The network could help increase the low number of charging stations, encouraging more people to buy electric vehicles.
Category: Electric Light and Power
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Why Are Energy Prices So High? Some Experts Blame Deregulation.
California and the 34 other states that have deregulated all or parts of their electricity system tend to have higher rates than the rest of the country.
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Clean Energy Quest Pits Google Against Utilities
Google says it can’t meet its goals for renewable power unless state-regulated utilities, particularly in the Southeast, give way to market competition.
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California Reduces Subsidies for Homes With Rooftop Solar
The decision, which would reduce the incentive for homeowners to install solar panels, could influence other states to make similar changes.
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Advice for Europeans: Bundle Up and Get Ready for Outages
As temperatures drop amid an energy crisis, governments say power blackouts may be necessary to conserve electricity.
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Inflation Eases Slightly in Germany and Spain
The pace of consumer price gains in the two countries eased in November, the latest in a series of indications that their economies might suffer less in the coming months than predicted.
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U.K. Backs Giant Nuclear Plant, Squeezing Out China
The British government threw its weight behind nuclear power, saying it would invest in a major new nuclear plant co-owned by France’s state utility.
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US Approves Aid to Extend Life of California Nuclear Plant
The Energy Department’s grant of $1.1 billion is the latest step that could keep the reactor in operation beyond its scheduled shutdown in 2025.
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Half of France’s Nuclear Plants Are Off-Line
France’s state-backed nuclear operator is scrambling to overcome a monthslong crisis to get as many reactors as possible restarted before winter sets in.
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China Is Burning More Coal, a Growing Climate Challenge
The country’s emissions of greenhouse gases rose last year at the fastest pace in a decade. Beijing is looking for alternatives.
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Europe Braces for a Winter Without Russian Gas
Countries across the continent have taken extraordinary steps to decrease energy use and ramp up supply, moving swiftly away from their longtime primary provider, Russia.
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As inflation bites, Japan says it will help with electricity bills.
Japan is the latest country to turn to enormous fiscal relief as it seeks to reduce the impact of geopolitical instability and rampant inflation.