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SINCE its completion in 1988, the Manantali dam in Mali has been courting controversy. The debate which continues to rage about the impact of hydropower development in Africa’s
FOLLOWING the tragic death of Syrian President Hafez al Assad’s eldest son in a car accident, the former Khabour dam was renamed the Martyr Bassel Hafez al Assad
ACROSS North America, the electric utility industry is changing rapidly. Legislatures and regulators are beginning to embrace the forces of competition. Earlier this month on January 1, retail
Japan’s ten electric power utilities have applied to the International Trade and Industry Ministry for permission to cut rates by an average 3.4 per cent from February 10.
As a part of its ‘PowerChoice’ proposal to reduce average rates, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation of the US has announced a plan to divest its fossil-fuelled and hydroelectric
Due to increases in revenue from electricity trade, a decrease in finance charges and operating expenses, the Canadian utility BC Hydro’s net income for the six months ending
Brazilian electric utilities Coelba (Companhia de Eletricidade da Bahia), Eletropaulo, and Cesp have posted improved revenues due to tariff increases that came into effect in 1997. Coelba posted
The state government of Orissa in India has announced the privatisation of four electricity distribution companies owned by the state. Power distribution is currently carried out by the
Process Control & Automation Systems Ltd (PCAS) in County Carlow, Ireland, has successfully penetrated the global power generation automation market with a product called Power Generation Auto-mation (PGA).
In its report to congress, Brazil’s national development bank BNDES said the utilities Cesp and Eletrosul lost R$6bn by investing in the Porto Primavera (Sao Paulo) and Jacui