Power Engineering International articles from May 2003

Power Engineering International archives from May 2003

Walking with dinosaurs. (Up Front).(Alstom sale of the businesses)
May 1, 2003... Once upon a time, the world was different. It seemed a much bigger place... distant lands remained undiscovered and many equipment manufacturers walked the Earth. How times have changed. The rapid spread of SARS has shown us just how small the...

International power buys Umm A1 Nar stake. (World News: International).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Abu Dhabi has sold its fourth independent water and power plant, Umm Al Nar, to a consortium led by International Power. The consortium consists of International Power of the UK, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) and Mitsui & Co. It will...

Five candidate countries all set for EU accession, says UCTE. (World News: International).(Union for the Co-ordination of Transmission of Electricity)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... The Union for the Co-ordination of Transmission of Electricity (UCTE) has noted that five of the ten candidate countries set to sign the EU accession treaty are already interconnected with the UCTE system and have transmission system operators...

Mitsui wins Maritsa deal. (World News: International).(Maritsa Iztok II)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Bulgaria's Maritsa Iztok II thermal power plant has signed a deal with with Mitsui from Japan to rehabilitate units one to four of the plant. The [euro]226m deal will also include work on units 5 and 6 of the plant. The project is expected...

Iraq power reconstruction in progress. (World News: International).(Bechtel Group Inc.)
May 1, 2003... US power supply company, Bechtel has been selected by The US Agency for International Development (USAID) to rehabilitate Iraq's power infrastructure to get the country back to normality after the war. In addition to the reconstruction and...

Eskom urges united grid. (World News: International).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... South African power utility Eskom has called for a united African power grid in a bid to boost power supplies on the continent. Eskom is heading a campaign to achieve a unified grid by 2010. It believes the way forward is the creation of...

Law firm selected for Russian reform. (World News: International).(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
May 1, 2003... Law firm CMS Cameron McKenna has been picked as lead adviser to Russia's national electricity company, RAO UESR, on a key element of electricity market reform. CMS Cameron McKenna is the lead member of a consortium that is advising RAG...

CEZ. (News Digest: Czech Republic).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Czech power utility CEZ is to invest between $4bn and $5bn in the upgrading of its power generating facilities. CEZ will launch the upgrading process in 2004. In 2005, CEZ will decide where to construct a new power plant, which will be...

Iran's Atomic Energy Organization. (News Digest: Iran).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Officials from Iran's Atomic Energy Organization have said that the Bushehr nuclear reactor will start receiving enriched uranium from Russia in May 2003. The reactor will begin operating in the second half of 2004.

Electrica Banat SA and Electrica Dobrogea SA. (News Digest: Romania).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Four international companies have qualified for the next stage in the privatization of two Romanian power distributors. Electrica Banat SA and Electrica Dobrogea SA must be sold this year under agreements with international lenders.

UESR. (News Digest: Russia).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... National power utility UESR has said that it is in talks with E.ON Energie of Germany to turn over management control of one or more of ten wholesale generating companies to EON. The ten gencos will be created as part of the country's power...

Elektroprivreda Srbije and Polish company Zaklady Remontowe Energetyki from Katowice have signed an agreement on the overhaul of Serbia's thermal power plants worth $7.5m. (News Digest: Serbia).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Elektroprivreda Srbije and Polish company Zakiady Remontowe Energetyki from Katowice have signed an agreement on the overhaul of Serbia's thermal power plants worth $7.5m. The deal is the latest in a series of agreements aimed at upgrading...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Corp. (News Digest: Slovenia).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Corp. have jointly received an order to replace turbine rotors at the Krsko nuclear power plant in Slovenia. The order is valued at some [yen]5bn ($42m), and delivery of the equipment is set for July...

Iran's Azar Ab Energy Industries Company. (News Digest: Syria).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Iran's Azar Ab Energy Industries Company, a subsidiary to Iran's Industrial Development and Renovation Organization, is to undertake the reconstruction of the Banias Power Plant in Syria.

VA Tech T&D. (News Digest: UAE).(United Arab Emirates)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... VA Tech T&D has been awarded a new major contract in the UAE to design and build two new 220/33 kV substations for the Abu Ohabi Water and Electricity Authority (Adwes). The contract encompasses 23 bays of 220 kV indoor switchgear, 75 bays of...

