Tanzania faces power shortages, rationing due to drought
DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 28, 2023 (AFP) - Drought and maintenance issues have forced Tanzania to ration electricity, the national…
3 years ago
Electricity
Sweltering heat in Vietnam’s north sparks power cuts
HANOI, June 3, 2023 (AFP) - Hanoi residents flocked to the Vietnamese capital's air-conditioned shopping malls on Saturday to escape…
3 years ago
Cash-strapped Bangladesh shuts power plant as heatwave hits
DHAKA, June 5, 2023 (AFP) - Cash-strapped Bangladesh shut its biggest power plant Monday because it was unable to afford…
3 years ago
Heatwave prompts Hanoi to reduce street lights as power cuts loom
HANOI, May 31, 2023 (AFP) -- Faced with record-breaking heat, Vietnam's capital Hanoi has turned off some street lights to…
3 years ago
Sun, wind power make record 12% of world electricity: survey
Paris, France | AFP | Wednesday 4/12/2023 Solar and wind energy surged to make a record 12 percent of the…
3 years ago
Hundreds of thousands without power in Canada after ice storm
Montreal, Canada | AFP | Friday 4/8/2023 by Anne-Sophie THILL Hundreds of thousands of homes in eastern Canada remained…
3 years ago
Quebec ice storm leaves two dead, million without power
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- An ice storm that battered eastern Canada left two dead and some million people without electricity…
3 years ago
Bankrupt Sri Lanka hikes power prices again for IMF deal
Colombo, Sri Lanka | AFP | Thursday 2/16/2023 Sri Lanka's electricity board hiked consumer rates by up to 275 percent,…
3 years ago
Fears of extremist campaign after attack on US power substations
Investigators probing vandalism at electricity substations in the western US state of Washington on Tuesday appealed for public help in…
3 years ago
More than 500 Ukrainian localities without power: ministry
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) More than 500 Ukrainian localities remained without power Sunday following weeks of Russian airstrikes on the electric…
4 years ago
Finland hopes new nuclear reactor eases energy crunch
by Elias HUUHTANEN Agence France-Presse EURAJOKI, Finland (AFP) -- After over a decade of delays, the deafening sound of Finland's…
4 years ago
From UK to S. Africa, countries face huge energy bills
PARIS, France (AFP) - Gas and electricity costs are soaring due to a post-pandemic surge in demand and Russia's invasion…
4 years ago
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