Power restored in New York after blackout on anniversary of 1977 outage
A power failure on Saturday left a chunk of New York City in darkness, affecting 62,000 customers on Manhattan's West Side on the anniversary of a historic 1977 blackout. The outage affected an area stretching from Fifth Avenue to the Hudson River, and from West ...
Power outage hits Venezuela's largest refinery complex, says lawmaker
Venezuela's largest refinery complex has been hit by a power outage, at a time of acute fuel shortages in parts of the crisis-torn oil producer, an opposition lawmaker said Sunday. Luis Stefanelli, a deputy in the National Assembly, told AFP there was a "general blackout" ...
Germany's Siemens announces 2,700 job cuts at power and gas unit
German industrial equipment maker Siemens says it is cutting 2,700 jobs globally at its power and gas company as it seeks to make cost savings. Siemens said Tuesday that the cuts include 1,400 jobs in Germany and would take place over the course of several ...
U.S. reportedly increasing digital incursions into Russian power grid
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday accused The New York Times of "a virtual act of treason," after it reported the U.S. is stepping up digital incursions into Russia's electric power grid. Current and former government officials have described the classified deployment of American computer ...
Japan to partially end feed-in tariff system for electricity from renewable sources
Japan's industry ministry plans to partially end the country's feed-in tariff program, under which electricity produced by businesses and others from renewable energy sources — such as from solar and wind — is bought by power suppliers at fixed rates, it has been learned. To ...
Mass movement: Scientists adopt new definitions of the kilogram, amp, kelvin — and mole
How we measure the world underwent a quantum leap Monday as scientists adopted new hyperaccurate definitions for units of weight, electricity and temperature derived from the universal laws of nature. The change, on the occasion of World Metrology Day, sees one of science's most influential ...
Jera eyes role as global renewable leader but says coal will still play role in Japan's energy mix
With the integration of existing thermal power plants of its parents Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. and Chubu Electric Power Co. completed on April 1, Jera Co. has completed the last step of unifying the full value chain from upstream fuel and power ...
European utilities contemplating a future in which oil has gone the way of the dinosaurs
European oil companies have started to address what they worry may one day be an existential threat to their business — the end of a century of oil demand growth in a low carbon world. The emergence of the electric vehicle and demand among investors ...
Hitachi and Switzerland's ABB confirm talks on potential power grid deal
The move would boost Hitachi’s position in the growing power transmission and distribution sector, and help it diversify away from its nuclear plant business.
Wind farms now act as a top "predator" in some ecosystems, harming birds at the top of the food chain and triggering a knock-on effect often overlooked by green energy advocates, scientists said Monday. Wind is the fastest-growing renewable energy sector, supplying around 4 percent ...
An association of electrical engineering companies in Aichi Prefecture said Wednesday that their inspectors have manipulated power leakage survey data in the service areas of Chubu Electric Power Co. Data manipulation may have taken place at a total of around 1,410 condominium and apartment buildings, ...
Fearing blackouts, Kyushu Electric asks solar power generators to suspend generation
Kyushu Electric Power Co. asks solar power operators in its service area to suspend the generation of electricity to prevent oversupply and potential large-scale blackouts.