Uganda's geothermal potential. (News Digest: Uganda).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Energy state minister Daudi Migereko has invited investors to exploit Uganda's geothermal potential to generate electricity. He said Uganda has an estimated potential of 450 MW in the Western Rift Valley. Localities include Katwe-Kikorongo,...

AES challenges British Energy rescue package. (World News: Europe).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... US power generator AES said it has filed a case with the European Commission's Competition Commission challenging the legality of the UK government's rescue package for nuclear generator, British Energy. AES, the owner of Britain's Drax power...

Suez to use Eutila for e-tender projects. (World News: Europe).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... French multi-utility group Suez is to work with Eutila to establish proof of concept projects using e-Tendering and e-Auction as a way to select its IT service providers across Europe. Eutila operates a pan-European marketplace for the utility...

Gas Natural chief loses support. (World News: Europe).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Spanish oil company, Repsol YPF, which owns 24 per cent of Gas Natural, has decided not to reappoint Lopez Silanes as CEO of Gas Natural, when his term comes to an end next month. Repsol is strongly opposed to the [euro]15bn ($16.5bn) hostile...

GE bids for Finnish reactor. (World News: Europe).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... General Electric has now submitted its bid to supply Finland with its fifth nuclear power plant following Framatome ANP and Russian-based Atomstroiexport's earlier renders. Privately-owned Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oy (TVO) said it now...

Biomass for Spain. (World News: Europe).(Bioenergia Santamaria)(Turbomach)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Turbomach has been contracted by Bioenergia Santamaria to install and operate a biomass plant in the Cordoba region of Spain that will combust olive oil residue. The plant will have a 14.3 MW gas turbine, an olive residue boiler and a 14.8 MW...

Standard & Poor. (News Digest: Austria).(Austrian electric utilities)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Rating agency Standard & Poor's has warned that Austrian electric utilities could face challenges to their credit ratings over the next three to five years due to increasing regulatory and competitive pressures, although it regards proposed...

Finnforest Corporation. (News Digest: Finland).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Wartsila is to supply two biopower plants for combined heat and power production to Finnforest Corporation's Vilppula and Renko sawmills. Electrical output at both plants is 2.9 MW and the total heat output is 22.5 MW.

The Public Power Corporation of Greece. (News Digest: Greece).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... The Public Power Corporation of Greece has placed an order with Alstom for an electrostatic precipitator for a 300 MW boiler fired by brown coal at the Megalopolis power station in southern Greece in order to meet stricter environmental...

Electricity generated by the world's first grid-connected underwater "windmill" located 50 m under the sea in a remote Norwegian strait is expected to flow this spring. (News Digest: Norway).(Hammerfest Strom)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Electricity generated by the world's first grid-connected underwater "windmill" located 50 m under the sea in a remote Norwegian strait is expected to flow this spring. The company behind the project, Hammerfest Strom, is planning a further 20...

GE Power Systems. (News Digest: Spain).(Union Electrica de Canarias S.A.U. )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... GE Power Systems is supplying two Frame 6FA gas turbines and a steam turbine for a new 220 MW combined cycle power plant in Granadilla, Tenerife, operated by Endesa subsidiary, Union Electrica de Canarias S.A.U. Combined cycle operation is...

Alstom. (News Digest: Sweden).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Alstom has received an order for two fabric filter plants and dust transport systems for a sawdust fired boiler at Norrenergi's Solna plant. It will also supply a catalytic nitrogen reduction system for a crude oil furnace at Preem...

Enron Teeside Operations Limited. (News Digest: UK).(SembUtilities)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Enron Teeside Operations Limited, which owns a 133 MW power and water treatment plant and related infrastructure, has been bought out of receivership by Singapore utility SembUtilities, a subsidiary of the government-owned SembIndustries which...

Lakeland Power. (News Digest: UK).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Centrica is expected to complete the purchase of the 229 MW Roosecote gas fired power station in Cumbria from the administrative receivers of Lakeland Power in midMay. A payment of [pounds sterling]24m ($38.2m) has been agreed and the...

Killingholme Power. (News Digest: UK).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Independent power generating company Killingholme Power, owners of a 650 MW power plant in North Lincoinshire, has completed a refinancing with 20 banks, following its separation from US power developer NRG Europe.

Kepco to build 100 MW Philippines power plant. (World News: Asia-Pacific).
May 1, 2003... Korea Electric Corp. (Kepco) has signed an agreement to construct a 100 MW coal fired power plant in Antique, Philippines, Energy Secretary Vincent Perez has confirmed. The new plant will be based on circulating fluidized bed (CFB)...

