(EnergyAsia, January 3) — From 2006 to 2010, China, Russia, Central and South Asia will experience an unprecedented build-up in their oil and gas pipeline infrastructure due to their increased demand, supply and trade in oil and gas resources. The key players will be building energy pipelines to link China with Russia, Central Asia and...
(EnergyAsia, January 3) — India’s West Bengal state expects to attract investments worth Rs10 billion in renewable power generation capacity through 2009. ($1=Rs45). The investments could lead to 156MW in small hydro and wind-power capacity to serve the rural areas which are not connected to the state’s grid. The West Bengal State Electricity...
(EnergyAsia, January 3) — China’s demand for renewable energy could rise by up to 36% a year by 2012, said Deutsche Bank. China is aiming to raise renewable energy’s share in its overall energy mix to 16% by 2020. up from 7% in 2005. Hydropower is the biggest source of renewable energy, its capacity...
(EnergyAsia, January 3) — A huge floating production storage off-loading (FPSO) vessel has been completed to be deployed for use at the Penglai 19-3 oilfield in China’s Bohai Bay. The 300,000-tonne ship, built in China for ConocoPhillips China Inc, can store up to two million barrels of crude. The US$240 million vessel is 323 metres...
(EnergyAsia, January 3) — The Chinese government has prepared an ambitious financial and legislative package to encourage the growth of bio-energy production and consumption. The package will provide subsidies and tax breaks. In addition, bio-energy start-up firms will be allowed into tap into a new risk fund. Beijing views the bio-energy industry as...
(EnergyAsia, January 3) — Japan’s Chubu Electric Power Co Inc said it and KRI International Corp have recently accepted a joint mission as consultants to a regional electrification project in Malawi, a project of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (below, JICA), one of independent administrative agencies. Scheduled to run for three years up to...
(EnergyAsia, January 3) — New York-listed PetroChina could face US trade sanctions if a congressional committee rules that it has violated US laws in signing a US$16 billion natural gas deal with Iran. The Bush administration has demanded that Beijing provides a full explanation of the deal, which it said could violate the US...
(EnergyAsia, January 3) — Australia’s North West Shelf has signed a heads of agreement for the ongoing supply of liquefied natural gas from the country’s largest resources project to Japan’s Osaka Gas Co Ltd. Osaka Gas Co Ltd is another of the North West Shelf’s original Japanese LNG customers to renew its long term...
(EnergyAsia, January 3) — The Australian government has launched a hard-sell campaign to promote nuclear energy to a skeptical public. Helping the uranium sector end 2006 on a high note, Prime Minister John Howard released the final report of the government-appointed Uranium Mining Processing and Nuclear Energy Task Force calling for the country to go...
(EnergyAsia, January 3) — India’s XL Telecom plans to buy over as many as three ethanol plants in Maharashtra state. The company already has a 150,000 litres per day ethanol production plant at Nanded, also in Maharashtra. In addition, it is also planning to invest Rs8 million in developing solar photovoltaic (SPV) power projects....
(EnergyAsia, January 3) — India’s Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) is using SunGard’s Kiodex Risk Workbench for commodity pricing, position keeping and risk management. L&T, a technology-driven engineering and construction organisation, and one of the largest companies in India’s private sector, selected Kiodex to support its trading of commodities on the London Metal Exchange and...
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