Bitcoin passed the $60,000 mark for the first time on Saturday, again raising questions over the vast energy resources required to mine the cryptocurrency. On March 2, Bitcoin’s estimated energy consumption also reached its highest ever rate, hitting a staggering 130.90 terawatt hours (TWh) annualised. The following week on March 9, billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates … Read more
A solar-powered prototype house built in Wales produces 30 per cent more electricity than it consumes over the course of a year, scientists have revealed. Over 12 months the house pulls 1,112 kWh of energy from the grid but generates a total of 1,458 kWh itself, creating a 31 per cent surplus which is all made … Read more
MPs have been charging the taxpayer for extra gas and electricity while working from home during lockdown. Members of Parliament claimed £9.1 million in expenses despite working largely remotely during the first 2020 lockdown, compared to £8.2million in 2019. Between the stay at home order announced on March 16 and pubs reopening on July 4, … Read more
Phillip Schofield kindly offered to pay a viewer’s £700 electricity bill during Thursday’s This Morning. The presenter, 58, made the gesture as he and co-star Holly Willoughby, 39, led a phone-in with money expert Martin Lewis, in which people were encouraged to call in with their financial questions. And one caller named Patricia admitted that … Read more
Lights come back on in Pakistan after huge nationwide powercut left 210 MILLION people without electricity for hours People are forced to rely on smartphone lights and torches in Pakistan power cut Major cities including Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi all go dark for hours on end Residents are left in near total darkness as they … Read more
Customers struggling to pay electricity bills soar to 777,000 as experts warn of ‘perfect storm’ amid rising prices and pandemic pressures 777,000 customers owed energy firms between July and September last year This was the highest number of customers owing money seen since 2015 Number of households in debt jumped every quarter of year compared … Read more
New record for wind power generation: Half of Britain’s electricity came from turbines on Boxing Day thanks to Storm Bella The gusts of wind provided 50.7% of Great Britain’s electricity on Boxing Day This is mainly thanks to Storm Bella where winds reached up to 100mph The last record was set in August of this … Read more
Scottish Power left two pensioners without electricity over winter after accusing them of stealing energy. The nightmare started for retired events manager Tricia Culliford and her former bank director husband Simon, 69, after they agreed to the energy company’s request to replace their old credit meter with a new smart model. The call began a … Read more
Mitt Romney demanded Sunday that the U.S. response to the Russia cyber attack be ‘of like magnitude or greater’ as he slams President Donald Trump for claiming the hack was actually from China. ‘What Russia has done is put in place a capacity to potentially cripple us in terms of our electricity, our power, our … Read more
MPs have clashed over proposed changes to the UK asylum system due to coming into force next year. Several ‘camps’ lacking mains electricity and water are to be created to house asylum seekers, according to a Conservative former immigration minister. Caroline Nokes warned the Home Office’s proposed changes coming into force on January 1 ‘have … Read more