Europe’s heatwave drives electricity prices to new highs as demand soars.

The heatwave has prompted a sharp rise in electricity prices across European markets as millions turn to air conditioners and electric fans to battle record high temperatures, which have also caused a string of power plant outages across the continent.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260623-europes-heatwave-drives-electricity-prices-to-new-highs-as-demand-soars?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

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Europe’s heatwave drives electricity prices to new highs as demand soars.

The heatwave has prompted a sharp rise in electricity prices across European markets as millions turn to air conditioners and electric fans to battle record high temperatures, which have also …

The Guardian

There's a line of argument that energy prices are rising and we need to build more pipelines and fossil fuel plants to make electricity more plentiful and therefore cheaper. And that deploying wind and solar is expensive and is driving up rates.

But in Australia, electricity prices have dropped 10% in some places, and it's because battery storage has joined solar.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/may/31/cheaper-energy-bills-battery-revolution-climate-crisis

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The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world

Australia is pioneering a revolution in home renewables and battery use, proving what is possible with the right policies

The Guardian
Wholesale #electricityprices in the PJM Interconnection area, covering 67 million people in 13 states, have #surged by nearly 76% due to the high demand from #AIdatacentres. The report warns that the current #powersupply is insufficient to meet this demand, leading to irreversible higher transmission, energy, and capacity market prices. https://gizmodo.com/power-prices-in-eastern-u-s-spike-76-thanks-to-ai-data-centers-2000759230?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Power Prices in Eastern U.S. Spike 76% Thanks to AI Data Centers

A new report calls the impact significant and "irreversible."

Gizmodo

Every time it feels like my financial situation is getting better I get slapped in the face with something new. I can't keep taking these blows. How can any company justify a 68% price increase in the last two years? The storage company I use has jacked prices 68% since April last year. How is this justified?

#risingprices #electricityprices #ireland

Fascinating interview. How batteries can bring down electricity prices.

> Volts: Doing data centers the not-dumb way

Episode webpage: https://www.volts.wtf/p/doing-data-centers-the-not-dumb-way

Media file: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192696684/0f8f6182e95310dbb9c3c6b3c4bfe540.mp3

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Doing data centers the not-dumb way

Jigar Shah joins me to break down why powering new data centers with behind-the-meter natural gas plants is an engineering and economic disaster.

Volts
New Brunswick utilities board rejects April 1 power rate increase
A proposed 4.75 per cent increase in electricity prices that N.B. Power was hoping to impose on customers April 1 will instead be delayed until June or, potentially, July.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/eub-power-rate-increase-rejection-9.7120927?cmp=rss

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Bad News for Domestic Electricity Consumers | Breaking News | Dawn News

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