Category: <span>Greening Silk Road</span>

Lake Baikal will soon float on the London Stock Exchange?

“En+ Group transforms its huge clean energy resources to green metal and supplies it to fast-growing international markets.” Lord Baker. Chairman.   To: Donald Brydon, CBE, Chairman of the London Stock Exchange Group To: Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive, UK Financial Conduct Authority To: Rt Hon Lord Barker of Battle PC, …

Windfarming Accelerates in Mongolia Leaving No Chance for Large Dams

Clean Energy Asia, a joint venture between Newcom Group and Japanese Softbank Energy, launched commercial operations for its 50MW Tsetsii wind farm in  Umnugovi Province. The farm, consisting of 25 Vestas V90 turbines, was finished three months ahead of the scheduled commencement in December 2017. SoftBank Group chairman and chief …

RusHydro Announced Liquidation of the Nizhne-Zeyskaya Hydro Co.– the Last Greenfield Hydropower Project Proposed in the Amur River Basin

  On August 29, 2017 the  Board of Directors approved Report on “corporate social responcibility” and sustainable development of RusHydro for 2016. RusHydro claims that the Report underwent public hearings, but, likely, similar to the 2015 these were again  public hearings by invitation only and draft Report was not released …

Can “Energy Justice” Help to Remove Hydropower Dams from Development Agenda in Mongolia?

  High and ever increasing prices for electricity exported from Russia to Mongolia is the most commonly quoted reason for Mongolia’s plans to build its own large hydropower. In case of Lake Baikal Basin this looks especially true, since part of water that rotates turbines at Angara Hydropower Cascade (belongs …

Cambodian Villagers Resist Chinese Dam Flood Tests

Villagers affected by controlled flooding at Cambodia’s Lower Sesan 2 hydropower dam petitioned the country’s prime minister Hun Sen and the Ministry of Interior on Tuesday for their help in being allowed to remain on their land, sources said. The USD 800  Lower Sesan II hydropower project, a joint venture …