98070501 中国, NewsPage
NANJING XINHUA - Land requisition, resettlement, and other preparatory
work for China's largest nuclear power plant near the port city of Lianyungang
in Jiangsu Province have been completed. [Xinhua, 172 words]
98070502 Turkey, NewsPage
The World Bank today approved a US$270 million loan to the Republic of
Turkey for a National Transmission Grid Project to help strengthen the
country's power grid capacity and continue the reform of its power sector.
[M2 PRESSWIRE, 374 words]
98070503 Pakistan, Dawns
ISLAMABAD, June 16: An addition of 1261.3 megawatts in the total energy
generation capacity is envisaged under the Public Sector Development Programme
for 1998-99, according to an official source.
98070504 India, NewsPage
Automatic approval for smaller projects. Projects for electric generation,
transmission and distribution will be permitted foreign equity participation
up to 100% on the automatic approval route provided the foreign equity
in the project does not exceed Rs15bn . Power projects based ... [The Economist
Intelligence Unit, 253 words]
98070505 India, NewsPage
New Delhi's policy of encouraging private and foreign investment in power
generation has produced few results so far. Hence there has been little
improvement in the overall power deficit during the 1990s. [The Economist
Intelligence Unit, 814 words]
98070506 India , NewsPage
There is already a well laid-out set of recommendations to privatise power
distribution. Provided it can hold its house together, the BJP-led government
seems set ... [The Economist Intelligence Unit, 1076 words]
98070507 中国雲南，AIP
雲南省が昆明市インフラ建設に１００億元を投資し、「９９年昆明世界園芸博覧会」を開催する（来年の５月１日から１０月３１日まで）予定。「９９年昆明世界園芸博覧会」のセット工事として、昆明市のインフラ建設工事が全面的に進行している。昆明空港の改造工事は今年年末には完成する予定で、投資総額は約１０億元。また２０億元を都市交通建設に投資し、２００８年に完成予定の都市交通ネットワークを予定より早めに完成させる。その他、２０００年までに完成する予定のデン池の整理工事と都市汚水処理工事も「９９年昆明世界園芸博覧会」開催前での完成を目指している。
980706 中国，China Daily
国家開発銀行は新彊紅雁池第二発電所に２６億元の貸付金を発行した。これによって、新彊電力「九五」計画最大の火力発電プロジェクトの主要建設資金が確保されたことになる。
980708 中国, AIP
中国建設銀行と国家電力公司が、北京で合作協議について合意に達した。中国建設銀行行長（周小川氏）は、「今後、双方で全面的に銀行企業間合作を展開していく。」と述べた。
980713 Pakistan, NewsPage
The World Bank said on Saturday it had asked Pakistan for ``specific information''
about Islamabad's charges that some Independent Power Producers had obtained
their contracts corruptly. [Reuters [WS], 500 words]
980713 Thailand, NewsPage
TOKYO --Tomen Corp. has become the leading shareholder in a joint venture
with Saha Union group of Thailand and other firms to build and operate
an electric power plant in Thailand, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun has learned.
[Nikkei English News, 222 words]
980713 China, NewsPage
BEIJING XINHUA - The State Development Bank of China will offer loans worth
seven billion yuan to Anhui Power Corp within the next three to five years
to bolster construction of electricity power grids in this east China province,
said today's China Daily. [Xinhua, 178 words]
980713 China, NewsPage
BEIJING XINHUA - The gigantic Ertan Hydroelectric Power Station, expected
to begin operations in mid August, has been hailed as a world-class construction
masterpiece, according to a frontpage story in today's People's Daily.
[Xinhua, 220 words]
980713 Zambia, NewsPage
LUSAKA XINHUA - The Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation has been plunged
into a financial crisis because of a 100 billion Kwacha debt owed by the
Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines . [Xinhua, 396 words]
980713 中国, AIP
２０１０年〜２０２０年に、中国の電網は全国相互接続網に発展すると予測されている。国家電網建設有限公司（副総裁霍継安）によれば、現在全国に６個の省間電網と一部の省レベル電網が建設され、３５キロボルト以上の送電線の全長は５６．７万キロに達している。
980714 Pakistan, NewsPage
The AES Corp. said that on July 11, 1998, two subsidiaries of AES, AES
Lal Pir Limited and AES PakGen Company , received RNotices of Intent to
TerminateS certain key project agreements from the Government of Pakistan.
