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Can home batteries help save the climate and save you money?

Growing numbers of homeowners are installing batteries that store electricity when it is cheap, which helps balance the grid and cuts emissions, and cheaper plug-in batteries will soon let more people do the same

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Musical take on The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is moving and charming

A TED talk and then a film, William Kamkwamba’s story of how he worked to provide his rural Malawian village with electricity has now been turned into a musical – and it mostly works, says Bethan Ackerley

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The strange metals forcing us to rethink how electricity really works

Some 40 years ago, physicists noticed certain metals were conducting electricity in a bizarre way no one could explain. New answers to how and why this happens are forcing us to question how electricity flows

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‘Techno in a monastery – are you ready?’ The Greek priest whose doom metal album is the ye

His church thinks electric guitars are the devil’s work. But Father Tabakis is on a mission to change that – with Paradise Metal, a religious dubstep album that outdid Daft Punk and Aphex Twin‘The guitar was made by God,” says Father Dionysios Tabakis, sitting in the living room

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Nissan ‘shelves all-electric Qashqai plans’ as it cuts costs

Firm has been developing full EV version of its top-selling model in Europe at its plant in SunderlandBusiness live – latest updatesNissan has reportedly stopped developing a fully electric version of its Qashqai, its top-selling model in Europe, as the Japanese carmaker seeks to

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Electricity prices jump in Europe as demand soars in the heatwave

Great Britain has paid at least six times the normal price for imported power as millions turn on air conditioning and windfarm output sagsThe heatwave has prompted a sharp rise in electricity prices across European markets as millions turn to air conditioners and electric fans t

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Heatwave pushes Great Britain’s grid operator to call for extra electricity from power pla

Neso issues rare summer warning for Wednesday evening, as households turn on fans and air conditioningGreat Britain’s grid operator has released a rare summer power supply warning for Wednesday evening as the heatwave is expected to get more intense, putting pressure on the energ

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Great Britain’s grid operator warns again over power supplies in heatwave

Neso asks generators to provide extra electricity on Friday evening to meet demand from fans and air conditioningBusiness live – latest updatesGreat Britain’s energy system operator has raised the alarm over electricity supplies for the second time this week as the heatwave conti

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Ministers urged to curb energy costs as Great British homes face 13% bill surge

Quarterly Ofgem price cap rises to equivalent of £1,862 a year from 1 July amid growing consumer energy debtMinisters are facing growing pressure to lower energy costs as households in Great Britain face the steepest rise in summer bills in four years this week.The quarterly cap

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Energy price cap rise ‘will push millions in Great Britain into fuel poverty’

Typical bill will surge by £220 a year from Wednesday, forcing 13.5m homes to spend over 10% of income on fuelMillions of households in Great Britain will be pushed into fuel poverty after months of volatility on the global gas markets as energy bills rise by more than £220 a yea

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Fans in short supply as next UK heatwave approaches, says Currys

Retailer says sharp rise in fan sales over the latest heatwave weekend left stores scrambling to source stockBusiness live – latest updatesThe boss of Currys has said supplies of air conditioning and fans are “tight” ahead of another UK heatwave, expected next week, after a boom

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Bipartisan bill fails to protect US consumers from datacenters’ true costs, critics warn

Experts say Ratepayer Protection Act ‘posing as a consumer protection measure’ and will raise prices on working peopleThe bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act, designed to shield individuals from soaring electricity prices amid the datacenter boom, would fail to meaningfully prote

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