Electricity and power

Record low water levels force nuclear output cuts in Hungary and Romania

An aerial view of boats in the shallow water of the Danube river in Corabia, southern Romania, on July 24. Nuclear plants along the Danube river in Hungary and Romania could be completely shut down in the coming days owing to record low water levels.

China generates less than half of its electricity from coal for the first time

Coal’s share of the power mix was 49.7 per cent, Xing Yiteng, deputy director-general of the energy administration’s development and planning office, told a press conference on July 30.

EGP Energy shares close 21.6% above IPO price on trading debut

EGP Energy executive chairman and CEO Frankie Fan (right) with executive director Nicholas Fan.

Me & My Money: From construction painter to EV charger firm founder

Sathiyamoorthy Nagarajan (left), a power systems specialist from India, partnered with Singaporean engineer Lai Yuan Weng to set up MNL Solutions, which delivers sustainable EV charging solutions for homes, condos, commercial and industrial sites.

The energy shock was not too bad. But that could soon change

On paper, the disruption to energy markets following the Iran war should have caused a much bigger and more lasting price spike.

3 arrested in Johor for stealing electricity to mine cryptocurrency

Police also seized 71 cryptocurrency mining machines, computers, laptops, routers, monitors, keyboards, mobile phones, padlocks, keys and two vehicles during the raids.

‘Trillion-dollar question’: How extreme heat is shifting corporate bottom lines

Increasingly severe heat disrupts operations for a variety of industries, but it also creates business opportunities for others.

Over 200 firms, politicians in US pledge to prevent high utility bills due to AI data centres

In March, the White House secured promises from tech companies such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft to pay a greater share of the enormous costs associated with delivering electricity to new data centres.

Branded Content

Forgot what a blackout feels like? Inside the work that keeps your lights on

Bangladesh solar incentives could skip smaller consumers; further reform needed, say advocates

The government is encouraging construction companies to build solar energy projects for industry, including garment manufacturers, which account for about 11 per cent of Bangladesh’s economic output.

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