Hong Kong's intense heatwave triggers power and air-conditioning outages, affecting residents, office workers, and a funeral parlour, with experts warning of potential outages in older districts due to high energy demand.
A short power outage at a Network Rail operations centre in Manchester led to widespread travel chaos across the North West. The incident prompted scrutiny over communication systems, backup reliability, and ongoing funding pressures.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that all new data center projects must be audited by the PUCT and ERCOT as interconnection requests surge, threatening to overwhelm the state's power grid.
Russia has expanded its cryptocurrency mining restrictions to Moscow, the Moscow Region, and parts of the Kursk Region, with the ban taking effect on August 15, 2026, and lasting until December 31, 2032, citing growing electricity demand.
Britain's largest community solar project in north Devon has been forced to shut for its first summer due to concerns it could overload the local grid with renewable energy. The shutdown is expected to cost its 10,000 members £2m in lost revenue.
The UK's energy system operator warned of potential strain on power supplies Thursday night due to extreme temperatures and high demand from cooling systems. France's EDF also noted heatwave impacts on its nuclear reactors, which export power to the UK.
Launched in 1977, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, now 25 billion km away, continues to send data from interstellar space. Despite a shrinking power supply and communication delays, it remains the most distant human-made object and is expected to transmit basic data into the 2030s.
Air conditioning and building efficiency stocks surged as a severe heatwave gripped Europe, prompting red weather alerts. Companies like Saint Gobain, Beijer Ref, NIBE Industrier, Ariston, and Rockwool saw significant gains due to increased demand for climate control and insulation solutions.
Britain's grid operator, Neso, is expected to pay millions to secure extra electricity on Wednesday evening due to extreme heat straining the energy system. High demand from air conditioning and low wind generation prompted the payment to avoid a rare summer power supply crunch.
The Zaporozhye nuclear power station has successfully switched to a regular power supply scheme, with all equipment operating normally after external power was restored. The transition adhered to established regulations.
The Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) is nearing completion of preparations for the maiden flight of its UTS-800 training aircraft prototype. Ground vibration tests, a critical phase for flight safety, have been successfully completed in collaboration with the Siberian Aviation Research Institute, using the Russian VK-800SP engine.
The Zaporozhye nuclear power plant has restored its external power supply via the Ferroalloy-1 line, switching its systems to a regular operating mode. Backup diesel generators were shut down after the power restoration.
Russian drones and missiles struck Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, killing at least 11 and wounding over 100. The attacks followed warnings of a major assault and hit residential buildings, causing collapses and fires.
Russian air attacks on Kyiv, Dnipro, and Kharkiv killed at least nine and injured over 60 people early Tuesday. The strikes targeted power supply and infrastructure, with residential buildings damaged in Dnipro and Kyiv.
Power supply has been completely shut down due to an emergency in all districts of Ukraine's Kherson Region, with electricity fully cut in 11 districts and partially disrupted in three others. Power engineers and emergency services are working to restore electricity as quickly as possible, while a drone attack threat has been announced in the region.
Hong Kong’s railway operator has deployed augmented reality (AR) technology to speed up construction of a station on a new link serving the Northern Metropolis megaproject to ensure it opens on time next year. The MTR Corporation said on Tuesday that the power supply had been connected at Kwu Tung station and AR technology had been adopted to hasten progress. “Applying the AR inspection system will allow us to simulate future scenarios and help workers carry out the assembly work accurately and...
Sungrow Power Supply has refiled for a Hong Kong listing, reviving plans after its October application lapsed. The solar inverter and energy storage maker, which holds over 25% global market share, joins a wave of mainland companies submitting IPO documents to Hong Kong, signalling renewed activity in the city's IPO pipeline.