SembCorp buys into China. (World News: Asia-Pacific).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Sembcorp Industries has announced that its utilities arm will join with three Chinese companies as part of a venture to construct a S409m, 605 MW gas turbine cogeneration plant in China. SembCorp Utilities will take a 30 per cent share in...

JBIC resumes business in Indian power sector. (World News: Asia-Pacific).(Japan Bank for International Cooperation)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... The Japan Bank for International Corporation (IBIC) has signed loan agreements totalling [yen]111bn ($931m) with India for seven power and environmental projects. The loans form part of an official development assistance (ODA) package--JBIC's...

Work starts on Se San plant. (World News: Asia-Pacific).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Work has commenced on Vietnam's Se San 3A hydroelectric plant in Iagrai District, in the central Highlands province of Gia Lai. The plant will, on completion, supply 479 GWh a year to the central and southern regions. The plant's first...

Three Gorges to power up in August. (World News: Asia-Pacific).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... China's Three Gorges power station on the Yangtze River will be operational by August 2003. The annual output of the Three Gorges plant will be around 5.5 TWh, says the State Power Grid Corporation. The provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang,...

Indonesia picks consortium for expansion. (World News: Asia-Pacific).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Indonesia's PT PLN has picked a Siemens consortium to undertake the expansion of the 950 MW Muara Tawar power plant in Bekasi, West Java. The consortium consists of PT Siemens Indonesia, PT Balfour Beatty Sakri Indonesia, Samsung Corp. and...

Chashma nuclear power plant. (News Digest: China).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... China is prepared to extend financial and technical help to Pakistan to build the second phase of the Chashma nuclear power plant. The two countries are said to be in talks about the project.

National Thermal Power Corp. (News Digest: India).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... The board of the National Thermal Power Corp. has taken an in-principle decision to re-tender the 1980 MW Seepat thermal project in Chhattisgarh with modifications aimed at attracting bidders. The recently tendered project did not elicit any...

In an effort to harness the huge hydropower potential in the state, the Jammu and Kashmir government has announced a comprehensive policy. (News Digest: India).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... In an effort to harness the huge hydropower potential in the state, the Jammu and Kashmir government has announced a comprehensive policy for development of small hydroelectric power projects with private sector participation.

Koodankulam nuclear power plant. (News Digest: India).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... A fuel supply agreement for the Koodankulam nuclear power plant has been signed between India and Russia Nuclear Power Corp. Work on the two 1000 MWe plants is expected to be completed by 2007.

GE Wind Energy. (News Digest: Japan).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... GE Wind Energy supplied ten wind turbines for the recently completed 15 MW Hibikinada Wind Energy Farm located on the coast of Hibikinada, Japan.

Toshiba Corp. and Orix Corp. (News Digest: Japan).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Toshiba Corp. and Orix Corp. said they have launched a joint venture in Japan to plan and operate an independent thermal power generation business. The Ube, Yamaguchi prefecture-based new firm, Sigma Power Yamaguchi Corp., has capital of...

The 1450 MW Ghazi Barotha Hydropower. (News Digest: Pakistan).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... The 1450 MW Ghazi Barotha Hydropower will begin operation on May 15 with testing of its first 290 MW unit and its commercial operation will begin in July. The $2.lbn project will not provide any immediate tariff relief to consumers because it...

The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (News Digest: Philippines).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. has disclosed that at least nine international power firms have expressed an interest in participating in the bidding for the National Transmission Corp. (Transco).

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation. (News Digest: Sri Lanka).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has signed loan agreements totalling $289m with the government of Sri Lanka. Part of the loan will focus on the power sector, which is a key economic agenda for Sri Lanka.

The Asian Development Bank. (News Digest: Vietnam).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... The Asian Development Bank has approved a $700 000 technical assistance grant to help Vietnam prepare its Northern Power Transmission project. The project will improve power supplies to Ha Noi, Hal Phong City and Quang Ninh province.

Asset sell-off reduces debt for Chile's Enersis. (World News: Americas).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Chilean power utility Enersis has reached an agreement to sell its Rio Maipo electricity distribution business in a bid to ease debt concerns. The sale will mean that Enersis will only hold a 1.3 per cent stake in the distribution company,...

Trading exodus continues in USA. (World News: Americas).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... US power companies are continuing to scale down their wholesale natural gas and power trading operations in the wake of trading scandals and the collapse of Enron. In April, Tractebel North America said it would exit the speculative trading...

