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San Francisco outages leaves 130,000 without power

Saturday, December 20 by SRN News

A massive outage knocked out power to 130,000 homes and businesses in San Francisco on Saturday, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said. The power failure left a large swath of the northern part of the city in the dark, beginning with the Richmond and Presidio... Read More.

Major power outage hits San Francisco

Saturday, December 20 by SRN News

Dec 20 (Reuters) - A sizable part of San Francisco was hit by a power outage on Saturday, according to the city's emergency management department and the city's main utility company. The blackout hit about 125,000 residents in the California city of around 800,000... Read More.

Hurricane-force wind downs power lines, fans wildfires in Colorado with more on way

Thursday, December 18 by SRN News

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Crews were mopping up Thursday but still bracing for more after hurricane-force wind downed power lines and fanned wildfires along the Colorado Front Range and onto the Great Plains. Wind that in places topped 100 mph (160 kph) late Wednesday... Read More.

Feds pave the way for Big Tech to plug data centers right into power plants in scramble for energy

Thursday, December 18 by SRN News

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Federal regulators will allow tech companies to effectively plug massive data centers directly into power plants, issuing a long-awaited order Thursday, as the Trump administration urges it to help the U.S. lead the world in artificial intelligence and revive domestic... Read More.

India’s Parliament approves bill to open civil nuclear power sector to private firms

Thursday, December 18 by SRN News

NEW DELHI (AP) - India's Parliament approved new legislation Thursday that enables opening the tightly controlled civil nuclear power sector to private companies. The government termed it a major policy shift to speed up clean energy expansion while the opposition political parties argued that it... Read More.

Texas sues utility company to recover damages from historic wildfire sparked by downed power lines

Tuesday, December 16 by SRN News

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas has sued the utility company whose downed power lines sparked the largest wildfire in state history, a deadly blaze that destroyed homes and livestock and charred miles of landscape, causing more than $1 billion in damage. The lawsuit filed Tuesday... Read More.

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant running on single power line, Russia says

Tuesday, December 16 by SRN News

MOSCOW, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine is currently receiving electricity through only one of two external power lines, its Russian management said on Tuesday. The other line was disconnected due to military activity, the management said, adding that... Read More.

TotalEnergies wins 21-year deal to power Google data centres in Malaysia

Tuesday, December 16 by SRN News

Dec 16 (Reuters) - France's TotalEnergies said on Tuesday it had signed a 21-year power supply deal with Alphabet's Google, pledging to supply 1 terawatt hour of renewable energy to support its data centres in Malaysia. The French energy major said the power would be... Read More.

European drone wall, other ‘flagship’ defence projects at risk in EU power struggle

Monday, December 15 by SRN News

By Andrew Gray and Lili Bayer BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The future of proposed EU "flagship" defence projects - including a counter-drone system initially called a drone wall - is in doubt as European Union leaders plan to snub a call to endorse them... Read More.

How the US freight rail industry got dirtier than coal power plants

Sunday, December 14 by SRN News

By Tim McLaughlin Dec. 14 (Reuters) - BNSF Railway, one of the crown jewels of Warren Buffett's sprawling Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, calls itself an environmental leader in the U.S. rail industry with the cleanest locomotive fleet in North America. "When you see our orange locomotives' and... Read More.

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Stories tagged with: power

San Francisco outages leaves 130,000 without power

Major power outage hits San Francisco

Hurricane-force wind downs power lines, fans wildfires in Colorado with more on way

Feds pave the way for Big Tech to plug data centers right into power plants in scramble for energy

India’s Parliament approves bill to open civil nuclear power sector to private firms

Texas sues utility company to recover damages from historic wildfire sparked by downed power lines

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant running on single power line, Russia says

TotalEnergies wins 21-year deal to power Google data centres in Malaysia

European drone wall, other ‘flagship’ defence projects at risk in EU power struggle

How the US freight rail industry got dirtier than coal power plants

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