Germany to phase out coal power by 2038:...
BERLIN, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- A German government commission has advised that the country should phase out coal-fired power plants by the end of 2038, local media reported on Saturday. A final agreemen
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Germany to phase out coal power by 2038:...
BERLIN, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- A German government commission has advised that the country should phase out coal-fired power plants by the end of 2038, local media reported on Saturday. A final agreemen
Chinese scientists envision solar power ...
Chinese scientists are exploring the possibility of setting up a space-based solar power station, which is expected to reduce pollution back on Earth and mitigate energy shortfalls, local media repo
China to put use of public power under c...
BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- China will further improve the supervision system in 2019 to oversee the use of public power and everyone working in the public sector who exercises public power, accordi
Lithuania calls on Belarus to reconsider...
VILNIUS, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has called on neighboring Belarus to reconsider its nuclear power plant (NPP) construction, said the Lithuanian government on
Iran boosts military power for deterrenc...
TEHRAN, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Iran is boosting its military power for deterrence purposes, Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami said on Tuesday. "Other countries fill our region with weapons and bombs
Women in Power spotlight gender equality...
"Push back against the pushbacks!" The slogan resonated in the United Nations General Assembly hall, chanted by representatives attending a high-level event on Women in Power held Tuesday. This expr
South African government pledges coordin...
CAPE TOWN, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The South African government on Thursday pledged to coordinate efforts to defuse the worsening power crisis since February in the country. The efforts to seek financia
China posts rising power generation
China's power generation rose 2.9 percent year on year to hit 1.09 trillion kWh in the first two months of the year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The expansion was 3.4 percen
Widespread power blackouts keep ravaging...
CAPE TOWN, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Eskom has announced that South Africans would face a full day of Stage 4 load shedding Sunday as it battled a shortage of capacity, including a worst power blackout si
OPWP announces award of solar power proj...
MUSCAT, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP), a member of governmnet-owned Nama Group, on Thursday announced the award of the Ibri II Solar Independent Power Project.
Putin blesses full capacity work of 2 Cr...
MOSCOW, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday gave a symbolic order for two new thermal power plants in Crimea to start working at full capacity, according to the footage br
S. Africa's businesses hit by power outa...
JOHANNESBURG, March 18 (Xinhua) -- While President Cyril Ramaphosa has apologized for the rolling blackouts gripping South Africa, experts said small or emerging businesses would be left devastated b
Aging power plants contribute to ongoing...
JOHANNESBURG, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Maintenance has not been done to some of Eskom's aging power plants over the past five years, exacerbating power cuts problems currently confronting South Africa, E
S. African power utility denies "Day-Zer...
CAPE TOWN, March 20 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's power utility Eskom on Wednesday rejected reports about an upcoming Day-Zero when there will be no electricity in the country. "Messages being circulate
The U.S. Central Asia power plan interse...
Editor's note:Li Zheng is an associate research fellow at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, Institute of American Studies, and director of the American Security Center, In
Talks on hiring Turkey's power ship reac...
PHNOM PENH, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said Friday that the negotiations on hiring a Turkey's power ship to tackle the ongoing electricity shortage have reach
Report: New coal power plant numbers reg...
Notorious for causing massive emissions contributing to global warming, coal-fired power plant numbers have reduced drastically in the last three years. Governments' around the world are reluctant to
Venezuela hit by new widespread blackout
CARACAS, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela was hit by a new blackout on Sunday morning that knocked out power nearly nationwide. Twitter users reported power outages in at least 20 of the country's 23 s
Uzbekistan plans to build 25 solar power...
TASHKENT, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Uzbekistan plans to build 25 100 megawatts (MW) solar power plants by 2030, with the first one to be completed in two years, a Uzbek energy official said Monday. Uzbekis
Plans to hike electricity tariffs meet o...
LUSAKA, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Various groups in Zambia opposed plans by the country's power utility to increase electricity tariffs on Wednesday. Last month, state-run power utility, Zesco Limited, app