98060101 東京電力, 毎日新聞ニュース速報
東京電力は１日、地球温暖化防止対策の一環として世界銀行が提唱している「カーボンファンド（炭素基金）」への出資に向け、世銀との間で趣旨合意書を締結したと発表した。同基金が設立される１１月以降に、５００万ドル（約７億円）を出資する計画だ。国内企業で、同合意書を締結したのは初めて。
98060102 Vietnam, Reuters through Compuserve
HANOI, June 1 (Reuters) - Water levels in the reservoir of Vietnam's biggest
hydroelectric power plant are rising after good rains and electricity cuts
are to be relaxed.
98060103 Thailand, Nation
BANPU Plc will retain its majority stake in power generation projects to
maintain its authority in managing the jobs, according to a senior company
executive.
98060104 China, Xinhua
Xinhua via NewsEdge Corporation : BEIJING (May 29) XINHUA - China's Ministry
of Water Resources (MWR) plans to set up an overseas investment fund to
finance the country's cash-strapped medium and small hydropower projects.
98060105 関西電力, Nikkei English
TOKYO (Nikkei)--Kansai Electric Power Co. announced Thursday it had received
permission from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry to expand
nuclear waste storage capacity at its nuclear power plant in Oi, Fukui
Prefecture.
98060106 China, Xinhua
LHASA (Xinhua) -- Liquefied petroleum gas, solar cookers and electric stoves
are becoming a new trend among residents in the Tibet Autonomous Region
in Southwest China.
98060201 Philippines, Manila Bulletin
The National Power Corporation (Napocor) said yesterday it sees its sales
growth slowing to 4.0 percent this year from 9.0 percent a year earlier.
98060202 China, China Daily
THE World Bank has approved four loans to China totalling US$600 million,
the bank's resident mission in Beijing said yesterday.
98060203 電発, 共同通信ニュース速報
青森県・下北半島最北端の大間町で電源開発（本社東京）が計画中の大間原子力発電所から、津軽海峡を挟んで対岸の北海道までは最短距離でわずか十八キロ。事故が起きれば北海道も重大な影響を受けるのに、単に陸続きでないとの理由で住民説明会さえ開かれず、地元では不安の声が広がっている。
98060204 Ｅ７, 共同通信経済ニュース速報
東京電力、関西電力など世界６カ国の電気事業者首脳が集まり意見交換する「世界電力首脳有志の会議」が２日、フランスのベルサイユで開かれ、発展途上国向けなどに、環境と調和したエネルギー開発計画の資金を供与する基金の設立で合意した。
98060205 中部電力, 共同通信ニュース速報
静岡県浜岡町の中部電力浜岡原発５号機（出力百三十八万キロワット、改良型沸騰水型軽水炉）増設計画で、第二次公開ヒアリング（原子力安全委員会主催）が、四日午前九時から同町町民会館で開かれる。一九九六年十二月の通産省主催の第一回ヒアリングに続き二回目の安全審査となる。
98060301 Ghana, Reuters through Compuserve
ACCRA, June 2 (Reuters) - Malaysian investment group Business Focus (BF)
has presented its final plans for the development of Ghana's Tema Free
Zone enclave into industrial sites for approval by the government, officials
said.
98060302 Philippines, Manila Bulletin
The state-run National Power Corp. (Napocor) will put three major baseload
power plant projects worth P16.6 billion or about $415 million on the auction
block this year to sustain the electricity requirements beyond 2000.
98060303 関西電力, 共同通信ニュース速報
日本原燃（本社青森市）と関西電力などは三日、本年度フランスから返還される高レベル放射性廃棄物（ガラス固化体）を青森県六ケ所村の一時貯蔵施設に搬入するのに必要な車両運搬確認申請書などを国に提出した。
98060401 India, Reuters through Compuserve
NEW DELHI, June 3 (Reuters) - India's Power Minister on Wednesday announced
two key amendments in a federal bill which seeks to reform the country's
ailing power sector, Star News television said.
98060402 Sudan, Reuters through Compuserve
NAIROBI, June 3 (Reuters) - Sudan's southern rebels said on Wednesday they
had captured a major garrison town in the west of the country, clearing
the way for an offensive on strategic government and foreign-operated power
projects and oil fields.
