Argentina: Escuelas Rurales sufren la escasez de combustible
Educators who must teach daily classes to schools in rural areas, are on alert to the possibility of soon being prevented from attending establishments.
"We will submit a report to the authorities of primary and secondary education, to demonstrate the concern and also to hear alternatives so as not to leave without teaching thousands of children," said Agency for Corrientes, Jose Gea of the association of Correntina Provincial Teachers (ACDP).
Australia: WA premier urges restraint in power use
Premier Alan Carpenter has appealed on prime-time TV and radio for West Australians to conserve power during the state's gas crisis.
Mr Carpenter recorded the announcement on Tuesday to reinforce the message that householders and businesses must limit their electricity and gas use following the Varanus Island gas plant explosion and fire on June 3.
China: Fuel crisis spurs gas importing
China turned to buying gasoline for the first time last month after record crude oil costs forced refineries to cut back processing and with a peak consumption season approaching.
Analysts said the deficit could remain until after the Olympic Games, as China has had to build stockpiles for the August event.
India: Coal shortage affects power plants
A serious coal shortage situation has forced Navaratna National Aluminium Company (Nalco) to cut down generation from its captive power plant (CPP) and to start importing power.
The crisis is so acute that Nalco authorities mull over shutting down units of the power plant in a day or two if the coal supply from Talcher Coalfield does not resume immediately. Meanwhile the dwindling coal stock has further gone down for the past two days when the power plant received no coal from its feeding mine at Talcher due to contractual drivers’ strike there, paralysing the entire transportation and production of coal at Talcher.
Japan: Tokyo Electric, Korea Gas LNG Spot Purchase May Decline on Reduced Supply
Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Asian utilities including Korea Gas Corp. may obtain a lower amount of liquefied natural gas from the spot market in the coming months after suppliers in the Atlantic Ocean cut shipments.
Nigeria: Power shortage will abort vision 2020—SAMBO
Kaduna state governor, Alhaji Mohammed Namadi Sambo, has said that the Federal Government may not be able to realize its Vision 2020 dream of being one of the leading world economies by the year 2020.
Sambo who spoke yesterday at a meeting of the technical committee summit on power generation of the Northern Governors’ Forum explained that unreliable electricity power supply was a fundamental threat to the realization of the programme.
Nigeria: Protest over N- Delta summit: Militants bomb NNPC pipeline
IJAW militants from Egbema in Edo State, yesterday, said they bombed an NNPC pipeline, supplying crude oil to the Kaduna Refinery in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State, weekend, because of the insistence of the Federal Government to go ahead with the planned summit on the Niger-Delta with the former External Affairs Minister and Under-Secretary for Political Affairs at the United Nations, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, as the chairman against the wish of the people of the region.
Pakistan: Loadshedding becomes a nightmare
The Karachiites continue to suffer with prolonged power outage while riots erupted in various areas on Tuesday.
The temperature of the City has increased up to 37C as Karachiites suffered with sizzling heat till the evening and also faced unannounced loadshedding in several localities.
Pakistan: Power breakdowns continue
Despite the relatively mild weather on Monday residents of Karachi again endured prolonged and recurring spells of power load-shedding and breakdowns. Around 7:30 am Sunday, the generation unit no. 6 of the Bin Qasim Thermal Power Station (BQPTS) was shut down due to leakage in its boiler. This again plunged the city into an electricity crisis. Multiple spells of power load-shedding restarted late Sunday evening and continued till Monday night.
Pakistan: Subsidy on use of up to 200 power units stays
Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Monday said that the government would not withdraw subsidy on electricity up to 200 units to give relief to poor people.
Talking to journalists here, the minister said only the privileged class using over 200 electricity units would share the burden while the deprived segment will be given subsidy. He said the country is facing severe power crisis and the government was taking short, medium and long-term measures to combat the menace of load-shedding.
Pakistan: Industry protests against power cuts
The Raiwind Lallyani Link Road Industrial Association has protested against staggered loadshedding at different intervals that disrupts production schedules and undermines the industries' ability to timely execute export orders.
United Kingdom: Fuel shortage drives people off roads in Britain
Fuel shortages across Britain have forced people off the roads and left them looking for alternative fuels like vegetable oil as hundreds of petrol pumps have closed down and private stations profiteer by hiking prices.
Last week's strike by hauliers who refused to carry Shell fuel demanding a pay hike has led to the closure of over 600 petrol pumps in the country, mostly in the south-west and Wales. More than 600 fuel tanker drivers who supply Shell petrol stations are due to return to work later Tuesday. It could take until the end of the week for supplies to return to normal by which time another strike is threatened.
Vietnam: Deputy PM urges stable power supplies
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has urged the power industry to ensure stable operations at electricity plants in order to meet rising power demands for production and the people.
