Commission meeting moves to Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has agreed to host the first public hearing of the World Commission on Dams, after threatened protests forced
Son La hydro plant to affect 103 000
19 Oct 98Construction of a hydropower project in a remote mountain province in northwest Vietnam will involve the relocation of 103 000
Government looks at BNFL’s future
19 Oct 98The UK government appears to be considering privatizing parts of British Nuclear Fuels Ltd, the fuel cycle and waste management
Straw plant will be built near Ely
19 Oct 98Energy Power Resources, a renewable energy development company, has placed an order for a 40 MWe straw-fired power station near
Sale of Sene inaugurates electricity privatization
19 Oct 98The Venezuelan government has successfully auctioned its first electricity utility.Sene, which sells electricity to 300 000 customers on the resort
Russia promises to help fund new reactors
19 Oct 98Russia is to help Ukraine fund the completion of two nuclear reactors that will replace the units at the Chernobyl
Guernsey and Jersey to interconnect
19 Oct 98The electricity supply networks of the Channel islands of Guernsey and Jersey will be interconnected under a project announced by
Electricity code expected to be completed by end of year
19 Oct 98Vietnam's Ministry of Industry is expected to complete a new electricity code which will include rules governing foreign investment in
Two regional companies to merge
19 Oct 98Two of the UK's regional electricity companies, Scottish Hydro-Electric and Southern Electric, are to merge to create a new company
Parliament returns liberalization legislation to committee
19 Oct 98The Ugandan parliament has returned a bill to liberalize the electricity sector in the country back to the committee stage,