January 23, 2012
The US Commerce Department said it will investigate U.S. producer complaints that wind-tower manufacturers from China and Vietnam sell their renewable-energy equipment below cost in the US. The Wind Tower Trade Coalition, which includes Broadwind Energy Inc., Otter Tail Corp.’s DMI Industries, a unit of Trinity Industries Inc. and Katana Summit, said competitors from [...]
Tags: Commerce Department, energy, International Trade, International Trade Commission, investigate, Material Injury, Renewable Energy, tower, trade, Trade Commission, Wind Tower
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January 15, 2012
The location in Ninh Thuan Province's Ninh Phuoc District chosen for Vietnam's first nuclear power plant to be built in 2014. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has reaffirmed Vietnam’s determination to build a nuclear power plant because the country is due to experience serious power shortages in the next decade. “We are determined to develop [...]
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November 19, 2011
November 18 picture released by Brazilian government run National Petroleum Agency shows the oil spill at Chevron’s oil field off Rio de Janeiro state. US energy giant Chevron drew fire from Brazilian officials amid conflicting accounts of the size of an oil spill at an offshore well it operated off Rio de Janeiro state. Rio [...]
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November 11, 2011
South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak (right) ushers his Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang during a ceremony in Seoul. AFP Vietnam agreed on Tuesday to seek greater nuclear energy cooperation with South Korea, opening the way for its participation in the development of an atomic power plants in energy-hungry Vietnam. The agreement was reached during [...]
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September 24, 2011
Many power plant projects are years behind schedule, hurting Vietnam’s chances of fulfilling its goal of achieving a stable power supply, industry insiders said. Experts have said that up to 90 percent of thermal power projects, including coal-fired and gas-powered plants, under Vietnam’s 2006-2010 master plan, have not been completed yet. According to the [...]
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September 10, 2011
An aerial handout photograph from an unmanned airplane taken on March 20 shows the No. 3 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture in Japan. Shaken to the core by the havoc wreaked by the tsunami in March, in particular the massive nuclear disaster it spawned, Japan is [...]
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September 10, 2011
A file photo taken just downstream of the proposed site for the Xayaburi dam. Thailand doesn’t actually need the power the massive hydroelectric dam will create, experts have said. Laos plans to start construction this year on the $3.8 billion Thai-financed Xayaburi hydropower plant on the Mekong River after changing the design to placate [...]
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September 1, 2011
Residents look at a map of the planned nuclear power plant in Ninh Thuan Province’s Thuan Nam District. After scientists detected new faults near the site, experts have urged that the plans be deferred. Two fault lines hitherto uncovered have provoked myriad calls for Vietnam’s nuclear power plans to be deferred on safety considerations. Serious [...]
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August 22, 2011
Scientists say two upcoming dam projects could badly damage the Cat Tien National Park ecosystem. The investor of two controversial hydropower projects planned near a protected jungle in southern Vietnam has admitted the dams would affect the jungle’s biodiversity, but maintained that they are needed to slake Vietnam’s thirst for energy. Bui Phap, board chairman [...]
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August 9, 2011
The model of Vietnam's first nuclear power plant to be built in the central province of Ninh Thuan. Studies so far have showed that primary energy sources aren’t sufficient to replace nuclear power in meeting Vietnam’s electricity needs, the country’s deputy prime minister told the press on Friday. Â With Vietnam’s current plans to develop [...]
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