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Yahoo
01-08-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Power out again in Hay River, N.W.T., over generator issue
The Northwest Territories Power Corporation says it is once again trying to restore power in Hay River. The community lost power Friday morning due to problems with a generator, the power corporation said. By 11 a.m., it had begun restoring power to some parts of the community. The outage comes after a lengthy power outage on Wednesday, when temperatures outside reached more than 30 C. Earlier this week, Hay River was taken off Taltson hydro power for a three-week period so the hydro facility could undergo maintenance. The community is being powered by diesel generators in the meantime.
Times
22-05-2025
- Business
- Times
GeoPura: how its green hydrogen generators are taking on diesel
Andrew Cunningham has it in for diesel generators. 'No one really knows for sure, but it is estimated that there is a $300 billion installed estate of diesel generators [globally],' says the serial entrepreneur. Developed economies are just as hooked on them as developing ones are, he adds, before anyone says they provide affordable power in poor countries. 'It is pretty horrible,' he says. Fortunately, Cunningham, 61, has spent the last 17 years or so developing an alternative generators that are quiet, reliable, spew out water from their exhausts rather than toxic fumes and are made at the famous Parsons Works in Newcastle, the birthplace of the steam turbine. Fans already include the BBC's Natural History unit, as well as Netflix and Disney. One of
