Wire news brought to you by ![]()
New Heights to Pak Sino Socio-Economic Relations
18/06/2013
Most recently, the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Pakistan. Both countries share strategic trust, mutual respect which continues to flourish and deepen despite various regional and international geo-stra...
|
Energy crisis - Experts for more AE IPPs
12/06/2013
Energy experts want using more renewable sources for generating power by independent power producers (IPPS) to curb hours long unannounced power outages. Speakers expressed these views at a recent seminar on...
|
Energy crisis - Experts for more AE IPPs
12/06/2013
Energy experts want using more renewable sources for generating power by independent power producers (IPPS) to curb hours long unannounced power outages. Speakers expressed these views at a recent seminar on...
|
A major step forward for wind turbine training; Deal paves way for industry
10/06/2013
PLANS to develop a replica wind turbine tower to provide authentic training for the offshore wind and related sectors will take a major step forward today. The training company 3C Humber, formed out of a stra...
|
Geoinformatics based multi-criteria decision support analysis of selection of renewable energy sites: A case study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
10/06/2013
Pakistan faces serious energy crisis. The demand for energy is much higher than its supply. This is affecting badly all sectors of life including commerce, industry and daily life of people. There is a need ...
|
China Resources needs to win over merger sceptics
09/06/2013
Independent shareholders of China Resources Power (CRP) and sister firm China Resources Gas (CRG) are unlikely to vote in favour of their proposed merger unless the firms can provide more details about prop...
|
Tripura Demands Speedy Revival of Local Gas Fields
09/06/2013
Tripura,which is emerging as a gas-rich state with over a dozen gas discoveries,has asked the oil ministry to revive the decade-old coordination committee to resolve issues related to the development of gas f...
|
Philippines: 2 mini-hydro plants up for construction in Antique
07/06/2013
Two more mini-hydro power plants will soon be constructed in the Province of Antique, said Antique Electric Cooperative (ANTECO) General Manager Ludovico Lim.Engr. Lim relayed the good news during the recentl...
|
Rays of Hope
05/06/2013
The concept of rooftop solar panels is not new, but it was seen earlier only as indulgent spending. Installing a solar panel costs upwards of Rs 1 lakh. "Initially, people did not want to make such a large in...
|
Against poll odds
04/06/2013
Hyderabad, home to several information technology, pharmaceutical and construction companies, goes without power for more than eight hours every day, making the state capital akin to a very large and crowded ...
|
New Jersey BPU okays USD-446m solar plan of PSE&G
30/05/2013
(SeeNews Renewables) - May 30, 2013 - The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) yesterday gave the thumbs-up to Public Service Electric & Gas's (PSE&G) proposal to pour an additional USD 446 mill...
|
Germany's solar-power success: Too much of a good thing?
30/05/2013
It's been a long, dark winter in Germany. In fact, there hasn't been this little sun since people started tracking such things back in the early 1950s. A few days before Easter, the streets of Berlin were st...
|
Pakistan: : Import of gas to bring load management to end: GM SSGC
30/05/2013
HYDERABAD, May 30 -- General Manager Distribution Sui Southern Gas Company Nisar Ahmed Shaikh has said that after import of gas, there |
Hybridizing Solar with large Wind Generation
30/05/2013
A solution that can create a win-win situation for all the stakeholdersThe current electricity shortfall being faced by Pakistan will worsen till large hydro projects like Dasu (4320MW) and Diamer Bhasha (45...
|
Gazprom hopes to get access to OPAL pipeline in 2013
30/05/2013
- Russia's gas giant Gazprom hopes to get an access to the OPAL pipeline this year, Gazprom deputy CEO and Gazprom Export Director-General Alexander Medvedev said on Thursday.In reply to the question whether ...
|
China to import 53 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2013
30/05/2013
According to China's largest state-owned energy company China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China is expected to import 53 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2013, which marks a 23.8 per cent yea...
|
M&A: Sintez out of race for gas monopoly DEPA
30/05/2013
Sintez Group is pulling out of the fray for the Greek gas monopoly DEPA, the Vedomosti reported. According to the paper, only Gazprom and a consortium of three Greek companies are staying in the race f...
|
Indonesia's Energi Mega to divest 10% stake in Masela PSC
30/05/2013
Jakarta: Indonesia-based oil and gas company, Energi Mega Persada will sell its 10% stake in gas exploration block Masela PSC situated near Papua province to an energy unit of Japan's Inpex Corporation known ...
|
Rosatom wants to complete Rooppur nuclear power plant in 5 years
30/05/2013
Bangladesh, May 30 -- Russian state nuclear energy company Rosatom is eyeing to complete construction of the country's first nuclear power plant within five years after the work begins. |
Martifer Solar Outlines Plans to Build PV plant in Mexico
30/05/2013
Martifer Solar, a subsidiary of Martifer SGPS, is building a 30 MW photovoltaic plant in Mexico, the largest to date in Latin America.According to a release, the company is responsible for the EPC (engineerin...
|