98060403 China, Xinhua via NewsEdge Corporation
TAIYUAN (June 2) XINHUA - China's project of diverting water from the Yellow
River, the second longest in the country, has been proved to be a successful
case in using loans from the World Bank, a senior World Bank official said
98060404 中部電力, 共同通信ニュース速報
冒頭、通産省原子力発電安全企画審査課の担当者が、大型スクリーンに断層モデルなどを上映しながら「東海地震としてマグニチュード（Ｍ）８・０を想定、津波の影響も受けないように設計してある」と、安全性について説明。
98060405 Philippines, Manila Buletin
At least 27 electric cooperatives and industries are expected to join in
the bidding of the one-day power sales contract scheme to be undertaken
by the National Power Corporation (NPC).
98060406 東京電力, Nikkei English
TOKYO (Nikkei)--Last fiscal year, for the first time since its establishment
in 1951, Tokyo Electric Power Co. reduced outstanding interest-bearing
liabilities.
98060501 Sudan, Reuters via Compuserve
CAIRO, June 4 (Reuters) - Sudan's irrigation minister said his country
was seeking finance from key investment partners China and Malaysia to
build two dams for about $1.5 billion.
98060502 Bangladesh, Reuters via Compuserve
DHAKA, June 4 (Reuters) - The head of U.S.-based Wartsila NSD Power Development
Inc on Thursday said his company was expected to commission Bangladesh's
first barge-mounted power plants in southern Khulna in August. "The
first barge is arriving at Mongla port on June 8-10 from Singapore, the
second in July, and we are on schedule to generate power from middle of
August," said company president Richard Allen.
98060503 Pakistan, Reuters via Compuserve
ISLAMABAD, June 4 (Reuters) - Lasmo Oil Pakistan Ltd, a subsidiary of
Britain's Lasmo PLC, has proposed to Pakistan that gas from its new discovery
may be used to fuel Hubco power plant, a Lasmo official said on Thursday.
John A. Hogan, Chief Operating Officer of Lasmo Plc, told Reuters in an
interview the Pakistani government had responded favourably to its proposal,
submitted earlier this week.
98060504 Pakistan, Reuters via Compuserve
ISLAMABAD, June 5 (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday modified
Lahore High Court orders on Hub Power Company Ltd, allowing it to pay its
external debts and raise its tariff costs, a company lawyer said.
98060505 South Africa, Reuters via Compuserve
CAPE TOWN, June 5 (Reuters) - The South African government published its
long-awaited white paper on energy policy on Friday, offering a vision
of power to the people and fair pricing all round after decades of apartheid.
The 114-page document noted that only half of South African households
have access to electricity, with many still relying on pollutants such
as wood burning, coal or paraffin to provide heat and light.
98060506 Bangladesh, AP
DHAKA, BANGLADESH - AP World News via NewsEdge Corporation : A Hong Kong
company will set up two barge mounted power plants in Bangladesh, which
will generate 115 megawatts of electricity.
98060601 Bangladesh, Reuters via Compuserve
DHAKA, June 6 (Reuters) - Bangladeshi Soccer fans have threatened to
blow up power plants if power cuts interrupt the World Cup television coverage,
officials of the Dhaka Electricity Supply Authority said.
98060602 Bangladesh Reuters via Compuserve
DHAKA, June 6 (Reuters) - Bangladesh power supply authorities, in a drastic
move to save electricity, have asked major industries to shut down for
six hours every day.
98060801 原電, 朝日新聞ニュース速報
通産省は８日、日本原子力発電（原電）敦賀原発（福井県敦賀市）の使用済み核燃料の貯蔵施設増強工事などに必要な原子炉設置変更を許可した。関西電力大飯原発（同県大飯町）の同様工事も５月２８日に許可されている。しかし、福井県などは電力会社との安全協定に基づく工事の事前了解をしておらず、大飯原発とともに国の許可が出ながら着工できない事態になる。
98060802 Vietnam, 共同通信ニュース速報
ベトナムを南北に分け、交通の難所として知られる中部ハイバン峠（四七五メートル）にトンネルを建設する計画が進められている。完成すれば、ラオス、タイを結ぶアジア横断道路ともつながり、経済発展から取り残されたベトナム中部が巨大な物流拠点になる可能性が出てきた。
98060803 India, Reuters via Compuserve
NEW DELHI, June 7 (Reuters) - Key amendments proposed by the Indian government
on legislation in the power sector would decelerate the reform process,
industry analysts and officials said on Sunday.
