Bolivia: Al déficit del diesel se suma la escasez de gasolina
Failure to meet gasoline demand in the country, the solution is to import the fuel to ensure supply, adding to the purchase of diesel and used abroad for the domestic market.
"We have a deficit" in particular gasoline grades, the recognized national marketing manager, Gary Medrano, indicating that this is missing an approximate volume of about 7 million liters for the following months.
India: Power, fuel constraints hit cement production
Power supply and coal availability problems have hit cement production capacities and supply, which has helped keep prices stable. Though installed capacity has increased, consumption has matched the growth, contrary to expectations, say manufacturers.
According to a leading manufacturer in the South, the power shortage in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh has impacted production from large and small mills. Particularly, mini cement plants, which do not have captive power facilities, have been the worst affected. Industry estimates that at least about 3 million tonnes (mt) of production has been lost due to the power shortage in recent months. Large mills that expected to have additional production capacity are yet to get power supply.
Nigeria: Kwara Accuses PHCN over Power Station
The Kwara State government has raised alarm over what it called the deliberate attempts by the Power Holdings Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to frustrate the State’s efforts in ensuring regular power supply from the Ganmo Power Sub-station.
Government’s attention was drawn to the recent drop in power supply in the state owing to the shortfall in megawatts evacuated from Ganmo Power sub-station by the PHCN.
Pakistan: PEPCO announces six to eight hours loadshedding
The Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) on Thursday announced loadshedding of six hours for urban areas and eight hours for rural areas till March 31.
A Pepco spokesperson said the Indus River System Authority (Irsa), in consultation with the provinces, decided to drastically reduce water releases from the Tarbela and Mangla reservoirs during the leftover period.
Pakistan: Villagers protest ‘ undue ’ loadshedding
People from five suburban villages of the provincial capital Thursday staged a protest demonstration against what they termed step-motherly attitude of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) towards their areas and demanded immediate end to ‘undue’ loadshedding.
Coming from Mashokhel, Balarzai, Mushtarzai, Mera and Shaikhan villages, the people alleged that there was an unannounced 24-hour loadshedding in the areas, which was unjustified and unacceptable.
Pakistan: LESCO resumes unscheduled load shedding throughout city
The Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has started unscheduled load shedding of six to eight hours daily, sources in the company told Daily Times on Thursday.
They said the Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) had been facing a 3,000-megawatt (MW) shortage. They said the company’s hydroelectric power generation capacity had decreased, adding that as a result LESCO was also facing a shortage of 600MW. “The independent power producers (IPPs) and other thermal power generation plants are working at maximum capacity,” they added. They said the government was, however, in debt to the IPPs and oil companies, adding that the power shortage would reach upwards of 4,500MW if the Finance Ministry did not clear its dues.
Vietnam: Manque éventuel d' électricité pour la saison sèche
According to EVN, this alarming situation is due "to an inadequate gas supply, the recurrent shortcomings of generators, modification of the plan regular supply of gas through the gas-oil group of Vietnam (Petro Vietnam)." "If this situation continues, the lack of electricity will be inevitable by July," said EVN.
Vietnam: Japan, Vietnam Warming To Nuclear Power Deal
The Hanoi government announced earlier this year that it would start building two nuclear power plants, each with two 1,000-megawatt reactors, around 2013-15. The two plants are expected to begin power generation by 2020 to help relieve the country’s severe electricity shortage. Vietnam's fast-growing economy has resulted in a power deficit that is estimated to hit 64 billion kilowatt hours in 2020; without measures to address the problem, according to domestic media sources, a further widening of the supply gap to 120 billion kWh will take place by 2030 amid rapid industrialization.
