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Belarus should be solvent enough to pay for electricity
Russian electric power supplier Inter RAO UES does not expect Belarus to experience any more difficulties in paying for power exports until the end of this year, the company's CEO Boris Kovalchuk told reporters today.
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Pakistan's energy sector tops USAID projects list
The USAID Pakistan Mission Director Dr. Andrew B. Sisson has said that despite financial constraints and tension is Pak-US relations the USAID has been providing financial assistance for various sectors including energy, education, health and rural development programmes.
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Iran offers a proposal to Russia on building new NPPs
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Fereidoon Abbasi announced that the country is willing to further develop its cooperation with Russia in building more nuclear power plants.
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Iceland is an example for Lithuania how to implement ambitious energy projects
President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė had a meeting with Iceland's Prime Minister Johanna Sigursdottir. They discussed possibilities for strengthening bilateral cooperation, NATO issues of concern, Iceland's eurointegration process. Much focus in the meeting was on alternative energy.
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Ukraine Seeks Azeri Gas to Cut Russian Imports
Ukraine is seeking to buy natural gas from Azerbaijan and boost its own output to cut Russian fuel imports in five years, Kommersant-Ukraine reported, citing an unidentified official from the Energy and Coal Ministry.
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Nuclear power key topic in close Japan leader race
A former top diplomat vying to become the next prime minister proposed Saturday that Japan stop building new nuclear power plants after the Fukushima disaster and phase out atomic energy over 40 years.
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RBI to dip into dollar reserves for India energy assets buy - sources
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has agreed to earmark some dollar funds from foreign exchange reserves, reversing its earlier stance, to partly fund the government's strategic wealth fund that will buy energy assets overseas, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
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Fears over China's nuclear safety
China has "vastly increased" the risk of a nuclear accident by opting for cheap technology that will be 100 years old by the time dozens of its reactors reach the end of their lifespans, according to diplomatic cables from the US embassy in Beijing.
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