98060804 Indonesia, Reuters via Compuserve
JAKARTA, June 8 (Reuters) - Indonesia's state-owned power utility has unilaterally
annulled a supply contract with a company linked to former president Suharto
after it refused to renegotiate terms, the Jakarta Post newspaper reported
on Monday.
98060901 Malaysia, Reuters via Compuserve
KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 (Reuters) - Malaysian utility Tenaga Nasional Bhd
said on Tuesday it was selling equity in two power generation units to
independent power firm Malakoff Bhd in deals analysts said would benefit
both sides.
98060902 Indonesia, Kyodo
Kyodo via NewsEdge Corporation : JAKARTA, June 8 (Kyodo) _ State electricity
company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) has annulled its power purchase
contract with a firm linked to former Indonesian President Suharto because
of oversupply and PLN's financial problems, a newspaper said Monday.
98060903 China, Xinhua
Xinhua via NewsEdge Corporation : BEIJING (June 8) XINHUA - The State Electric
Power Corp. has planned to issue bonds worth 2.907 billion yuan (350 million
U.S. dollars) from June 10 to July 9.
98060904 Thailand, BangkokPost
The planned relocation of villagers living near the Mae Moh lignite-fired
power plant has made little headway with the Electricity Generating Authority
of Thailand being accused by the villagers of footdragging.
98061201 Thailand, BangkokPost
ニチメンと日立製作所、タイ電力公社（ＥＧＡＴ）から４１億バ ーツ相当の受注＝火力発電所に蒸気タービン発電機などを提供
98061202 通産省，共同通信ニュース速報
通産省の民間主導型インフラ研究会（座長、光多長温・富士通総研常務）は十日、民間資金を活用した社会資本整備（ＰＦＩ）の導入を促進するため、道路法や河川法などの規制の緩和、撤廃などを求めた提言をまとめた。
98061203 Vietnam, 共同通信ニュース速報
ベトナム最大のホアビン水力発電所周辺でも約三十ミリの降雨があり、水位はこれまでに最低ラインを七メートル上回る約八十二メートルにまで回復、今後も降雨が予測されている
98061204 Uganda, Newspage
South Africa's state-owned power utility, Eskom, has expressed interest
in buying shares in the Uganda Electricity Board when it is privatised.
[The Economist Intelligence Unit, 57 words]
98061801 Uganda, Uganda News
Finance permanent secretary Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile has announced
that the Government is to refund Japan sh2.4b stolen by officials in the
agriculture ministry.
98061802 電力, Kyodo
TOKYO, June 16 _ Japan looks set to build more nuclear power plants in
order to attain its goal of slashing greenhouse gas emissions, according
to a master plan drawn up Tuesday by a special government office set up
to promote measures against global warming. [Kyodo, 258 words]
98061803 Ghana, Reuters
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday said Ghana would record positive
economic growth in 1998 despite its current energy crisis. [Reuters [WS],
327 words]
98061804 Zimbabwe, Harare Xinhua
HARARE XINHUA - The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority has refurnished
its Kariba South Power Station in the north at the cost of about 14 million
U.S. Dollars to improve its power generating capacity. [Xinhua, 247 words]
98061805 Tanzania, AfricaOnline
The government has requested the Tanzania Swiss Trust Fund to help finance
Nkana River - Momba water project in Mbozi district which is expected to
cost Shs 4 billion, the national assembly was told Monday by the deputy
minister for water, Ismail Iwvatta.
98061806 Ghana, Reuters via Compuserve
ACCRA, June 16, Reuters - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday
said Ghana would record positive economic growth in 1998 despite its current
energy crisis. "There is no talk at all about a negative growth in
Ghana, rather there may be a slowdown in Ghana's projected five percent
gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 1998," Kim Harnack, the IMF's
resident representative in Accra said. Drought has severely curtailed electricity
output at Ghana's main hydroelectric plant, leading to frequent programmed
power cuts for households and industry.
