Turkmen gas ambition
The large fountain statue of 10 horses rises in the Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabad yesterday. The Central Asian nation, which sits atop the world’s fourth-biggest natural gas reserves, is looking to diversify energy supplies and is pushing to revive plans to build a pipeline to deliver gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan and India.
South Korea bids for Lithuania nuclear project
South Korea's state energy firm said Wednesday it was seeking to build a nuclear reactor in Lithuania, in the country's latest move to export its atomic expertise.
Britain's HSBC to consult on new Bulgarian nuclear plant
Britain's HSBC bank was chosen Tuesday to advise Bulgaria on restructuring and financing its Belene nuclear power plant project in the north of the country, Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said.
World Bank Supports a Safe and Reliable Electricity Supply in Kazakhstan
The World Bank Board of Directors today approved a US$78 million loan for the Kazakhstan Alma Electricity Transmission Project to the Republic of Kazakhstan to improve the reliability and quality of electricity supply to consumers in the Almaty region
Bulgaria, Russia at loggerheads over nuclear plant cost
Bulgaria and Russia clashed Monday over the final cost of a planned nuclear power plant in northern Bulgaria, the energy ministry said after talks over the weekend.
Strategic investors on analysis for Visaginas nuclear power plant
The term of submission of binding proposals of strategic investors into Visaginas nuclear power plant (VNPP) expired on November 10, 2010; the Concession Tender Commission, which has been delegated to organize a tender for selection of the strategic investor, has analyzed the related documents, Lithuanian Ministry of Energy was quoted by The Lithuania Tribune.
New Zealand plans trade talks with Russia
New Zealand will launch talks on a free trade pact with Russia and its customs partners Belarus and Kazakhstan early next year, Prime Minister John Key said Sunday.
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan FTA moves
25-years after the world stood on the brink of nuclear war, Federated Farmers is hailing moves to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
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