The entry into service of five new plants at the end of March 2012 adds more than 14 MW to the photovoltaic capacity installed in Italy by ESSE – the equal share joint venture between the Italian company, a world leader in renewables, and its Japanese partner – bringing total installed capacity to around 20 […]

The management of OKB Gidropress is suspected in the large-scale misappropriation. According to the General Directorate of Economic Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs a criminal case was initiated under the article “large scale fraud”. According to the police, 26 million rubles are missing. OKB “Gidropress” is one of the largest enterprises of Rosatom.

The power engineers of the OJSC MUEGC – the Eastern Electrical Grids are planning to carry out works on extending the forest corridors for 170 overhead power transmission lines. The works are being carried out  at the routes of overhead lines 35-220 and 0.4-10 KW. As of mid-April this year 17 brigades (the total number […]

The energy consumption in Sverdlovsk region had been reduced by 2.5%. This was declared by the interim of the Regional Minister of Energy and Communal Facilities Nickolay Smirnov speaking about their experience in executing the regional program of energy saving and of raising energy efficiency in the Sverdlovsk region for 2010-2015, and about the goals […]

The Bashneft Company as part of the main consortium submitted an application for the participation in the tender within the framework of the fourth licensing stage in Iraq. The information is publicized by the press-service of the company. This contest presupposes obtaining an official permission and the pack of documents for geological exploration in 12 […]

The Rosenergoatom commission carried out a target scheduled inspection of how the safety rules are kept. Beside the experts of the Rosenergoatom concern, the experts from the Smolensk, Kursk and Novovoronezh nuclear power plants were engaged in the work of the commission. In the course of the target inspection the common issues of the plant’s […]

On April 20 2012 the inspection of the regional services and executive departments’ readiness for the spring floods took place in Syktyvkar. The custom equipment of the IDGC of North-west branch Komienergo was inspected and highly estimated by the head of the Main Office of the Emergency Ministry of the Russian Federation in the Republic […]

Within the framework of the preparation towards the fall-winter season of 2012-2013 the production enterprise Skolpin Electrical Grids belonging to the branch of IDGC of Center and Volga Region Ryazanenergo is carrying on with the capital repairs at the substation 110/35/10 KW Korablino. The Korablino substation provides electricity for the town of Korablino as well […]

April 20 2012 will be the day when the laureates of the Global Energy Prize are to be announces in Moscow. The Global Energy Prize is awarded for the exclusive contribution into the energy industry and into solving energy problems. The ceremony is to take place in the President’s Hall of the press-center RIS-Novosti (Moscow, […]

In the final declaration of the World Water Forum 2012, which took place in the French city of Marseilles and was dedicated to the issues of water supply and sanitary, there was an expression of support for the government of Uzbekistan in the issue of the Rogun hydro power plant project. The press-service of the […]