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Laos Improves Dam Safety to Boost Electricity Export

The Lao Ministry of Energy and Mines is putting in place measures and standards for dam safety when the government works to boost electricity sales to its forei…

Saudi Economy Grows just 0.3% in 2019 as Oil Sector Shrinks

Saudi Arabia’s economy grew by a weaker-than-expected 0.3% in 2019 as the oil sector contracted sharply, official data showed on Sunday, although the non-oil s…

Oil Price

Russia's Putin Says Current Oil Prices Acceptable

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that current oil prices were acceptable and that Russia had the tools to react to any negative effects of the sp…

Bid for Rehabilitation of Al-Qunaitera Electrical Substation

Invitation to bid for Rehabilitation of Al-Qunaitera Electrical Substation in Al-Qaim - Anbar - IraqMandatory Site Visit Date and Time: Monday 2nd March 2020 be…

Nuclear Technology

High-Energy-Electron Scattering Probes the Strong Nuclear Interaction at Close Range

Modelling the fundamental strong force between protons and neutrons — collectively called nucleons — is tricky. But in a paper in Nature, Schmidt and collabor…

Nuclear Power Plant

Japanese Regulator Approves Restart of Onagawa 2

The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) today formally accepted a report concluding unit 2 of Tohoku Electric Power Company's Onagawa plant in Miyagi Prefecture …

147-MW Ruzizi III Hydropower Project in Africa gets EIB Backup

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing €9 million (US$9.8 million) to support the implementation of the 147-MW Ruzizi III hydropower project, which wi…

Kandahar Solar Power Project

The proposed project will include development, construction, commissioning and operation of a 15. 1 mw solar power plant in kandahar, afghanistan.

New Energy Projects Kick Off Across China

China Three Gorges Corp, the builder and operator of the world's biggest hydroelectric power project, the Three Gorges Dam, announced on Monday the commencement…

China Regulator Allays Fears over Energy Security

China has full confidence in ensuring adequate energy supply, normal industrial operations and in maintaining social and economic stability despite the novel co…

Shale Gas

Saudi Aramco Launches Largest Shale Gas Development Outside U.S.

Saudi Aramco is launching the biggest shale gas development outside of the United States to boost domestic gas supply and end the burning of oil at its power ge…

Electricity Transmission

Govt Launches Steps to Ensure Power Supply to Wuhan Hospitals

​China is boosting efforts to ensure the energy supply for hospitals in Wuhan to fight against the novel coronavirus, the National Energy Administration said o…

China’s Exim Bank Agrees $214m Loan for Rwandan Dam

A $214m concessionary loan has been agreed between the Export-Import Bank of China and the government of Rwanda for the Nyabarongo II dam, to be built by Chines…

Solar Company

Over 20 Companies Eye 140 MW Solar Park Project in Albania

More than 20 international companies have entered the race for a contract for the construction, maintenance and operation of a 140 MW solar power plant in Karav…

Supercomputers to Aid GE Research in Gas Turbine Design

If you had access to the world’s #1 supercomputer, what would you do? Figure out whatever happened to the legendary PROMIS software developed for the U.S. Depa…