Electricity – Asia Times

Australian prices portend ’70s-style energy shock

by Bruce Mountain May 27, 2022May 27, 2022

On Thursday the Australian Energy Regulator increased the “default market offers” that apply to electricity retailers in New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland by 8% to 18%, depending on the type of tariff and location. The day before, Victoria’s Essential Services Commission announced the default offer for Victorian consumers will increase by 1% to […]

China

Tariff cuts won’t solve China’s coal dilemma

by Jeff Pao April 29, 2022April 29, 2022

China

China’s power prices stoking runaway factory inflation

by Jeff Pao November 2, 2021November 6, 2021

Malaysian police steamroll bitcoin machines

by AT Contributor July 23, 2021July 23, 2021

Singapore unveils huge floating solar farms

by AT Contributor July 14, 2021July 14, 2021

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Vietnam blows by Thailand in clean energy race

by Peter Janssen June 29, 2021June 30, 2021

Why does bitcoin use 10 times more power than Google?

by AT Contributor March 18, 2021March 18, 2021

Japan turns to blockchain for trading extra power

by AT Contributor June 18, 2020June 18, 2020

The Eiffel Tower is illuminated in green with the words "Paris Agreement is Done," to celebrate the UN COP21 Climate Change deal. Photo: Reuters / Jacky Naegelen

World

$37 trillion in funds ‘failing to meet climate goals’

by Patrick Galey November 30, 2019February 18, 2020

World

Hip-hop stars join forces to help Africa plug in

by PK Semler June 11, 2019February 18, 2020

Middle East, Syria

Syria’s antiquities slowly coming back to life

by Sami Moubayed January 16, 2019February 18, 2020

A number of childerns learning activities at home without electricity in Village Pliken, Doro, Pekalongan Central Java, Indonesia on March 10, 16. The village does not have electricity since the last decades because of the location and access to the village hardest-hit by the vehicle, so that disrupt the activities of people such s educational activities for childern. Nowadays a villagers using a waterwheel to turn on the electricity.(Photo by Pradita Utana/NurPhoto)

North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Why we must prepare for a global blackout

by Immanuel Fruhmann December 3, 2018

Electric wires hang between buildings in an eastern suburb of Beirut. Photo: Patrick Baz / AFP

Lebanon, Middle East, World

In Lebanon, generator standoff highlights power gap

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse November 9, 2018February 18, 2020

coal reservoir of an old steam locomotive. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, European Union, Germany, India, Indonesia, Laos, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Vietnam, World

AIIB uproar reveals the East-West divide on coal

by Jon Connars July 5, 2018

An Indian woman cooks food by candlelight in her home in the village of Anandpur in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Photo: AFP/Money Sharma

India, Middle East, South Asia

Power-less villages belie Modi’s 100% electrification claim

by Saurabh Sharma, Swapaneel Bhattacharjee and Shafat Mir June 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Traditional lanterns on Seminyak beach on the tourist island of Bali, Indonesia. September 15, 2016

AT Finance, China, India, Indonesia, South Asia, World

Bali struggles to keep the lights lit

by John McBeth April 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Wind power in the mountains. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

India sets pace for Asian clean energy race

by Julie Gasper April 23, 2018

The cheap hydro-electric power produced by the St Lawrence River, on the US-Canadian border, has attracted Bitcoin miners. Image: NASA

World

American city bans Bitcoin mining

by Asia Times staff March 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Shanghai Bund skyline landmark, Ecological energy renewable solar panel plant. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Cheap renewables transform global electricity sector

by Julie Gasper February 5, 2018February 5, 2018

Solar power station in Jiangsu province, China. Photo: iStock

China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

China leads the way in photovoltaic capacity

by Asia Times staff January 25, 2018February 18, 2020

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