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Paris’ La Defense business district housing big firms to target lower use of power
Paris’ La Defense business district, whose skyscrapers house many of France’s biggest companies, said it would target a 15 percent reduction in ... Energy -
Ukraine begins electricity exports to EU: Zelenskyy
Ukraine has started exporting electricity to the European Union, via Romania, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russia reduces gas supplies to ... World News -
Electricity consumption per person in Saudi Arabia drops 20 pct, lowest since 1993
The consumption of electricity per person in Saudi Arabia dropped to its lowest level since 1993 last year, as the Kingdom continues to move towards ... Energy -
Watch: Lebanese left in dark without power amid deepening economic crisis
Lebanon has been plagued by chronic electricity shortages for since the country’s civil war that ended in 1990, but in recent weeks the situation has ... Features -
Reforms to judiciary, electricity remain major hurdles for Lebanon to receive IMF aid
Currently in the throngs of an unprecedented economic crisis, Lebanon again is faced with a choice – make reforms or likely receive no international ... Middle East -
Lebanese editor allegedly beaten for Facebook post about Parliament speaker
The editor of a local Lebanese publication says he was attacked by supporters of the Amal party after publishing a post on his personal Facebook page ... Middle East -
Hezbollah, ally embroiled in Lebanon’s ‘defective fuel’ scandal as electricity fails
Hezbollah and its Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) allies have become embroiled in a “defective fuel” scandal in Lebanon, despite the two parties ... Features -
ADPower, TAQA to combine assets, create regional utilities giant
Shareholders of the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) approved a deal to combine assets with Abu Dhabi Power Corporation’s (ADPower), creating ... Energy -
UK to ban new petrol car sales from 2035
Britain will bring forward a ban on sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles to 2035, including hybrids, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was to announce ... Energy -
Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power plans $10 bln of investments in 2020: CEO
Saudi Arabian utility developer ACWA Power is planning to invest about $10 billion in 2020 as it eyes new projects in some 10 countries, the ... Energy -
60,000 French homes without power lashed by heavy rains, winds
Fourteen departments in southwestern France, the Alps region and the Mediterranean island of Corsica were on alert on Saturday following gale-force ... World News -
Siemens CEO deplores admiration for ‘pot smoker’ after deputy praised Musk
Siemens Chief Executive Joe Kaeser on Friday lamented Germans who fail to recognize true visionaries and instead admire pot smokers who talk about ... Variety -
Daily power cuts, expensive generators: Electricity plays into Lebanon protests
Protesters in Lebanon continue to call for the resignation of the government, which has failed to provide basic services since at least the end of the ... Features -
Siemens, Orascom sign deal to rebuild Iraq power plant
Siemens and Orascom Construction signed an agreement on Saturday with the Iraqi government to rebuild two power plants in the north of the country ... Energy -
Japan will have to dump radioactive Fukushima water into Pacific, minister says
Tokyo Electric Power will have to dump radioactive water from its destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant directly into the Pacific Ocean, Japan&rsquo ... World News -
Power cut hits London and southeast of England, halting trains
Large parts of London and the southeast of England were hit by a power cut on Friday evening, disrupting trains and knocking out traffic lights. ... World News -
Indonesia capital, neighboring provinces in Java hit by major power blackout
Indonesia’s capital Jakarta and some neighboring provinces on Java island have been hit by a major electricity outage after problems at a number ... World News -
NYC mayor calls for probe as many wait for power to return
Mayor Bill de Blasio called for an investigation Monday of power outages that came at the end of this weekend’s oppressive heat, saying he no ... World News -
Power restored to some in New York after heat wave outage
Power has been restored to 13,000 customers in Brooklyn, but around 40,000 others across New York City are still without power as temperatures ... World News -
Tens of millions without power in South America blackout
A massive blackout left tens of millions of people without electricity in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay on Sunday in what the Argentine president ... World News -
Ethiopia starts rationing electricity for homes and industries
Ethiopia has started to ration electricity for domestic and industrial customers after a drop in water levels in hydroelectric dams led to a ... World News -
Lebanon Cabinet approves watershed electricity sector reform
Lebanon’s Cabinet has approved a much-anticipated plan to restructure the electricity sector, which has been deeply dysfunctional for over four ... Energy -
Internal power struggles erupt in Iran over money laundering, terror support
The internal power struggles in Iran have not stopped since 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the Shah’s regime and was monopolized by the ... Features -
US grants Iraq sanctions waiver to buy Iranian electricity
The United States has granted Iraq a waiver to allow it to keep importing electricity from neighboring Iran, despite renewed American sanctions on ... Middle East -
Curbing power theft through edicts: Clerics criticize Pakistani government move
The newly elected government in Pakistan has invited ire from religious quarters for a peculiar reason. The government has suggested exemption of 400 ... Features -
UAE Cabinet approves reduced electricity-consumption fees for industries
The UAE Cabinet, chaired by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has adopted a resolution to ... Economy -
How technology gives coal new opportunity to provide world with electricity
Providing the world with electricity is not easy, with more than one billion persons living in complete darkness which is about 13% of the world&rsquo ... Variety -
Egypt’s Sisi opens power stations in state development drive
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday opened three new power stations built at a total cost of 6 billion euros ($7 billion) as part of ... Energy -
Lebanon signs first power purchase agreement, paves way for more
Lebanon has signed its first deal to buy electricity from private companies, the energy minister said on Friday, in a model which took years to hammer ... Economy -
Saudi Electricity Company launches electric car project with 3 Japanese firms
The Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has signed on Sunday a cooperation agreement with 3 Japanese firms to implement “Electric Car Pilot Project ... Technology