China aims to double solar power capacity this year
World’s eighth largest solar power consumer, China said it will double its solar capacity and is likely to reach 2 gigawatts by the end of the year.
Pakistan's failure would cost U.S. more than money
Osama bin Laden is dead. So say the U.S. government, bin Laden's al-Qaida associates and three of his wives, who were with him May 2 when American commandos raided his compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad.
Turkey Amenable to South Korea's Nuclear Energy Proposals
Turkey’s Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan told reporters during a meeting with South Korean Knowledge Economy Minister Choi Joong-Kyung in Seoul, "My ministry and the Turkish government are open to every proposal by South Korean companies over the issue of nuclear power plants."
Can little old Washington influence the price of coal to China?
I wrote an article in which I suggested that "[b]locking construction of a port at Cherry Point, or Longview, or any place else in the Pacific Northwest won't reduce by even one lump the amount of coal burned in Chinese or Indian power plants. There's plenty of coal in the world. It can reach Asian power plants in many ways."
India's GMR Infra to buy 30 pct stake in Indonesian coal asset
India's GMR Infrastructure said on Friday its unit GMR Energy Ltd has entered into a pact to acquire a 30 percent stake in Indonesia's PT Golden Energy Mines Tbk or GEMS, for $450-$550 million in cash, joining the line of Indian firms buying coal assets across the globe to seek fuel security.
Increased economic contact between Russia, Georgia
Russian investments are increasing in Georgia, despite the hostile rhetoric from the countries' leaders and lack of diplomatic relations
Medvedev, Yanukovych to Discuss Customs Union, Energy
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych will discuss integration among former Soviet states at a meeting tomorrow as Ukraine seeks to cut prices on natural-gas imports.
Uzbekistan Blocks Access to Internet Sites
This week Internet news sites in Uzbekistan have been blocked for unknown reasons, the independent news site fergananews.com reports.
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