plants
Amid the monstrous heaps of twisted metal, pools of congealed oil and walls pockmarked by shrapnel, one incongruous detail catches my eye. Patches of snow. Inside a thermal power station.…
Zimbabwe parliament hit by power cut during budget speech
A power cut plunged Zimbabwe's parliament into darkness as Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube was finishing his budget speech. The lights flickered and died, leaving top officials like…
Opinion: This Thanksgiving, I'm grateful for Sen. Mitch McConnell
A coping mechanism I’ve adopted since the election of Donald Trump, a man more deserving of prison than the presidency, is to look for reasons for even the slightest optimism about the…
News Analysis: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin: A much-scrutinized relationship is back in the spotlight
WASHINGTON — They tend to gush over each other in public, but their private dealings are often opaque. Both are brazenly transactional, and cling tenaciously to grudges. Each likes to keep…
India's Andhra Pradesh state likely to suspend Adani power deal
India’s Andhra Pradesh state is likely to suspend a power purchase deal linked to Adani Group due to the US indictment of the group’s billionaire founder Gautam Adani over an alleged…
Germany's Scholz urges Xi to use power to curb Ukraine war escalation
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz appealed to Chinese President Xi Jinping for support in curbing an escalation in the war in Ukraine, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20…
NATO: Russia's strikes on Ukraine's power grid terrorizes civilians
A NATO spokeswoman expressed sharp criticism of massive overnight Russian attacks on Ukraine's power grid and said the alliance would continue to support Kiev. "NATO strongly condemns…
India’s top clean energy agency weighs criminal proceedings against Reliance Power
This comes as the company looks to expand into the domestic and overseas renewable energy sector INDIA’S top renewable energy agency has sent a notice to Reliance Power, a company run by…
IAEA's Grossi calls a German return to nuclear power 'logical'
A return to nuclear power for Germany would be "logical," the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, told dpa in an interview. "I think it's a logical. It's…
Pelicans, prayers and people power: Africa's top shots
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: From the BBC in Africa this week: Go to BBCAfrica.com for more news from the African continent. Follow…
Nigeria's major cities suffer blackouts as the power grid collapses yet again
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's major cities including Abuja, Lagos and Kano suffered blackouts Thursday as the country's electricity grid collapsed in the tenth such outage to hit the…
India to revamp power demand forecasting for better planning
INDIA is overhauling the way it forecasts electricity demand to ensure generation capacity matches what’s needed and the grid remains stable with increasing volumes of clean energy. The…
Living with Nigeria's blackouts - six weeks, no power
The reception is poorly lit and a small fan barely moves the humid air as staff at Chidinma Emeneka’s laundry service in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, wait for the generator to kick…
A party in power for 58 years pledges change for Botswana
Botswana’s governing party - in power for almost six decades - is trying to pull off a trick in Wednesday’s general election by using a phrase normally associated with long-suffering…
European leaders meet to re-energise offshore wind power
The countries bordering the North Sea meet in Denmark on Thursday to seal commitments to boost offshore wind power, a sector that is suffering from stiff competition from China. At the…