Power restored to most of Haines Junction, Yukon, after hours-long outage at -40 C
Power has been restored to most of Haines Junction after a problem earlier on Monday at the local generating station.
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Electricity to get more expensive in the north due to new Sweden-Finland powerline
A new electricity transmission line between Sweden and Finland is set to come online on Wednesday afternoon. The Aurora Line
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Extended Yellowknife power outage caused by breaker failure: Naka Power
Some people had no power for over 7 hours A broken breaker at a power distribution substation caused Saturday’s extended power
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Diavik’s solar plant is running, hope it can be ‘deployed elsewhere’ when mine closes
Solar panels expected to provide a quarter of the electricity needed for the mine’s closure Rio Tinto says its 3.5-megawatt
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Residents of Pangnirtung, Nunavut, get electricity back after days-long power outage
The hamlet declared a state of emergency on Saturday in response to extended power outages. Residents of Pangnirtung, Nunavut, have
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Norwegian military watchtower got electricity from Russian hydro-power plant—then it was cut
The military watchtower is manned round-the-clock guarding Norway’s land border with Russia. This June, Russia decided to cut the electricity
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Electricity prices climb in Sweden as Russian gas pipeline goes offline
Energy prices climbed again in parts of Sweden in recent days, owing in part to uncertainty over a major Russian
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Wind power to be expanded to all of Sweden
Electricity from wind power needs to quadruple compared to today, if the climate targets are to be met, according the Energy
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Economic activity in northern Canadian territories of Nunavut & Yukon increased despite pandemic, new index suggests
A new experimental index developed by Statistics Canada suggests that the pandemic may not have had as large an effect
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New power plant approved for Arctic Bay in Canada’s Nunavut
A proposal for a new power plant in Arctic Bay, Nunavut, has been approved, something the Qulliq Energy Corporation says
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Northern Canada: town’s fight to switch power distributors reaches Northwest Territories Supreme Court
A case that has implications for the cost and distribution of electricity in eight Northwest Territories communities, including the capital
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Nuclear power plant in northern Finland delayed four years to 2028
A controversial nuclear power plant to be located in Pyhäjoki in northern Ostrobothnia on Finland’s northwest coast will take four
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Electricity prices to jump in Tampere, southern Finland
The price of electricity is set to rise in Tampere and the surrounding Pirkanmaa region of south-central Finland this autumn,
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Arctic electric rally hits the road towards Northwestern Russia
Electric car enthusiasts from Bergen (southwest Norway), Oslo (southeast Norway), Hammerfest (Arctic Norway), Minsk (Belarus) and St. Petersburg (Western Russia)
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Finnish solar industry looks for boost from better storage
A dozen solar panels gleam in the sun on the roof of a semi-detached house in Herttoniemi, eastern Helsinki. In
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