[Business Wire, 319 words]
980715 Turkey, NewsPage
Turkey's top administrative court has decided to appeal to the country's
supreme legal body whether a 14-year-old privatisation law was against
the constitution, a move most likely to delay several power sell-off projects,
Energy Minister Cumhur Ersumer said on Tuesday. [Reuters [WS], 503 words]
980715 Ghana, NewsPage
Ghana will have emergency power plants with a capacity of 400 megawatts
in place by December and expects to be able to fully supply its major industries
before then, by the end of July, its mines and energy minister said. [Reuters
[WS], 415 words]
980717 中国, China Daily
日本の新聞報道によると、日本政府が中国中部の漢江上流の治水事業に十二億四千七百万円を無償供与する書簡の交換が十五日、北京の対外貿易経済協力省で行われた。漢江上流の丹江口ダムでは森林伐採などのため大量の土が流れ込み、水源確保に支障が出ており、日本からの資金は水土保持林造成に必要な機材の購入などに充てられる。
980731 中部電力，NikkeiEnglish
TOKYO --Tokyo Steel Mfg. has sold to Chubu Electric Power Co. a tract of
land in Mie Prefecture. Tokyo Steel had originally planned to build a steel
mill on the approximately 165,000-sq.-meter site but canceled those plans
last summer after having invested about 40 billion yen. [Nikkei English
News, 101 words]
980711 中国, China Daily
日本の新聞報道によると、１７日の中国系香港紙、文匯報は北京の消息筋の話として、中国の国家発展計画委員会が２０００年から２０１０年まで毎年１基ずつ原子力発電所を建設する方針を盛り込んだ「長期原発発展計画」を今年末に策定する予定だと伝えた。 ２０１０年以降は毎年、３、４基ずつにペースを速める可能性もあるという。
980721 Uganda, Reuters
Malaysian investors plan Uganda thermal power plant Top officials from
Malaysian power firm, Tenaga Nasional , will visit Uganda next week to
pursue plans to construct a 60 megawatt thermal power plant, the Uganda
Investment Authority said on Monday. [Reuters [WS], 361 words]
980723 Turkey, Reuters
Turkish power utility shares dive on tax bill move Shares of Turkish power
utilities Cukurova Elektrik and Kepez Elektrik fell sharply on Tuesday
morning due to a change in a tax bill currently being debated in parliament,
brokers said. [Reuters [WS], 240 words]
980724 中国, China Daily
中国の黄河、２０２０年には内陸川に、と予測 日本の新聞報道によると、中国第二の川・黄河は断続的に下流部分が枯れ、河口の渤海（ぼっかい）まで流れない「断流」現象が続いているが、「二〇二〇年には完全に枯れ、内陸川になる」という予測が専門家から出された。二十一日付の中国青年報が伝えた。中国科学院の調査によると、過度の取水や降雨量の減少が要因で、下流域の砂漠化や海水浸食などによる生態系への影響が懸念されている。
980724 中国, China Daily
NKK、三峡ダムの厚板受注 日本の新聞報道によると、大手鉄鋼メーカーのＮＫＫは２１日、中国が２００９年の完成を目指し長江（揚子江）に建設中の世界最大の水力発電所、三峡ダムに納める高級厚板１万３０００トンを約１０億円で単独受注、正式に調印したと発表した。
980724 India, M2 PressWire
INDIAN GOVERNMENT/ NLC power generation and power export exceeds target
during June 98 During June 1998 Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. exceeded
target in respect overburden removal, lignite excavation, power generation
and export of power from both the power stations. [M2 PRESSWIRE, 299 words]
980724 Zambia, Reuters
S.Africa Dev Bank gives loan for Zambia power grid The Development Bank
of Southern Africa and Zambian Electricity Corp said on Wednesday they
signed at 210.4 million rand loan agreement for upgrading Zesco's infrastructure.
[Reuters [WS], 119 words]
980724 東京電力, NikkeiEnglish
Tokyo Electric Shrs Little Changed On Moody's Review >J.TER TOKYO --Shares
of Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co. have drifted into negative territory
Thursday afternoon after Moody's Investors Service said it had placed Japan's
triple-A sovereign ceiling ratings for foreign currency debt and yen-denominated
debt on review for possible downgrade. [Nikkei English News, 205 words]
980727 Mauritius, Nikkei English
Sumitomo Bank Joins Syndicate Financing Power Plant In Mauritius TOKYO
--Sumitomo Bank will participate in an international syndicate lending
7 billion yen to Mauritius to finance power plant construction, bank sources
said. The plant is to be one of the largest in the Indian Ocean nation.
