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Vietnam celebrated the Lunar New Year with a seven-day break which wrapped up on Tuesday. The holiday is the biggest in the country and involves a lot of traveling and parties. … [Read more...] about Road crashes claim nearly 200 lives during Vietnam’s Tet holiday

Bangkok (VNA) - The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has signed a contract with B.Grimm Power-Energy China Consortium a contract to develop the world’s largest hydro floating solar hybrid power project in Sinrindhorn dam in Ubon Ratchathani, local media reported. The project, which will be developed by the consortium under an engineering, procurement and construction contract, has a power capacity of 45MW for the floating solar farm worth 842 million baht (about 27.74 USD). Solar power generation on the water surface requires 450 rai, equal to solar panels on a ground site. Sirindhorn dam is the pilot project for the hybrid system, with 36MW hydropower generation to enlarge capacity optimisation, Thepparat Theppitak, Egat's Deputy Governor for power plant development and renewable energy, was quoted by the Bangkok Post newspaper as saying. Egat expects to commence operation of this project by December. Egat is committed to the floating solar farms … [Read more...] about Thailand develops world’s largest hydro floating solar hybrid power project

Singapore (VNA) – Royal Dutch Shell PLC is considering to install solar panels to power its Pulau Bukom refinery site in Singapore, according to the company. The Pulau Bukom site includes a 500,000 barrels-per-day refinery, which is Shell’s largest wholly owned refinery. The oil and gas company has been exploring solar installations for its other sites in Singapore as part of its plans to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon footprint, Shell said in a statement. The firm is installing solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roofs of seven lubricant manufacturing plants in China, India, Italy, Singapore and Switzerland, the firm noted. It has so far identified three manufacturing and logistics sites in Singapore’s Tuas, Jurong Island and Pandan to install a solar PV power generation system, with a combined capacity of about three megawatts. The first and largest of the three Shell solar farms, which will go live next month, will have more than 6,500 panels … [Read more...] about Shell considers installing solar panels at its plants in Singapore

Some 50 heads of government and state are expected to attend the World Economic Forum at Davos, along with representatives of big business and Swedish eco-campaigner Greta Thunberg. (AFP/Fabrice COFFRINI) The meeting with President Barham Saleh will be the first between Trump and Iraqi officials since tensions erupted over the US killing of a top Iranian general and a senior pro-Iranian Iraqi commander in Baghdad. … [Read more...] about Trump to meet EU chief, Iraqi president in Davos

While there could be a fast-track trial, Democrats could slow things down by proposing that a series of witnesses testify. If senators vote to subpoena witnesses, that also would consume time by requiring that the witnesses first be deposed before deciding on whether they actually testify to the Senate. … [Read more...] about Trump lawyers call for immediate acquittal in legal, political defence