Lijiaxia unit ready in September
The fourth generating unit of the Lijiaxia hydro power station, the largest on the upper reaches of the Yellow river,
Six new small hydro plants for Punjab
10 Jun 99Haryana government in India’s Punjab state is taking steps to develop six small hydro power plants. The facilities will have
Mekong river body opens new headquarters
10 Jun 99The four-country mekong-river-commission (MRC) has opened its new headquarters on a bank of the Mekong river in the southern outskirts
Germany and France finance Mozambique study
10 Jun 99Germany and France are to provide a grant worth US$7M to Mozambique to fund a feasibility study that will look
Myanmar faces more power shortages
10 Jun 99Myanmar has been short of electricity in the past two years as hydro power plants in the country have not
Ethiopian power projects under way
10 Jun 99The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPC) is to undertake 27 projects to increase its capacity with an investment of over
Jordan and Syria speed up dam project
10 Jun 99King Abdullah of Jordan and President Assad of Syria have agreed to to speed up measures to build a US$400M
San Roque funding delayed
10 Jun 99The Export-Import Bank of Japan says it is postponing the implementation of loans approved for the San Roque multipurpose dam
Cesp privatisation contested
10 Jun 99Brazil’s Sao Paulo state’s attempt to privatise three state-owned electricity generating companies has been greeted with legal action filed against
Guri power link to Brazil nears completion
10 Jun 99Work on the 191km transmission line between Boa Vista, in the Brazilian state of Roraima , and the 10,300MW Guri