[Nikkei English News, 149 words]
980728 中国, China Daily
Central China Province to Improve Rural Power Grids ZHENGZHOU XINHUA -
Central China's Henan Province will recover 7.02 billion yuan State Development
Bank loan next month for a project to develop low voltage power grids in
rural areas. [Xinhua, 138 words]
980729 中国, China Daily
日本の新聞報道によると、数十年ぶりの大洪水に見舞われている中国の長江流域では、水かさが下流域でさらに上昇を続けて、あちこちで堤防が決壊しており、下流の二つの省に非常事態宣言が出された。
980730 Philippines, AP
>> India offers nuclear technology to Philippines India, strongly
criticized for its recent nuclear weapons tests, has offered to provide
the Philippines with non-military nuclear technology, Philippine Foreign
Secretary Domingo Siazon said Wednesday. [Associated Press, 214 words]
980729 北海道電力, 共同
Hokkaido Electric submits plans for nuclear power plant SAPPORO, July 29
_ Hokkaido Electric Power Co. submitted Wednesday to the Hokkaido prefectural
government its environmental assessment report of a third nuclear power
plant to be built in the village of Tomari, west of Sapporo. [Kyodo, 194
words]
980730 中国, China Daily
Shanxi Strives to Become China's Major Power Producer BEIJING XINHUA -
North China's Shanxi Province, China's largest coal producer, plans to
either construct or expand 10 large power plants over the next few years
at a cost of 70 billion yuan in order to become the nation's major pproducer.
[Xinhua, 222 words]
980729 電調審, 毎日新聞ニュース速報
電源開発調整審議会（首相の諮問機関）は２９日、水力、火力を合わせて５カ所の発電所新設を盛り込んだ１９９８年度の電源開発基本計画を了承、橋本龍太郎首相に答申した。 新設は、中部電力の「木曽中央水力発電所」（長野県大桑村、１８０万キロワット、２００２年１０月着工計画）など水力４カ所、火力１カ所。総出力は計１８３万キロワット。木曽中央は、上流部と下流部の２カ所に調整池を設ける揚水式。長野県知事から、下流域の阿寺渓谷など自然に配慮することなどを求める意見が出されている。
980729 中国電力, 毎日新聞ニュース速報
長野県と岡山県で建設が計画されている二つの水力発電所について、環境庁は２９日に開かれた電源開発調整審議会で、計画地の周辺地域に生息するクマタカなどの野生生物に影響が生じない方法で工事を進めるよう事業者を指導することを通産省に要請した。
980730 中部電力，共同通信ニュース速報
中部電力は２９日、ロシアのハバロフスク地域電力会社が運営するハバロフスク火力発電所の建て替えに伴うコンサルティング事業を、通産省の外郭団体である新エネルギー・産業技術総合開発機構（ＮＥＤＯ）を通じて受注したと発表した。
980728 India, Reuters via Compuserve
HAMMOND, Ind., July 28 (Reuters) - An explosion tore through a coal-fired
electric power plant along the Indiana-Illinois border by Lake Michigan
on Tuesday, injuring more than a dozen workers, authorities said.
980719 China, ReuBEIJING, July 19 (Reuters) - China has evacuated 132,000
people stranded by swollen waters near the Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze
River and warned local authorities to prepare for heavy flooding, officials
and state media said on Sunday.ters via Compuserve
980720 Ghana, Reuters via Compuserve
ACCRA, July 18 (Reuters) - Ghana's Volta River Authority (VRA) and Marathon
Power Antares Limited (MPA) of the United States have signed a memorandum
of understanding to construct a $200 million 300-megawatt power plant.
980720 China, Reuters via Compuserve
(Updates with scare over Three Gorges Dam) BEIJING, July 18 (Reuters) -
Devastating floods across much of China this summer have killed 1,000 people
and caused a scare over the giant Three Gorges dam project, state media
said on Saturday.
980630 Indonesia, Reuters via Compuserve
JAKARTA, June 30 (Reuters) - Indonesia said on Tuesday it would renegotiate
contracts between the state-owned power utility and 26 independent power
producers (IPPs) if the deals were found to be against the spirit of fair
business practices.