Thursday, August 18th, 2011
PetroVietnam is to be one of the nation's leading groups, both inside and outside the country, with sharpened competitive edges and growth of up to 20 percent a year, according to a five-year plan approved by the...
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Last year, Japan produced close to one quadrillion watt-hours of electricity — that's 1 followed by 15 zeros. The vast majority of that — which translates into one billion megawatt hours (MWh) — came from coal, natural...
Monday, July 25th, 2011
HCM City could save as much as 30 per cent of the energy it spends on transportation if it develops an efficient public transport system, a conference on energy saving heard yesterday. With its public transport inefficient, people...
Monday, July 4th, 2011
The contract, that includes the supply of GIS substations and power transformers2, has been signed within the framework of the Ministry of Electricity's "Mega Deal3" project to add more than 10,000 MW of power generation capacity in...
Monday, April 25th, 2011
The Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) has prepared a PPP Guide for Municipalities offering an innovative view to help local governments understand how to approach a potential PPP project and to review some issues that may...
Monday, April 18th, 2011
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has given approval to the proposals regarding the agreements for 120 megawatt Taunsa Hydro-Power Project and mapping of wind power potential in Punjab. He was presiding over a meeting of the Punjab Cabinet at...
Monday, March 28th, 2011
Bing Maps is a worldwide collection of current content and data types, such as street maps, satellite images, Bird’s eye view aerial photos, Streetside panoramic imagery, 3D...
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Kei Furuta, managing director of Equinix Japan says the company has arranged for priority deliveries of diesel fuel so that both data centers can continue running through the blackout periods that the local utility Tokyo Electric Power...
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
A ground-breaking ceremony has been completed for Vietnam's $1.8 billion, 1,200-MW Lai Chau hydropower project. The hydro project, located in Nam Hang Commune in Lai Chau Province and owned by Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN), is expected to start...
