Britain on Friday powered up the world's longest subsea electricity cable with Norway in order to share hydro and wind power, amid ongoing turmoil in the UK energy market.

UK starts up subsea renewable power link to Norway

People ate breakfast by the light of smartphones and shopkeepers turned on generators as cities across China enforced power cuts Wednesday to meet official conservation targets and ease shortages in some areas.

Electricity crisis: Chinese switch to flashlights, generators to meet emission targets & ease coal shortages

The Amazons cover the largest place in Brazil in terms of land area. Most of the area is a tropical jungle teaming with untapped natural resources.

Brazilians shift to solar power amid electricity shortage

Manufacturers in Britain have warned in recent weeks that soaring prices for natural gas would force them to shut down factories, and that prediction is now coming true.

High natural gas prices lead to a shutdown of British fertilizer plants

A recent technology developed by scientists can turn footsteps into electricity. The researchers from Switzerland have developed an energy-harvesting device that uses wood with a combination of a silicone coating and embedded nanocrystals.

Wooden flooring can turn footsteps into electricity, here is how

Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Wednesday a severe drought could lead to energy rationing in Brazil, contradicting other officials who have said that such a step would not be necessary.

Drought may force Brazil to ration power, says Vice President Mourao

Anger is palpable on Iraqi streets as people protest power cuts amid temperatures rising above 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit). The oil-rich city of Basra saw angry protests by the people last week.

Iraqis protest power outage amid 50+ degrees Celsius heat

The United Kingdom will phase out coal-fired power by October 2024, a year ahead of schedule, as part of a campaign to encourage other countries to raise their climate ambitions ahead of a global warming summit it will host in November.

Britain to stop using coal-fired power in just three years

To address the issue of air pollution due to farm stubble-burning and to reduce carbon footprints of thermal power generation, the Ministry of Power on Tuesday decided to set up a National Mission on the use of biomass in coal-based thermal power plants.

India to set up national mission on using biomass in coal-based thermal power plants

The US state of Texas is currently witnessing a winter storm, knocking out electricity in most parts of the state. Electricity returned to the state on Friday after Texans experienced almost 2,00,000 power outages over the last week.

Twitter reacts to Texans being charged upto $17,000 for electricity amid outages

Thousands still remained without power and water in Texas as an ice storm hit the state. Texas government said that power generation plants in the state are back on line but the reality on the ground is different.

WION Dispatch | Texas Snowstorm: Some electricity restored but water woes persist

Wind power accounted for more than half of Great Britain's daily generated electricity on Saturday in the wake of Storm Bella, according to energy giant Drax. The percentage of wind power in the country's energy mix hit a record 50.

Wind generated over half of UK's electricity for the first time on Saturday

In the city of Yiwu in eastern China, authorities turned off streetlights for several days and ordered factories to open only part-time. In coastal Wenzhou, the government ordered some companies not to heat their offices unless temperatures are close to freezing.

‘The whole city was dark’: China rations electricity for millions

India is ramping up infrastructure along Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan. The efforts are on to improve facilities to tackle the menace of cross-border infiltration and terrorism.

Jammu and Kashmir: Machil Sector in Kupwara gets electricity 74 years after independence

The entire nation of Sri Lanka was left without power Monday in a seven-hour outage following a failure at a key electricity facility, officials said. Minister of Power Dullas Alahapperuma said an unspecified "technical issue" at the Kerawalapitiya power complex just outside the capital Colombo was the cause of the blackout, which hit the entire nation of 21 million people at about midday.

Sri Lanka plunged into darkness after power outage hits entire nation

A four-year-old Bull deprived electricity to 800 houses in Scotland. Ron, the bull managed to knock off a transformer from an electric pole while scratching his back.

Ron: The bull who deprived 800 Scottish homes of electricity with just one 'scratch'

PG&E Corp said on Monday about 209,000 customers could be hit by potential power cutoffs this week, less than two weeks after its most recent unprecedented shut-offs hit more than 730,000 homes and workplaces in northern California.

PG&E says more potential power cuts could hit about 209,000 customers

Electricity was shut off to more than 500,000 California homes and workplaces on Wednesday as Pacific Gas and Electric Co (PG&E) imposed a planned power outage of unprecedented scale to reduce wildfire risks posed by extremely windy, dry weather.

Power cut to millions as California faces heightened wildfire risks

The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission on Tuesday approved up to 12 per cent hike in power tariff for different categories of power consumers. The Regulatory Commission has approved a hike of 8 to 12 per cent in power tariffs.

Electricity to cost more in Uttar Pradesh, tariff hiked up to 12%

Bangladesh has signed an agreement to buy 718 megawatts of electricity from India's Reliance Power over the next 22 years, the company said on Sunday. Reliance plans to invest about $1 billion to set up a local plant by 2022 to provide the electricity.

Bangladesh signs deal with Reliance Power to buy electricity

Pakistan PM Imran Khan to lose electricity at the office? Watch WION's report.

WION Fineprint: Pakistan PM to lose electricity at office?

Edgar Fernandez keeps a mariachi suit in a rusty wardrobe at the public hospital in Caracas where he works as a nurse, donning it for performances that augment his meagre salary.

Venezuela nurses turn to side jobs to survive economic crisis

Over 6,000 people in East Delhi have been shifted from low-lying areas to safer places on Tuesday as the water level in Yamuna river has crossed the "danger mark.

Over 6,000 in east Delhi shift to tents as Yamuna water level crosses 'danger mark'

Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari on Thursday claimed that the Delhi government's decision to give free electricity to those consuming up to 200 units was a result of the BJP's efforts.

Free electricity decision the result of BJP's effort: Manoj Tiwari

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