Mexico moves to lower electricity tariffs. (World News: Americas).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Mexico's senate has approved a bill to reduce electricity prices for households. If approved, the bill will cancel out a presidential decree that has partially elimintaed subsidies on electricity tariffs in the country. President Fox is...

Union Fenosa secures Tuxpan financing. (World News: Americas).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Union Fenosa has sealed a $430m loan for a planned power station at Tuxpan, Mexico. The loan is divided into three tranches: two for 14 years and the other for 20 years; and has been arranged by a syndicate of banks. The project consists...

FirstEnergy sells Emdersa. (World News: Americas).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... US-based FirstEnergy has announced that it has divested its ownership in Argentina's distribution company Emdersa. FirstEnergy said it completed the divestment by abandoning its shares of Emdersa's parent company, GPU Argentina Holdings. It...

NYISO installs Scada system. (World News: Americas).(New York Independent System Operator)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... The New York ISO (NYISO), a corporation established to facilitate the restructuring of New York's electric power industry, has selected technology company ABB to install a scada/energy management system. The contract, worth $20m, will help...

Electrica de Madellin. (News Digest: Columbia).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Electrica de Medellin has signed a $33m contract to build 444 km of 400 kV transmission line linking the northern and southern parts of Mexico's grid. Completion is planned for May 2004.

Ecuador's government will award state-owned generator Hidropaute the $36m contract to build the 186 MW Mazar hydroelectric project. (News Digest: Ecuador).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Ecuador's government will award state-owned generator Hidropaute the $36m contract to build the 186 MW Mazar hydroelectric project. Hidropaute will call for bids for a consultant to update the project's design and engineering studies. It is...

Power Machines has won a three-year, $140m contract to deliver equipment for El Cajon, a hydroelectric power station in Mexico. (News Digest: Mexico).((La Nacial))(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Power Machines has won a three-year, $140m contract to deliver equipment for El Cajon, a hydroelectric power station in Mexico. The company has created an alliance with Mexican construction companies CA and La Nacial, beating bids by GE and...

120 MW Esti hydroelectric project. (News Digest: Panama).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... The $213m, 120 MW Esti hydroelectric project in Panama's Gualaca region is on schedule to start commercial operations in November. Sweden's Skanska and France's Alstom are building the project for AES.

Exelon Generation. (News Digest: USA).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Exelon Generation's 800 MW natural gas fired Mystic generating unit 8 has begun commercial operations near Boston. The company expects the 800 MW unit 9 at the Everett Massachussetts facility to begin operating in May.

Constellation Energy Group. (News Digest: USA).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Constellation Energy Group expects to bring its new 850 MW high desert gas fired power plant in Southern California on line in early summer. Speculation about the status of the plant was heightened by its inclusion of the Californian...

El Paso Merchant Energy. (News Digest: USA).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... El Paso Merchant Energy has announced that it has executed an agreement to sell all of the common interests in East Coast Power to GS Linder power Holdings, a subsidiary of the Goldman Sachs Group, for $456m. Around $600m of non-recourse,...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (News Digest: USA).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission conditionally approved a request by two of the nations's biggest utilities--AEP and Commonwealth Edison Co. to transfer control of their transmission grid assets to the PJM interconnection. The utility...

PSEG Power Cross Hudson Corp. (News Digest: USA).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... New York has approved a new power cable running across the Hudson River that will carry 600 MW of much needed electricity into New York City from a power plant in neighbouring New Jersey state. PSEG Power Cross Hudson Corp., which filed its...

Changing tides. (Tidal Power).
May 1, 2003... Increasing the level of renewable energy in power generation is a high priority in many countries, yet tidal power potential remains highly undeveloped. A project in the UK aims to kick-start interest in this technology and prove that it is a...

Mexico in the fast lane: Joel Duvert, a project manager within Alstom's Transmission and Distribution sector, explains how fast-track turnkey transmission projects are transforming the Mexican national grid. (Transmission Systems).
May 1, 2003... Mexico is the throes of massively boosting its electrical generation and transmission capacity. Since 2000, state-owned utility Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) has increased generation capacity by 5418 MW to 40 341 MW in response to an...

Fogging dynamics solved. (Advanced Gas Turbines).
May 1, 2003... Injection of water into the inlet duct of gas turbines is a well-established tool of power augmentation, but droplet size and distribution is critical. Laser diffraction analysis has resulted in an improved understanding of the dynamics of fog...

