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Uzbekistan Weekly Roundup

by admin on July 30, 2010

The Kyrgyz Ministry of Health has revised upward to 355 the officially-registered death toll for the conflict in southern Kyrgyzstan in June, noting that at least 2,326 were wounded.

Growth is coming for Steuben Foods, Inc., along with tax breaks and other incentives to encourage the company to keep that growth in the Town of Elma. Steuben Foods, which has a manufacturing site located off of Maple Road, has plans to invest $50 million towards expanding the facility and bringing in new packaging technology, [...]

Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding (RATCH), the country’s largest independent power producer, aims to acquire 10 overseas power plants with a combined installation capacity of 2,000 megawatts by 2016.

Towards a renewable Egypt

by admin on July 30, 2010

Clean and renewable energy technologies are an answer to environmental pollution, energy security requirements, and negative health impacts of current energy sources. Clean and renewable energies include hydropower, wind, solar power and biomass, which include biofuels and agrofuels.

NEPSE down 2.32 points at end of week

by admin on July 30, 2010

The downturn trend of the Nepali capital market continued this week. The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index settled at 461.63 points Thursday – the last day of transaction this week – decreasing by 2.32 points from the first day of transaction.

The transmission and conversion project started construction simultaneously on July 29, both in Golmud City of Qinghai Province and Lhasa City of the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Company have signed a tripartite loan agreement on the mega hydro project of Upper Tamakoshi.

PFI – Hongsa to light up Laos

by admin on July 30, 2010

* One of largest single power financings in Asia

Bulgaria’s former prime minister and Socialist leader Sergey Stanishev has slammed an agreement under which the Austrian utility EVN got a majority stake in Bulgaria hydro project on the Arda river, known as Gorna Arda.

DUBLIN—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “African Energy Atlas 2010″ report to their offering.