Electricity is now holding back growth across the global economyASML's expansion hinges on electricity, highlighting a critical grid constraint in the Netherlands and globally. Rising demand from AI and ...
17 Dec, 2025, 10.48 AM IST
Milan's data centre capacity set to surge tenfold in five years, A2A CEO saysThe rapid expansion of data centres, needed to drive artificial intelligence, promises to boost revenues for utilities like A2A, which will...
18 Oct, 2025, 01.36 PM IST
Celtic Interconnector cable: Ireland's €1.6 billion subsea power link to France and Europe beginsThe Celtic Interconnector, a €1.6 billion subsea cable project, connects Ireland to France across 700 kilometers, transmitting 700 megawatt...
01 Oct, 2025, 01.50 PM IST
EU power grid needs trillion-dollar upgrade to avert Spain-style blackoutsEurope's aging power grid faces urgent modernization needs due to rising green energy, increased demand, and cybersecurity threats, highlig...
05 May, 2025, 05.27 PM IST
Ireland embraced data centres that the AI boom needs. Now they're consuming too much of its energyFears of rolling blackouts led Ireland's grid operator to halt new data centres near Dublin until 2028. These huge buildings and their powe...
20 Dec, 2024, 10.14 AM IST
Ireland embraced AI boom, now its data centres consuming too much of its energyIreland's data centres, powering tech giants, consume a significant portion of the nation's electricity, raising concerns about blackouts a...
19 Dec, 2024, 11.26 PM IST
How AI and cloud computing may delay the transition to clean energyDriven by artificial intelligence and cloud computing, the surging demand for electricity from data centers is increasing reliance on fossi...
21 Nov, 2024, 04.53 PM IST
Europe’s data centers hub sees disappointing clean-power auctionIreland's recent auction secured 2,071 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy projects, falling short of the government's target of 2,500 to 4,...
10 Sep, 2024, 10.04 AM IST
AI supercharges data centre energy use-straining the grid and slowing sustainability effortsAccording to the Electric Power Research Institute, a nonprofit research firm, at 2.9 watt-hours per ChatGPT request, AI queries require ab...
13 Jul, 2024, 04.11 PM IST
EU to cut Russian gas use as missiles strike UkraineThe effort to help Germany wean itself off Russian gas for the winter came as Turkey announced a meeting in Russia next week between Turkis...
27 Jul, 2022, 04.20 PM IST
Is your electric car as eco-friendly as you thought?The analysis came ahead of Wednesday's discussions on transport at the COP26 summit. It showed how the auto industry's ability to reduce em...
10 Nov, 2021, 11.55 AM IST
Greenko looks to recharge global play with NEC’s US battery unit buyout for $300-400 millionNEC Energy Solutions was formerly known as A123 Energy Solutions, and was the energy storage systems business of lithium battery maker A123...
17 Aug, 2020, 01.45 PM IST
Italy: Grid operators turn control centres into campsites to keep coronavirus at baySo far, the hastily-assembled plan at Snam's control centre in Milan, which remotely operates 33,000 kilometres (21,000 miles) of gas pipes...
26 Mar, 2020, 04.50 PM IST
Sterlite Power inks pact with US-based Smart Wires to bring SmartValve to Indian utilitiesCommenting on the technology agreement, Sterlite Power Managing Director Pratik Agarwal said, "An environmentally sustainable electricity s...
22 Jan, 2020, 04.12 PM IST
Government approves pact with UK for cooperation in energy sectorThe Union Cabinet today gave its ex-post facto approval to the signing of an agreement with the UK for cooperation in the energy sector.
09 Dec, 2015, 11.01 PM IST
- Nigeria power grid: Power Grid Corp among final bidder
Power Grid Corporation is among the three firms shortlisted by the Nigerian Government to manage the country's electricity grid to be const...
28 Aug, 2010, 02.08 AM IST
- Tidal power set to make waves as govts push clean energy
Three decades ago, engineer Peter Fraenkel created an underwater turbine to use river power to pump water in Sudan. Now, his modified desig...
02 Feb, 2009, 12.02 AM IST