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Vietnam’s Prime Minister Approves 10-year National Power Plan
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved an ambitious decade-long national power development plan that will attempt to boost Vietnam’s power production to 330 billion kilowatts by 2020.
Turkmen Gas Finally Gets Washington’s Attention – A Little Too Late
One of Washington’s key policy tenets since the 1991 collapse of Communism has been to pry out from under Moscow’s control as much of the energy assets of the post-Soviet space as possible. Nowhere has this policy been more evident than in the Caspian...
South Africa’s Electricity Distribution Infrastructure in Need of a Major Shake-up
South Africa’s electricity distribution infrastructure is in need of a major shake-up if the country is to meet its economic growth targets, says Deputy Minister of Energy Barbara Thompson.
World’s Energy Needs Could be Provided Cleanly, Renewably And Economically By 2050
All of the world’s energy needs could be provided cleanly, renewably and economically by 2050, according to a major new study by WWF. Two years in preparation, The Energy Report breaks new ground with its global scope and its consideration of total...
European Union’s Black Sea Plans Need Fresh Money
The European Union (EU) should launch a fully-functional strategy to bring peace and stability to the Black Sea region and secure energy supplies, including a specific budget line and more EU human resources, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)...
South Africa’s Regional Electricity Distribution Process Called Off
The plan to set up regional electricity distribution (REDS) has been halted with immediate effect, Collins Chabane the Minister in the Presidency responsible for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation has said. How People Arrived Here: South Africa Regional...
European Investment Bank Finances Wind Farm in Mexico
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a EUR 78.5 million loan to the Iberdrola Group to finance a wind farm in the south-west of Mexico.
Approval Granted for Biomass Power Station in Avonmouth, England
The Government has given the green light to Helius Energy plc to build a new 100 Mega Watt power plant fueled by biomass at Bristol Port, Avonmouth, England.
