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Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing. Oli Scarff/Pool Li's Power Assets to spin off HK unit Li Ka-shing, Asia's richest man, is to spin off his electricity assets in Hong Kong through an initial public offering worth up to HK$27.9 billion ($3.6 billion) and will sell a large chunk to a Chinese state-owned power company.
13 января 2014
Britain braces for worst storm in a decade Britain faced travel chaos on Monday and more than 10,000 homes were without electricity in northwestern France as a massive storm swept in from the Atlantic Ocean.
28 октября 2013
©Reuters/Lucas Jackson Mexico towns lose power in suspected cartel sabotage Unidentified assailants armed with guns and Molotov cocktails attacked power stations in a violence-torn western Mexican state Sunday.
28 октября 2013
Strike leaves parts of Johannesburg without power Large parts of Johannesburg -- including the suburb where Nelson Mandela is recuperating following his hospital release -- were without electricity.
05 сентября 2013
©REUTERS/Mike Blake Scientists power mobile phone using urine British scientists on Tuesday reported they had harnessed the power of urine and were able to charge a mobile phone with enough electricity to send texts and surf the internet.
17 июля 2013
Photo courtesy of news.com.au Sri Lanka man dies of heart attack after shocking electric bill A Sri Lankan man suffered a fatal heart attack after being presented with a shocking electricity bill.
30 июня 2013
Energy-saving light bulbs. Photo by Marat Abilov© Kazakhstan mulls banning mercury-containing light bulbs Production of mercury-containing light bulbswill be banned in Kazakhstan.
15 мая 2013
Photo courtesy of munaigaz.kz Almaty power plant tests new plasma unit Tests of a new plasma-fuel system started at Almaty Thermal Power Plant No.2.
03 мая 2013
Tengrinews.kz stock photo Kazakhstan to launch biggest solar power station The project of the solar power station was presented on May 1 in Zhanakorgan region of Kyzylorda oblast.
03 мая 2013
Thousands without electricity as winter storm hits France More than 68,000 homes were without electricity in France and hundreds of people were trapped in their cars after a winter storm hit with heavy snow.
12 марта 2013
Shortages of food, fuel, power as Syria battered by war "Yesterday I did not make anything to eat as there was no electricity for the entire day," says Umm Fadi, a resident of Artuz district near Damascus that has been caught up in the fighting between rebels and regime forces.
11 марта 2013
Pakistan hit by nationwide blackout Pakistan was hit by a nationwide blackout for more than two hours after the breakdown of a major plant caused power stations to stop working across the country.
25 февраля 2013
Thousands join anti-government rallies across Bulgaria Several thousand people joined street rallies across Bulgaria on Monday as initial protests against high electricity bills snowballed into bitter anger against the right-wing government of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.
19 февраля 2013
Wind Power Station. Photo courtesy of rencentre.com Yereymentai Wind Power Station to supply EXPO-2017 with power Samruk-Energo is planning to start constructing the first stage of Yerementau Wind Power Station with a capacity of 45 megawatt this year.
06 февраля 2013
©RIA Novosti Accident at Zhambyl-Shymkent line causes power supply limitation in north Kyrgyzstan Emergency at Zhambyl-Shymkent power line of Central-Asian 'power ring' weakened reliability of the joint power system of Central Asia.
15 января 2013
©RIA Novosti Kyrgyz capital without gas at 20 below zero Residents of the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek have no gas to heat their homes amid arctic temperatures because Kazakhstan cut off the supply.
17 декабря 2012
Samoa cyclone kills two, knocks out power The Pacific nation of Samoa faces up to two weeks without electricity, officials said Friday, after a cyclone that killed two people and sent hundreds fleeing to safety destroyed its main power station.
14 декабря 2012
Patrick Kron, chairman and chief executive of French power and transport engineering company Alstom. ©REUTERS Alstom suspends work on Slovenia coal plant over financing French energy giant Alstom has begun suspending work on a 1.3-billion-euro ($1.67-billion) coal-fired electricity plant in Slovenia after failing to receive financing guarantees from the government.
04 ноября 2012
New York axes marathon, but some electricity returns Bowing to mounting pressure, Mayor Michael Bloomberg canceled New York's annual marathon set for Sunday.
03 ноября 2012
Wind power stations. Photo courtesy of Neftegaz.ru Wind generators to produce electricity in North-Kazakhstan oblast Wind generators were purchased in Novonikolskoye village of North-Kazakhstan oblast.
10 октября 2012

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