electricity

New breakdowns delay power generation recovery in South Africa

Published on: January 31, 2023
13:32

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Pretoria, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) New breakdowns in generating units of South Africa's national electricity company, Eskom, have delayed the sector's recovery nationwide, affecting the population and industrial facilities with aggravated blackouts.

South Africans experience more severe blackouts

Published on: January 5, 2023
11:38

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Pretoria, Jan 5 (Prensa Latina) From today South Africans are suffering a certain resurgence of planned power cuts, after some relief in this regard experienced during the Christmas and New Year's Eve holidays.

More than 84000 homes in the dark in the U.S. due to winter storm

Published on: January 2, 2023
12:05

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Washington, Jan 1 (Prensa Latina) More than 84 thousand homes in five states remain without electricity service due to the onslaught of the strong winter storm that hit most of the country over the weekend.

Russia increases electricity exports to China

Published on: December 28, 2022
08:22

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Moscow, Dec 28 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Federation increased the export of electricity to the People's Republic of China by 16 percent, highlighted the Minister of Energy, Nikolai Shulguinov.

Scientists produce electricity from wood submerged in water

Published on: December 9, 2022
17:06

By: Pavel López Lazo

Stockholm, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) Researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have managed to harvest energy by taking advantage of what happens naturally when wood is put into water and it evaporates.

Polish officials forced to save electricity

Published on: December 1, 2022
11:36

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Warsaw, Dec 1 (Prensa Latina) The Polish authorities announced new rules for saving electricity in their country, according to which these will also be applied in the workplaces of civil servants, the newspaper Rzeczpospolita highlighted.

GEYSEL firm seeks ways to produce electricity in Cuban province

Published on: November 9, 2022
17:02

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Ciego de Avila, Cuba, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) A repair process and maintenance of generators continues today in the central region of Cuba contributing to electricity generation ahead of the complex energy situation Cuba is presently going through.

Panama reaches record levels of clean energy use

Published on: November 3, 2022
08:07

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Panama City, Nov 3 (Prensa Latina) Panama reached 97 percent of the use of clean sources for electricity generation in September, the National Energy Secretariat (SNE) reported on Thursday.

Japanese Government calls to save electricity in winter

Published on: November 1, 2022
13:11

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Tokyo, Nov 1 (Prensa Latina) The Japanese Government on Tuesday called on companies and households across the country to save electricity during the winter, due to fears of energy shortages.

Storms leave 5,500 Paraguayans without electricity

Published on: October 31, 2022
14:12

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Asuncion, Oct 31 (Prensa Latina) About 5,500 Paraguayans remain without electricity today due to heavy rains and winds caused by a wave of storms affecting the country in recent hours.

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