The Latest Breaking News from Electricity

A COUNCIL has approved plans to explore investment in solar cells to generate electricity from its buildings and cut carbon emissions ...

The big power firms have won a surprise reprieve that allows them to set their prices higher on the spot market – a sudden regulatory change made without consulting small players, who fear they'll be plunged into the red. Jonathan Milne investigates.

Automakers use some confusing terms to describe their vehicles. Here's what you need to know about the difference between electric and electrified.

Sep Nymex natural gas (NGU24 ) on Monday closed up by +0.046 (+2.15%). Sep nat-gas prices on Monday climbed to a 2-1/2 week high on Friday and settled moderately higher. Forecasts for hotter US temperatures that will boost nat-gas demand from electricity providers to run air conditioning pushed prices higher...

Africa contributes only about 4% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. The continent consumes the least energy for each person, compared with other regions of the world. With over 560 million people who don’t have access to electricity, Africa has the lowest rate of energy access in the world.

Queensland’s Labor government turned heads last week with a bold new election promise. If returned to power, it would set up 12 state-owned petrol stations and limit fuel price rises to just five cents a litre on any given day.

A scheme transporting Scotland’s green power to England is likely to be controversial despite lengthy consultations

Sep Nymex natural gas (NGU24 ) on Friday closed up by +0.016 (+0.75%). Sep nat-gas prices rose to a 2-week high on Friday and closed moderately higher on positive carryover from Thursday when the EIA reported a smaller-than-expected build in weekly nat-gas inventories. Nat-gas prices Friday also garnered some carryover...

PJM Interconnection just held an auction for supplemental electricity to be delivered in 2025 and 2026, and the clearing price was nearly 10 times the level set at the last auction two years ago. The market has spoken, and it's saying that you're going to have to pay a lot…