East Asia Summit to boost energy cooperation
Energy ministers from the 18-member East Asia Summit will pledge to boost energy cooperation in areas such as improving nuclear safety and making emergency responses to energy supply disruptions when they meet on September 20 in Brunei, according to the draft of a statement to be issued by them.
Grybauskaite: safe and clean nuclear energy should be guaranteed within EU and outside it
The entire international community should be responsible for the safe and reliable operation of nuclear plants, both within the EU and outside it, the Lithuanian president stressed in a Wednesday meeting with the EU commissioner for climate action in Vilnius.
Belarus should be solvent enough to pay for electricity
Russian electric power supplier Inter RAO UES does not expect Belarus to experience any more difficulties in paying for power exports until the end of this year, the company's CEO Boris Kovalchuk told reporters today.
Iran offers a proposal to Russia on building new NPPs
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Fereidoon Abbasi announced that the country is willing to further develop its cooperation with Russia in building more nuclear power plants.
Pakistan's energy sector tops USAID projects list
The USAID Pakistan Mission Director Dr. Andrew B. Sisson has said that despite financial constraints and tension is Pak-US relations the USAID has been providing financial assistance for various sectors including energy, education, health and rural development programmes.
Ukraine Seeks Azeri Gas to Cut Russian Imports
Ukraine is seeking to buy natural gas from Azerbaijan and boost its own output to cut Russian fuel imports in five years, Kommersant-Ukraine reported, citing an unidentified official from the Energy and Coal Ministry.
Iceland is an example for Lithuania how to implement ambitious energy projects
President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė had a meeting with Iceland's Prime Minister Johanna Sigursdottir. They discussed possibilities for strengthening bilateral cooperation, NATO issues of concern, Iceland's eurointegration process. Much focus in the meeting was on alternative energy.
RBI to dip into dollar reserves for India energy assets buy - sources
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has agreed to earmark some dollar funds from foreign exchange reserves, reversing its earlier stance, to partly fund the government's strategic wealth fund that will buy energy assets overseas, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
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