TRADE-AFRICA:  Electricity Producers Get Ready to Power Up
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BRUSSELS, May 29 (IPS) - European investment in Africa's electricity  markets may soon get the boost it needs, from infrastructure to  integration.
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China needs to invest $120bn to increase badly-needed electricity supplies, a leading Chinese official says.
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China needs to invest $120bn (Â£67bn) over the next five years to increase electricity supplies to meet demand, a leading Chinese official has said.
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Â· Thames and Severn rivers set to rise further Â· Battle to protect power supplies
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From a mud hut under the world&#39;s  longest high-tension power line, Tshisumpa Nvita can see the  rusting remains of a power station that, for a few months 30  years ago, brought electricity to this corner of Congo.
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Sales of gadgets are booming, which will significantly drive up demand for electricity, an energy conservation group claims.
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One of Britain's biggest power companies has announced price hikes of 17.2% for gas and 12.7% for electricity in a move set to hit more than four million households. via Grantham Today
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How to tap and protect Africa's natural resources, the continent's role in the world and the information age's impact on African society are pressing themes as a summit of African leaders opens Thursday.
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The UK government is stepping up efforts to stimulate the growing of crops for use in generating renewable energy.
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The European wind energy industry, thriving as climate change tops the global agenda, says it could eventually supply all the continent's electricity, but must first overcome public resistance over eyesore turbines.
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Electricity shortages and gas supply problems predicted to push bills up.
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PARIS, Jul 13 (IPS) - While oil profits have flooded into countries such  as Angola and Nigeria in recent decades, some African observers  see new potential for the continent in the form of increasingly  in-demand biofuels.
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E.On becomes the latest of the big energy firms to increase prices of gas and electricity.
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China Power International Development Ltd., a unit of China&#39;s fifth-biggest electricity generator, plans to raise as much as HK$2.
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Trade between South Africa and India can triple to 12 billion dollars by 2010 through increased deals in energy, mining, jewellery and engineering, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said.
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As talk of building new power plants rises sharply, a new fleet of coal-fired power plants and a revival of nuclear construction are both looking tougher due to rising costs.
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By NO BYLINE  A TASKFORCE is to be set up to find ways of increasing the supply of wood to make biomass energy. Mike Russell, the environment minister, announced the move yesterday on a visit to E.ON's soon-to- open GBP 90 million plant in Lockerbie.  (c) 2007 Scotsman, The.