India and Norway are collaborating on a research and development project to develop expertise to harvest geothermal energy and contribute to human resource development. The final report of this project is expected to be submitted in 2015. Inaugurating a one-day workshop on the joint project, the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology director AK Gupta said that geothermal energy is a clean sustainable energy source providing heat throughout the year.“As per estimates of Geological Survey of India, the country has the potential of generating 10,000 MW electricity from geothermal sources but it is estimated that the installed capacity for direct utilisation of this energy in India is only 265 MW though presently no electricity is generated from this resource.

• August 11, 2012

The longest section of the Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-China transit pipeline passes through Kazakhstan’s territory: it measures 1,115 kilometers in length, of the total 1,830-kilometer Turkmenistan-China distance. Kazakhstan is adding a dedicated export pipeline for its own gas exports to China. In combination, these developments (alongside planned oil exports) confer to Kazakhstan a major role in China’s energy security calculations.

• August 11, 2012

Azerbaijani ambassador to Tajikistan Abbasali Hasanov has met chairman of the country`s State Committee on Investments and State Property Management Davlatali Saidov.

• August 11, 2012

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov noted at a government meeting that the timely commissioning of major gas fields, including Galkynysh is provided by the strategic plans to steadily increase the supply of energy resources to world markets, the Turkmen government said on Thursday.

• August 10, 2012

Representatives of major Turkish business are ready to enhance cooperation with Turkmenistan, including in the sphere of investments, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said at a meeting in Istanbul with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov, who arrived in the country on a working visit, national TV channel of Turkmenistan reported on Friday.

• August 10, 2012

Kazakhstan and Belarus have discussed bilateral cooperation and reached an agreement on joint activities on the 20th anniversary of establishing diplomatic ties, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said.

• August 10, 2012

ISSUE #30
08/06/2012
On 30 July 2012, the Ukrainian parliament ratified an agreement on setting up a free trade area (FTA) with the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Lb.ua news and analysis website reported. The document was submitted for ratification by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. READ MORE

• August 10, 2012

Ukraine is interested in Chinese technology that can generate power via coal gasification, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Tuesday. "The substitution of expensive imported gas with coal is a strategic issue for us. We are interested in the Chinese technology of coal gasification and coal-water fuel production," Azarov said during a meeting with Li Jiping, vice president of the China Development Bank.

• August 8, 2012