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Ontario plans to speed up new home connections to electricity grid
Ontario's energy minister says he will introduce legislation to make it easier for new homes and businesses to connect to the electricity grid. A worker walks past rows of power lines in Mississauga, Ont., on Monday, August 19, 2019. HE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Oscar leaves at least 6 dead in Cuba as a massive blackout halts activities and triggers protests
Residents walk on a street during a blackout following the failure of a major power plant in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Cuba restores power to one-fifth of population after nationwide blackouts
People walk in the street at night as Cuba is hit by an island-wide blackout, in Havana, Cuba, October 18, 2024. REUTERS/Norlys Perez
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Cuba’s electrical grid shut down, leaving around 10 million people without power in countrywide blackout
FILE PHOTO: A woman works in a restaurant during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, October 17, 2024. REUTERS/Norlys Perez/File Photo
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Electricity demand in Ontario to soar due to EV manufacturing and AI, system operator says
Ontario's electricity system operator is expecting demand to soar 75 per cent by 2050, in large part due to electric vehicle manufacturing and new data centres supporting artificial intelligence. Rows of power lines are shown in Mississauga, Ont., on Monday, August 19, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Gruelling days and gratitude for Canadian line workers helping with U.S. hurricane outages
This Oct. 9 handout photo shows Hydro One linemen pose for a photo near the Niagara Falls, Ont. border crossing before heading to Florida to help rebuild power grids after Hurricane Helene and now Milton left millions of Americans in the dark. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Hydro One *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Federal $500-million bailout for Muskrat Falls power delays to keep N.S. rate hikes in check
Ottawa is negotiating a bailout of $500 million to help avoid a jolting power hike in Nova Scotia related to delivery delays of Muskrat Falls hydroelectricity over the past five years. Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson speaks during a press conference in Halifax, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Tutton
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Major power outage hits Venezuela’s capital Caracas, with Maduro government blaming ‘sabotage’
Pedestrians cross an avenue during a power outage in Caracas, Venezuela, early Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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BC Hydro begins filling reservoir as Site C dam megaproject nears completion
The Site C Dam location is seen along the Peace River in Fort St. John, B.C., Tuesday, April 18, 2017. BC Hydro says it has begun filling the reservoir created by the massive Site C dam project in northeastern British Columbia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Power utility Hydro One reports second-quarter profit and revenue up from year ago
A Hydro One sign is seen on the wall of a building at 483 Bay St. in downtown Toronto, on July 10, 2017.
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Thousands of Quebecers still in the dark as utility restores power after storm
Cars drive slowly through water overflowing on to highway 40 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue on the island of Montreal after heavy rains hit the area on Friday, August 9, 2024. Quebec is starting to recover after the remnants of Hurricane Debby pummeled several regions of the province with heavy rainfall on Friday, knocking power out and flooding roadways and basements. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter McCabe
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Massive power outages in Southern Quebec after storm Debby brings record rains to Montreal
Cars drive slowly through water overflowing on to highway 40 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue on the island of Montreal after heavy rains hit the area on Friday, August 9, 2024. Quebec is starting to recover after the remnants of Hurricane Debby pummeled several regions of the province with heavy rainfall on Friday, knocking power out and flooding roadways and basements. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter McCabe
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Massive power outages across Toronto after summer storm that flooded highways and subway stations
Cars are stranded in a flooded section of the Don Valley Parkway after heavy rains hit Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 16, 2024.
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Power back on in western Labrador after wildfires knocked out transmission lines
Wildfire photos taken by Churchill Falls evacuee Robert Dawe as he was evacuating the town with his mother and adult children. When works for Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and also owns his own mechanic shop in the town He is watching closely from Happy Valley Goose Bay, where hundreds have been evacuated.
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Haisla Nation and Pembina forge ahead with Indigenous-led Cedar LNG project in northern B.C.
Haisla Chief Crystal Smith at Kitamaat village, British Columbia on Friday, October 5, 2018. Chief Smith says she cried tears of joy when she heard LNG Canada had made their final funding decision for a new export facility in the area. Amber Bracken for The Globe and Mail
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A big boost for a climate solution: Electricity made from the heat of the Earth
FILE - A drill rig stands at a Fervo Energy geothermal site under construction near Milford, Utah, Nov. 26, 2023. Southern California Edison will purchase electricity from Fervo Energy, Fervo announced on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt, File)
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Professors say Canadian universities are falling behind in training students on energy storage technologies
Ali Hooshyar, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, poses for a portrait in his lab in Toronto, ON on June 19th, 2024. Duane Cole/The Globe and Mail
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Power outage hits Balkan states as heatwave overloads system, minister says
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TotalEnergies, utility EnBW win in US$3.2-billion offshore wind site auction
FILE PHOTO: The logo of French oil and gas company TotalEnergies is seen at the company's headquarters skyscraper in the financial and business district of La Defense, near Paris, France September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
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With deadly heat, air conditioning is no longer a luxury – it’s a necessity
Marsha Lederman
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