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Washington Post
a day ago
- Climate
- Washington Post
Stormy night in Texas was a harbinger of the weather to come this week
Damaging thunderstorms raced across North Texas from Sunday night into Monday, bringing wind gusts of around 80 mph, downing trees and power lines north and east of Dallas-Fort Worth and causing thousands of power outages. The stormy night was a harbinger of the weather to come this week, with rounds of storms and possible flooding expected for Texas, but some severe weather also possible for a swath of the country from Louisiana to New York on Monday.
Bloomberg
26-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Malaysia, Singapore Explore Importing Wind Energy from Vietnam
Major power companies in Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam have agreed to explore renewable energy links across their borders, as Southeast Asia takes steps to realize its long-held vision of a regional supergrid. The 'industry alliance' will look to export green electricity, especially offshore wind power, from Vietnam to the other two countries, according to a statement from Singapore's Sembcorp Industries Ltd. on Monday.
Times
06-05-2025
- Business
- Times
Power companies ‘underspending on fixing networks'
Electricity network companies have spent hundreds of millions of pounds less than planned on refurbishing and replacing their networks in recent years, blaming factors including supply chain problems and labour shortages. Regional power distribution companies underspent their budget for so-called 'non-load related' capital expenditure — investment to maintain the health of existing assets — by £290 million or 22 per cent in the 2023-24 financial year, according to figures quietly released by the regulator last month. National power transmission companies have underspent their non-load budgets for grid replacement and refurbishment by £508 million over the three financial years from 2021-24, the figures show. The disclosures come at a time of heightened scrutiny of the reliability of Britain's power networks, following substation fires including one that