98061807 Tanzania, Reuters via Compuserve
DAR ES SALAAM, June 16 (Reuters) - Tanzania and a Malaysian-backed company
began final talks on Tuesday on a $160-million power project branded an
unacceptable burden on the country's economy. Tanzanian government officials
said negotiations between the government-owned Tanzania Electric Supply
Company (Tanesco) and the Malaysian-backed Independent Power Tanzania Limited
(IPTL) had started. The project to supply 100 megawatts of generating capacity
has been widely criticised, not least by the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) and other donors who argue it could threaten future loans to the
country.
98061808 Bangladesh, Reuters via Compuserve
DHAKA, June 14 (Reuters) - Four nights of violence in Bangladesh sparked
by blackouts during World Cup matches have turned the spotlight on the
impoverished country's chronic power crisis. Angry fans have attacked power
stations, beat up technicians, ransacked offices and barricaded roads after
live soccer coverage was halted by power failures, in turn triggered by
demand overload.
98061809 Ghana, Reuters via Compuserve
ACCRA, June 12 (Reuters) - Ghana, languishing from months of hydroelectric
power shortages and rationing, has recorded a water level rise at the vast
Lake Volta Akosombo dam for the first time since November, a dam official
said on Friday. "We had a very slight rise of 0.03 feet on Wednesday,
followed by a rise of 0.02 feet on Thursday," acting plant manager
Kofi Nsiah told Reuters by telephone on Friday.
98061810 Pakistan, Reuters via Compuserve
ISLAMABAD, June 12 (Reuters) - An opposition alliance in Pakistan's North
West Frontier province on Friday declared "war" against Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif for giving the go-ahead for a controversial river
dam.
98061811 Newyork, Reuters via Compuserve
NEW YORK (Reuters) - All the talk of coaxing computers to clear the Millennium
hurdle assumes there will still be electricity to run them. Perhaps not.
A Senate hearing Friday led by Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Utah) will listen
to a panel of experts explain why the vast North American power grid is
also vulnerable to the Year 2000 bug and whether pending computer malfunctions
can be overcome. On this point, the experts vary. Some warn of widespread
outages when the clock strikes midnight, January 1, 2000, confounding computer
chips unable to decifer the date
98061901 中国，中国新華社電
中国国営新華社電によると、中国南部の湖南省で集中豪雨による洪水が発生し、十五日までに少なくとも四十人が死亡、家屋十万軒が倒壊し、被災者は四百万人以上にのぼっている。
98061902 China, Xinhua
>> Lancang River/ New Source for China to Develop Hydropower KUNMING
XINHUA - The Lancang River, known as the oriental Danube, is becoming China's
new source for hydropower generation. Eight power stations will be built
on the river in the next 30 years. [Xinhua, 220 words]
98061903 Srilanka, Presswire
>> ADB/ ADB to improve water resources management in Sri Lanka The
Asian Development Bank will provide a technical assistance grant of US$1.5
million to assist the Government of Sri Lanka to prepare a project aimed
at improving the water resources management of major river basins surrounding
Colombo. [M2 PRESSWIRE, 288 words]
98061904 中国, 新華社
先日、四川省は今年の投資計画額を予定の１０８０億元から１１８０億元へと調整し、全省国民経済伸び率９％の目標を確保すべく本格的に動き出した。増資された１００億元の資金は水利施設、交通、通信、エネルギー業、工業、都市インフラ、住民住宅などの重点建設プロジェクトに投入される。
98062301 東京電力，毎日新聞ニュース速報
今回の参院選で自民党の比例代表名簿に登載され、話題をさらっている名前の一つが東京電力前副社長の加納時男氏である。東電は１９７４年に政治献金の廃止を宣言した。公益事業であり、政治的中立に配慮するという理由だった。その建て前をかなぐり捨てての出馬になる。
98062302 Thailand, Reuters via Compuserve
BANGKOK, June 19 (Reuters) - Thailand has found a huge underground lake
beneath one of its most important fragrant rice producing areas, an official
said on Friday.Reuters via Compuserve
98062303 Bangladesh, Reuters via Compuserve
DHAKA, June 20 (Reuters) - Most parts of Bangladesh were plunged into darkness
on Saturday by a breakdown in the national power grid, officials of the
state-owned Power Development Board (PDB) said.
98062304 China, Reuters via Compuserve
WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - The World Bank on Thursday approved loans
totalling $600 million for China, helping the country improve agricultural
production in five provinces and power supplies in another region.
