pénurie d' électricité

Argentina: Un fin de semana largo con escaséz de gasoil

On the eve of the long weekend, the fear of lack of diesel fuel has again gathered force at service stations in the region and mainly in the flag stations as could be seen yesterday as YPF signs alerted users about the shortage.

Argentina: Gobierno argentino anuncia programa para aumentar reservas de gas

Argentina has faced four years of periodic crises of scarcity of natural gas, liquid fuels and electricity, especially in times of high consumption, as the winter and summer. Gas distribution companies warned by the middle of this year on an "energy crisis" in the country, following the shortage of gas and fuel.

Bolivia: El transporte nocturno se reduce en 65%

The shortage of fuel persists in Santa Cruz and has forced the urban transport sector to decline by 65% of the night service, since 4000 micros who work that shift are now operating at only about 1,500.

Botswana: Minister warns of impending outages

Botswana will until November experience load shedding as the power demand has outgrown supply due to maintenance in Morupule Power Station and equipment failure in Mozambique.

Briefing the media on the current power situation, Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Mr Ponatshego Kedikilwe, said due to an ongoing statutory overhaul in one of the generating units, Morupule Power Station's output had been reduced from 120MW to 90MW.

India: 40% power shortage drives textile industry towards closure – SIMA

The textile industry in Tamil Nadu has been passing through unprecedented crisis due to acute power shortage for the last eleven months, though there was some relief during peak wind season.

The major reasons attributed to such a severe shortage are sudden spurt in industrial growth, sizable increase in the domestic / free power consumption, uninterrupted power supply to power intensive multi-national companies as per the MoUs signed by the government, unequal distribution of power shortage, poor implementation of any voluntary system of scheduled power shut downs, etc.

India: More power cuts for TN industry

The power situation in the state is beginning to hit business where it hurts most. The Tamil Nadu government has asked industries and commercial establishments to "switch off" between 6 pm and 10 pm from October 9, failing which they will be disconnected from the grid.

Kenya: Power - It’s time to go nuclear, but we must do it right

In his message at the opening of the national energy conference on Tuesday, Energy minister Kiraitu Murungi put it even more bluntly: “There is a looming power supply crisis in the country. We have a chronic power shortage due to the inability to keep pace with demand.”

To meet the rising demand, he said, we have to double our generation capacity to 2,030 megawatts by 2012 and raise it to more than 10,000 by 2030. One way of doing this is go for nuclear power. According to Energy permanent secretary Patrick Nyoike, a South African expert is to advise the Government on generation.

Madagascar: Des quartiers sans électricité

Return of the ordeal. Some areas of the town of Fianarantsoa are plunged into darkness for several days. And he load shedding begins to undermine the daily part of the population.

Pakistan: Load shedding continues despite increase in power tariffs

The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) on Friday refused to reduce the duration of power load shedding despite increase in power tariffs.

Citizens in residential areas are facing great difficulties due to prolonged load shedding.

Saint Kitts and Nevis: Life goes on, load - shedding and all

Every once in a while something comes along to thoroughly test the resilience of the people of St. Kitts/Nevis.

Over the last few weeks, the matter of power generation in the country was placed under the microscope and the results demanded that the citizens and residents of St. Kitts draw deep within themselves to come out of a troubling situation with little fraying of the nerves.

All of this has to do with the fact that the authorities had to put a massive load-shedding programme in place following fire damage to two generators at the Needsmust Power Plant.

Cameroon: Sans électricité , ni poste de santé : Guia manque de tout

Guia, lack of everything. Without electricity, no real health post. Despite its strategic location and extent of its weekly market, located near the town of Podor is slow to enter into modernity.

Fiji: Power under threat

THE Fiji Electricity Authority has warned of power shedding or rotating blackouts if the dry spell continues.

FEA chief executive officer Hasmukh Patel said rainfall at Monasavu in September had been low but they were hopeful that the rainfall would pick up as the country approached the wet and cyclone season.

In a presentation to FEA's corporate customers, Mr Patel said if there was no further water inflows to Monasavu this month, the dam level could reach the minimum safe operating level by the end of the month.

India: Power shortage haunts India as nuclear deal cleared

Power outages that stretch hours are a regular event in Shaila Kapoor's life in a smart suburb of energy-hungry India's national capital.

"It's a nightmare," said Kapoor, a teacher. "We've power back-up (from a battery) but it doesn't last long and then we either literally drip from the heat or drive to a mall."

India's massive electricity crunch is a key reason why the government said it was determined to go ahead with a controversial civilian nuclear technology pact with Washington that was cleared by the US Congress and Senate this week.

Kazakhstan: Water, Electricity Shortages Threaten Kazakhstan's Commercial Capital

Kazakhstan's commercial capital, Almaty, may face water and electricity shortages in the coming winter because of a sharp drop of water level in the Ili river, said a report in the Megapolis newspaper. The river, which originates in western China and ensures the work of the Almaty region's main power station, is gone so shallow that is currently passable on foot, the report carried on 29 September said. The water level has fallen because of the last severely cold winter and this year's dry summer, it said. The following is the text of the report by Irina Chernyshova entitled "Without electricity and water"; subheadings inserted editorially:

Saint Kitts and Nevis: Weeks of load shedding ahead…public urged to be patient

DURING a whirlwind visit to the Needsmust Power Station this morning (Oct. 3) the Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, and gathered media were informed that more load shedding is expected as the facility will be operating at about sixty percent capacity until repairs on the damaged engines are completed.

USA (Tennessee): Gasoline shortage persists in Southeast

Three weeks after hurricanes blew out the power to Gulf Coast refineries, gasoline still is in short supply in Knoxville and many Southeast cities, forcing one Knoxville company to advise its Atlanta office staff to work from home to keep from driving on empty.

Knoxville gas retailers and wholesalers have received intermittent shipments of gas and diesel through the Colonial and Plantation pipelines serving the area, but many locations continue to be low or completely out of some or all grades. Local gas wholesalers and retailers expect gas supplies to return to normal by the end of October.