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‘World’s most powerful’ wave turbine starts generating electricity
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'World's most powerful' wave turbine whirrs into action: 680-tonne generator off Orkney has started to generate electricity - and has the capacity to meet the annual demand of 2,000 homes for the next 15 yearsTidal-p...
Amount of fossil fuels burned for UK electricity falls to record low
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Amount of fossil fuels burned to power the UK's electricity grid falls to record low The amount of fossil fuels burned to power the UK's electricity grid has fallen to a record low. Just before midnight on Wednesday ...
Club bosses get refund after paying electricity bills of a phone mast
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Club bosses get £86,000 refund after probe shows they were covering electricity bill for nearby mobile phone mast for TWELVE YEARS Northallerton WMC charged £1.4K a month in lockdown - when lights were off Club’s su...
Cyber criminals target householders with bogus electricity rebates
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Cyber criminals target desperate householders with bogus electricity rebates as Action Fraud reveals they have received 800 complaints about fake Ofgem emails in just FOUR DAYSCriminals are seeking to dupe people wit...
Electricity distributor agrees to pay £14.9m into redress fund
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Britain's largest electricity distributor agrees to pay £14.9m into redress fund after it fails to offer support during power cuts to vulnerable customers Britain's largest electricity distributor has agreed to pay £...
Electricity supply back ON at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant
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Electricity supply is back ON at Ukraine's retired Chernobyl nuclear power plant that risked a Europe-wide disaster when power was cut as it was seized by Russian forcesElectricity supply restored at Ukraine's retire...
Energy prices soar after fire shuts down key electricity cable in Kent
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Energy prices soar by almost 20% after blaze and maintenance shuts down key electricity cable in Kent that runs between Britain and France for more than weekThe large fire broke out early Wednesday morning at a Natio...
Gas and electricity bills could soar to £2,000-a-year
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Gas and electricity bills could soar to £2,000-a-year as the energy price cap is DOUBLED in coming months, households are warnedHouseholds could face a 56% rice in their energy bills from April, experts warn UK's ene...
Highlands cottage with NO electricity up for sale for £250,000
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Room with an off grid view: Highlands Shepherd's cottage with NO electricity, stunning views and SIX ACRES of land goes on the market for £250,000 (but it does need a full renovation)The two-bedroom former shepherd's...
How families could be PAID £6 to ‘ration’ electricity at peak times
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How much could YOU earn for turning off your oven and TV? How families could be PAID up to £6 to 'ration' electricity at peak times (including nearly £3 for shutting off electric car chargers)The measures come amid s...
How much will YOUR electricity bills go up by?
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How much will YOUR electricity bills go up by? Increase in standing charges will depend on where you live, research shows Bills will double in south Scotland, the south west of England and Merseyside But London and...
Huge power cut leaves thousands of homes without electricity
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North-West London is plunged into darkness: Thousands of homes are without electricity as huge power cut hits 38 postcodes across London and HertforshireThousands of homes were left without electricity tonight after ...
Man doing DIY hospitalised after drilling through electricity cable
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Man carrying out DIY in his front garden is airlifted to hospital after drilling through an underground mains electricity cable A man has been airlifted to hospital after drilling through a mains electricity cable wh...
Ministers ‘plan to end link between gas and electricity prices’
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Britons could save on soaring bills as ministers plan to end link between gas and electricity prices… but it won’t help struggling households until at least the winterMinisters set to bring forward new laws to overha...
National Grid sparks fury as it cashes in on soaring electricity costs
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National Grid sparks fury as it cashes in on the cost of living crisis: Soaring electricity prices boost profits at the privatised public utility National Grid risks anger from politicians and the public after hiking...
National Grid warns electricity supplies will be tight this year
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Will the lights stay on this winter? National Grid warns of a greater risk of blackouts and says electricity supplies will be 'tight' this year after undersea cable fire Britain faces tight electricity supplies this ...