No Comment

Guatemalans transform old bikes into machines

A group of Guatemalan indigenous people have turned old bicycles into machines that help to protect the local environment.

09/02/2019

World News

Which countries in Europe are paying the most for household energy?

Electricity and gas in Denmark is the most expensive in Europe, according to new statistics. But where do other countries place?

29/11/2018

Business Planet

Supercharging the future

Business Planet travels to Germany to meet experts and entrepreneurs revolutionsing the way we store energy.

23/03/2018

Australia

South Australia unveils world's largest lithium-ion battery to feed it

The world's biggest lithium ion battery, built by Tesla, has been switched on to help solve South Australia's chronic power problems.

01/12/2017

World News

Warning about risky home appliances

Lawyers who represent victims of faulty products are sounding the alarm in the UK

24/11/2017

USA

San Francisco suffers large power cut for several hours

San Francisco was hit by a massive power cut on Friday that severely disrupted life in the American west coast city.

22/04/2017

Netherlands

Some smart electricity meters 'give readings nearly 600 percent too high'

Consumers across Europe could be paying over the odds for electricity, according to a Dutch study that reveals some electricity meters can give readings as much as 582 percent too…

14/03/2017

France

EDF accepts closure of France's oldest nuclear plant

EDF has finally voted to begin the process of closing France’s oldest nuclear plant after accepting a government compensation plan.

25/01/2017

France

French asked to send fewer emails to save electricity

As the cold weather stretches the electricity supply in France, some unexpected advice is being offered.

17/01/2017

Netherlands

Amsterdam blackout leaves 364,000 without power

Amsterdam and the surrounding areas were plunged into darkness at 4.

17/01/2017

World News

Is Europe about to go dark?

A wave of cold is expected to bring sub-zero temperatures across the continent over the coming days and, with it, fears of electricity blackouts.

16/01/2017

Gaza

Gazans protest power cuts

Security forces in Hamas-controlled northern Gaza have broken up protests by thousands of people calling for an end to power cuts.

13/01/2017

Sci-Tech

Growing tomatoes in the Australian desert

Growing vegetables in the desert.

20/10/2016

Venezuela

Lights come on again in Venezuela but the country's economic problems remain

The lights are set to come back on in Venezuela.

04/07/2016

World News

Solar Impulse ll welcomed to Seville Airport by Spanish Air Force

Solar Impulse II has landed in the Spain’s Seville Airport after an often turbulent flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

23/06/2016

Venezuela

Drought-hit Venezuela faces daily power cuts to save energy

Venezuela has announced power cuts from next week – plunging people into darkness for four hours each day as the crisis-hit country grapples with a

22/04/2016

World News

Which country will supply Crimea with electricity - Russian President Vladimir Putin orders an opinion poll

At least a quarter of the power on the contested peninsula of Crimea was lost on Wednesday night. The lights went out after Ukraine halted supplies

31/12/2015

Ukraine

Still no power in Crimea as protesters block repairs to pylons

Crimeans continue to suffer from a lack of power as work to restore electricity supplies is hampered by protesters and a lack of political will to

27/11/2015

World News

Lebanese government moves to end weeks of street protests

Lebanon’s government agreed to a plan late on Wednesday that it hopes will end weeks of street protests in Beirut over its failure to deal with a

10/09/2015

Iraq

Iraqi frustration boils over as heatwave prompts protests

Hundreds of Iraqis took the streets in the southeastern city of Amara on Tuesday to protest about the lack of power supply in the mid-summer heat

04/08/2015