98062305 Pakistan, UPI via Compuserve
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 18 (UPI) -- Pakistan's plan for economic recovery
has run into trouble following a dispute over a controversial dam the government
intends to build in central Punjab province.
98062306 Ghana, Reuters via Compuserve
ACCRA, June 17 (Reuters) - Power shortages due largely to a six month old
national energy crisis have cut cocoa processing at Ghana's two main cocoa
factories by over 15,000 tonnes, managers told Reuters.
98062307 Zambia, Reuters via Compuserve
LUSAKA, June 17 (Reuters) - Zambia's sole electricity company said on Wednesday
it was faced with a financial crisis resulting from a failure by Zambia's
mining giant ZCCM to settle bills of around $54 million.
98062308 輸出入銀行, Nikkei English
TOKYO --Export-Import Bank of Japan will finance construction of a geothermal
power generation plant in Mexico in cooperation with the International
Financing Corp. , a member of the World Bank group, officials of the governmental
bank said Friday. [Nikkei English News, 201 words]
98062309 九州電力-中国, NewsDirect
Kyushu Electric Power to Offer Technological Cooperation toward Increasing
Thermal Efficiency in Chinese Power Plant Kyushu Electric Power<9508>, a medium-scale
electric power firm serving the Kyushu area, has come to an agreement with
a Chinese electric power company, for the provision of technological cooperation
... [Comline, 200 words]
98062310 Thailand, AP
Thailand Electricity Demand Drops Thailand's peak electricity demand dropped
for the first time in more than three decades because of the country's
deepening economic crisis, a senior electricity official said Friday. [Associated
Press, 200 words]
98062311 Zimbabwe, Xinhua
Zimbabwe to Establish Solar Energy Fund HARARE XINHUA - The Solar Energy
Industries Association of Zimbabwe is setting up a renewable energy funding
conjunction with the government and other agencies under which companies
and end-users would access funds for solar projects. [Xinhua, 228 words]
98062312 中国, 新華社電
１８日、世界銀行が総額６億ドルの中国への貸付金を許可し、中国の農業及びエネルギー建設に協力すると公表した。
98062901 Bangladesh, NewsPage
Second Winning Bangladesh Bid Brings Total to 810 MW The AES Corp. announced
Friday that it was selected by the Bangladesh Power Development Board as
the First-Ranked Sponsor to build, own and operate a 450 MW gas-fired combined
cycle power plant ... [Business Wire, 599 words]
98062902 Pakistan, Dawn
ISLAMABAD, June 26: The Ehtesab bureau (EB) on Friday told the supreme
court bench hearing the Hubco case that the agreement (amendment 2) under
which power rates for the Hubco were revised upward by the PPP government,
was not binding on the present government as it was not valid in the eyes
of the law.
98062903 Tanzania, AfricaOnline
A technical team from China is in Dodoma conducting feasibility studies
on the planned expansion of the water distribution network. According to
deputy minister for water, Ismail Iwvatta, China is willing to pump into
the project about $ 1.7 million.
98062904 Tanzania, AfricaOnline
The Government will abide by the National Power Master Plan which comes
to an end in 2010 the National Assembly was told in Dodoma Tuesday by by
the Deputy Minister Ministry of Minerals Manju Msambya. He was answering
a question from the Musoma Rural Member of Parliament, James Ndobho who
wanted to know if the Government was ready to build hydroelectric power
plants on rivers
98063001 中国，AIP
四川省の重点プロジェクト１３件が年内に完成、生産を開始する。また、重点プロジェクト７件も年内に部分的生産を開始する。これによって、四川省に電車路線４３０キロのと最大出力１３５万キロワットなどの生産能力が増加することになる。
98063002 Turkey, NewsPage
Turkey's top administrative court, the council of state, has suspended
a lower court ruling under which the privatisation tenders for 12 power
plants were annulled, energy ministry officials said on Wednesday. [Reuters
[WS], 354 words]
98063003 China，NewsPage
Generating Station Leads Modernization Drive American companies seeking
global opportunities should not overlook China. Despite Asia's economic
troubles, the world's most populous nation continues to construct new electric
power plants as part of a massive modernization drive. [Business Wire,
313 words]