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US grid reliability concerns are increasing, primarily as a result of more extreme weather impacting areas of the grid not designed for such events. Ageing transmission…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275274
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Precautionary measures to prevent the collapse of the electricity system were implemented on October 27 and are expected to continue for several weeks. Rationing has left most of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283128
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The strategy envisages the installation of 1,600 megawatts of renewable power generation capacity as well as investment into coal. Soaring prices and electricity shortages are…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275065
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Chinese loans for large-scale infrastructure have largely stopped since 2019 and are unlikely to recover due to repayment problems and environmental concerns. Chinese corporations…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282990
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The electricity sector is undergoing a radical shift in structure, owing to the build-out of variable sources of renewable energy, in pursuit of reductions in carbon emissions. On…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB201366
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It is relying on China -- a fellow one party, Marxist-Leninist state -- to help ease its woes. Meanwhile, the ruling Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) is preparing for its…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257446
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Vietnamese greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB206835
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Phankham Viphavanh succeeds him as prime minister. The country’s reshuffled leadership is entrusted with handling complicated ties with China and Vietnam -- each of which looks to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260557
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The new link has the potential to boost landlocked Laos’s economy markedly, especially as there are plans for it ultimately to form part of a ‘pan-Asian’ railway. However, there…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265185
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Indonesia is the G20’s president this year. It is set to host the 17th G20 summit in Bali in late October.