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World Bank approves $140 million for Myanmar electricity

2013-09-25 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The World Bank's board on Tuesday approved a $140 million interest-free loan to fund a more efficient power plant in Myanmar, as the bank seeks to support reforms in the Southeast Asian country. The World Bank has stepped up its engagement with Myanmar, which is rich in resources but underdeveloped after decades of isolation under military rule. The quasi-civilian government that came to power in 2011 re-engaged with lenders and has started implementing political and economic reforms. Myanmar...

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Taking charge with electricity

2013-09-22 18:52:26| Auto Dealers - Topix.net

Yes! Let's repower Dunkirk! Let's empower ourselves! We can do this by developing independent energy generators.

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Car crash leaves scores of Summerlin residents without electricity

2013-09-20 09:41:11| Semiconductors - Topix.net

A wreck in the Sun City area of Summerlin this evening left about 100 NV Energy customers without electrical service, officials said.

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Social costs of electricity from coal make it uneconomical, researchers assert

2013-09-19 14:36:38| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: New research from a national environmental group finds that the cost of producing electricity from renewable resources like wind and solar is lower than that of conventional coal-fired generation when factoring for the adverse costs of climate change and human health impacts. That conclusion, derived from analysis on the "social cost of carbon," is at the heart of a study published in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences by Laurie Johnson, chief economist of the Natural Resources...

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