The Latest Breaking News from Electricity

Scientists adapted a method that can produce double the amount of hydrogen when splitting water molecules with electricity.

Electric bills are up 13% since President Trump took office. That’s bad news for the average American but good news for utilities investors.

As a space scientist, I predict that the company will soon have to reckon with a growing problem: space debris.

The crisis in the Western Balkan country was sparked by severe difficulties in supplying fuel oil from neighbouring Greece after border blockades by protesting farmers, authorities said.

The amount of renewable energy produced around the world is increasingly exceeding demand – particularly from wind and solar sources. This presents a significant challenge when limited grid capacity and insufficient energy storage mean this clean power has to be curtailed, wasting the excess generation. The scale of this problem…

Rising electricity prices are being pinned on data centers, but demand isn’t what makes power expensive.

The second annual event addressed a range of topics, including the energy transition, floating wind, green hydrogen, carbon capture and Power-to-X, a set of technologies that convert surplus renewable electricity into products such as synthetic fuels.

Advocates say State Electricity Commission’s $650m Delburn windfarm will be a ‘new chapter’ for region previously home to Hazelwood coal power station

Most global data centers are built in unsuitable climates, straining cooling, energy, and infrastructure as AI and cloud demand rise.

US senators challenge tech giants over rising electricity bills as AI data centers strain grids and shift infrastructure costs onto consumers.

Extreme weather is placing greater strain on Australia’s power grids. In 2022, the record-breaking Northern Rivers floods blacked out almost 70,000 households. A powerful storm in 2024 cut electricity to more than half a million Victorians. In 2025, Cyclone Alfred left 320,000 homes without power.