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West Virginia Public Energy Authority members got a high level of hydrogen-fueled optimism about a Pleasants County coal-fired plant’s future at their monthly meeting Thursday.

A new privately-owned and operated electricity distribution company for Burundi has been unveiled at Africa Climate Summit

The upside of San Francisco's reputation for urban squalor is that it’s spurring other states to do something on housing.

A little-known graphite producer wants to buy one of West Virginia's largest coal plants with a plan that has never been tried before.

A little-known graphite producer wants to buy one of West Virginia's largest coal plants with a plan that has never been tried before.

Gridworks and the Government of Uganda announce pilot project for private investment in the country’s electricity transmission sector

Gridworks and the Government of Uganda announce pilot project for private investment in the country’s electricity transmission sector

By Reuters Staff (Corrects members of consortium) KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday signed a $100 million solar-hybrid power deal with a consortium led by Gridworks, to provide electricity to half a million people across three cities that have no grid connection. Solar-hybrid systems combine solar power with another electricity generating energy source. For this 22-year concession, the back up power source will be diesel, Gridworks said. Less than 10% of Congo’s rou...

2 minute read Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday signed a $100 million solar-hybrid power deal with a consortium led by Gridworks, to provide electricity to half a million people across three cities that have no grid connection. Solar-hybrid systems combine solar power with another electricity generating energy source. For this 22-year concession, the back up power source will be diesel, Gridworks said. Less than 10% of Congos roughly 90 million people have reliable access to electricity....

In Grinnell, the cold has settled in. A soft blanket of snow coats the whole campus, muting the sound of footsteps, so silent that it is a constant reminder of what could have been. While it is a far cry from the boisterous nature of Grinnell in the past, the chill has not dampened the spirits of new Grinnellians huddled together in the dorms. With the beginning of Spring 1, Grinnell College invited all first-years and select upperclassmen to live on campus, in addition to students who received...