Burkina Faso: Nouvelles du Nayala - 900 FCFA le litre d’essence à Toma
The gasoline shortage is recurrent again in the province of Nayala. The two gas stations, one at Gassan and other Toma not enough to feed some 190,494 people who live in this region. Pumps are still manual because of the electricity shotage in the city since 2004 and gasoline stations close at 16 hours.
India: Coal supply to thermal power stations still pathetic
PTI reported that coal shortage continues to haunt India's largest power producer NTPC, which is depending heavily on imports, though the company hopes that situation would start looking up 3 to 4 months.
Mr RS Sharma CMD of NTPC said that “We are importing coal to meet the fuel shortage for our coal-fired thermal power plants. We hope, by March to April, coal supply should become normal.”
Israel: 'Israel must diversify energy sources despite gas find'
Israel is currently facing a severe natural gas shortage because Egypt is only providing about half of the 1.7-2 b.cu.m./yr it is supposed to, Mor said. Finding new energy sources is very important to reduce dependence on one problematic source, he added.
"The new discovery, assuming it is verified in the coming weeks, is a great boost to the economy, but it won't alleviate the energy crisis that we will be experiencing for the next 4-5 years," he concluded.
Nepal: RJP registers urgent motion on energy crisis
Rastriya Janashakti Party leader in the parliament, Prakash Chandra Lohani, has registered a motion of urgent public importance demanding discussion on current power crisis in the country. In the motion, Lohani has demanded that the parliament hold discussion on the power crisis, claiming that the shortage of power could cause the country´s economy to collapse. Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal lawmaker Chandra Bahadur Gurung and Rastriya Janamukti Party lawmaker Malbarsingh Thapa have seconded the motion.
Nepal: NEPAL TO BE FAILURE BY POWER FAILURE
In Nepal, power has a distinct meaning whether it is the political power or muscle power or the electric power. Now-a-days, these three have gained special momentum for discussion and great concern all over the nation. The three powers are equally persuasive in Nepal.
Currently, Electric power appears to be, more or less more powerful than other two elements of power in Nepal. The nation is maneuvering toward disorder due to lack of electric power. It is well-known that Nepal is the second high potential country after Brazil in hydropower. But, the two third of the day of the load-shedding has darkened the nation and the future seems more frightening until uncertain period of time.
Pakistan: IPPs seek arbitration for payment of dues
Power crisis in the country has deepened because five independent power producers (IPPs), producing about 900 megawatts, have shut down six units and approached international arbitrators for the recovery of their dues.
The IPPs which have shut down their units are - Japan Power Generation (120MW), AES Lalpir (350MW), Altern Enegry (14MW), Southern Electric Power (135 MW) and Rental 1 & 2 Bhikki (300MW).
One of them, the Japan Power Generation (JPG), has already approached the Singapore-based International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) for arrears unpaid for the past two and a half years.
Philippines: Consumer group urges DTI probe on LPG shortage
Consumer advocate Raul T. Concepcion on Monday said the Department of Trade and Industry must investigate the alleged shortage of supply of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the country.
Concepcion said the DTI must step in following confusing reports on the actual state of supply and the increase in the price of LPG where available,
"Adequate supply of LPG is a basic consumer concern especially among our C,D,E economic classes. The DTI, by authority of RA 7394 or the Consumer Act must step in the determine whether there is in fact a shortage of LPG and why," said Concepcion, chairman of the Consumer and Oil Price Watch (COPW).
Philippines: House probe looms over LPG ‘ shortage ’
An investigation looms at the House of Representatives over the alleged shortage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) that has driven prices of the commodity up in recent weeks.
Party-list Representative Rafael Mariano (Anakpawis) sought the congressional inquiry after prices of LPG were jacked up by P2/kilo despite claims by LPG dealers there will be no immediate price hike.
Russia (Daghestan): Is Daghestan's Energy Crisis Caused By Inefficiency -- Or Corruption?
At a time when the population of eastern Europe is suffering from a cut-off of gas supplies as a result of the Russian-Ukrainian gas dispute, residents of Daghestan risk falling victim to an excess of gas.
On January 10, the entire Magomedov family in Khasavyurt, Daghestan's second-largest city, died from gas fumes from a malfunctioning gas stove. They were not the first: there have been dozens of such cases over the past year, all of them the direct consequence of an acute electricity shortage beginning in the fall of 2007 that has left the population with no alternative but to try to heat their homes with gas stoves. Most of the fatalities can be attributed to gas stoves of inferior quality.
Slovakia: Reactor ready; not yet reactivated
THE SECOND block of one of Slovakia’s nuclear power plants, which was switched off on the last day of 2008 to meet the country’s obligations towards the European Union, is now only waiting for a word from the government to be reactivated and reconnected to the electricity grid.
While on January 10 it seemed that the re-launch of the reactor at the Jaslovské Bohunice V1 nuclear power plant was only a day or two away, one week later the cabinet of Robert Fico was more cautious in statements about its possible reactivation.
The cabinet’s January 10 decision on the restart of one reactor block was what the government called a response to the emergency situation caused by the Russian gas crisis.
