electricity

Lebanon takes steps on renewable energy

Published on: May 5, 2023
14:14

By: Pavel López Lazo

Beirut, May 5 (Prensa Latina) Lebanon is currently taking some steps in the transition towards the use of more renewable energy, the Water and Energy Minister Walid Fayyad said.

Electricity rates will go up in Chile

Published on: April 13, 2023
12:22

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Santiago de Chile, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) Electricity bills in Chile will increase between 2.5 and 16.5 percent as of the next billing cycle, the Ministry of Energy reported on Thursday.

Millions in Africa without electricity

Published on: March 31, 2023
00:15

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Johannesburg, Mar 31 (Prensa Latina) Some 600 million people in Africa, approximately 43 percent of the continent's population, lack access to electricity, according to a report from the International Energy Agency.

Drought in Uruguay affects costs of electricity and generation

Published on: March 10, 2023
09:17

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Montevideo, Mar 10 (Prensa Latina) The Executive Branch of Uruguay authorized the public electricity company to borrow up to 70 million dollars so as to deal with the imports prompted by the persistent drought.

Puerto Rican economy expected to collapse due to power prices hike

Published on: February 17, 2023
00:15

By: Alina Ramos Martin

San Juan, Feb 17 (Prensa Latina) The small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that drive Puerto Rico's economy are being destroyed by the excessive increase in electricity prices, the president of the United Retailers Center (CUD), Lourdes M. Aponte Rodriguez, warned on Thursday.

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.

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