Kymin Voima: a biofuel future. (Captive Power).(Finland's pulp industry company)
May 1, 2003... The pulp industry has traditionally used biofuels to produce a large proportion of its energy demand. The recently-completed Kymin Voima project in Finland is a typical example, and is using the largest biofuel-fired BFB boiler in the world....

Fuel injection shows the way. (Control & Instrumentation).
May 1, 2003... An innovative approach that includes real-time coal flow, particle velocity and air flow measurement information has been developed by Foster Wheeler and TR-Tech. technologies have been combined in an automated control system to give a 'Fuel...

Diary dates.
May 1, 2003... May CIRED/17th International Conference on Electricity Distribution, 12-15 May 2003 Barcelona, Spain Details from: Chantal Lacrosse, Association des Ingenieurs de Montefiore, 31, rue Saint Gillies B-4000 LIEGE, Belgium Tel:...

Debt defaults signal Brazil woes: Eletropaulo is just one of many electric utilities in Brazil with financial difficulties. Can their problems be solved, and the sector turned once more into an attractive investment prospect. (Analysis).
May 1, 2003... In April, AES subsidiary AES Elpa failed for a second time to meet debt payments relating to the purchase of Brazilian electric utility Eletropaulo Metropolitana Eletricidade de Sao Paulo SA (Eletropaulo). Eletropaulo, which is controlled by...

Siemens buys Alstom's industrial turbines business. (World News: Companies).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Siemens Power Generation Group (SPG) has agreed to acquire the industrial turbines business of Alstom in two transactions with a total value of [euro]1.1 bn ($1.2bn). The sale is part of a restructuring and debt reduction programme which has...

Aquila agrees to sell Australian assets. (World News: Companies).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Aquila Inc. has reached an agreement to sell its Australian interests for approximately $589m with AlintaGas and AMP Henderson replacing Aquila as the key investor in the assets. Aquila will apply the proceeds to reducing loan obligations under...

Duke to sell French plant. (World News: Companies).(Compagnie Thermique du Rouvray)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Duke Energy International, part of America's Duke Energy, is to sell its French power station, Compagnie Thermique du Rouvray (CTR), which it bought last September. The company said that while it was pleased with the plant's performance, it no...

GE Wind Energy launches new 2 MW wind turbine range. (World News: Companies).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... GE Wind Energy is to add three new models to its family of wind turbines, each in the 2 MW range. The 2.x series will include 2.3, 2.5 and 2.7 MW machines designed for a wide range of onshore applications. GE Wind Energy already offers a 900 kW...

Technology rights acquired by Wood. (World News: Companies).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Wood Group has acquired the exclusive rights to the industrial gas turbine control technology of VT Controls Inc. through its Turbine Control Services business. This includes the "Unigov" Universal Governor software, used in control systems for...

Caterpillar boost. (News digest).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Caterpillar saw first quarter earnings rise as it boosted volume, improved manufacturing efficiency and benefited from favourable currency translation. The company reported a ten per cent rise in machinery sales with improvements in North...

CMS refinances. (News digest).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... CMS Energy has secured $850m in financing from a consortium of banks as part of its financial improvement plan. CMS reported a loss of $620m for 2002 but assets sales, financings and cost controls have seen liquidity improve by $1.4bn.

DynaMotive develops. (News digest).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... DynaMotive Energy Systems reported the implementation of a $2.75m cost saving programme for 2003 as well as progress towards establishing a commercial demonstration plant in Canada producing BioOil to provide heat and power to industry.

Flygt pump action. (News digest).(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
May 1, 2003... ITT Flygt has acquired Venice-based pump manufacturer, Uniservice Wellpoint Sri. ITT Flygt is based in Sweden and is a supplier of submersible pump, mixer and aeration solutions. Wellpoint manufactures a range of diesel and electric powered,...

GE offers Witness. (News digest).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... GE Aeroderivative and Package Services has introduced GE Virtual Test Cell Witness, a system designed to allow customers to view live operating data via the web from gas turbines being tested at a GE test cell facility.

Huadian adds Shandong. (News digest).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Chinese state-owned power generating group China Huadian Corp. has taken over Shandong International Power Development Co. as part of the country's power reforms approved last October. The reforms will see the sector split into five generating...

Masonic alliance. (News digest).(Masons and Buxeda Menchen alliance)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... International specialist law firm Masons has formed an alliance with the Spanish law firm Buxeda Menchen which will be known as Masons Buxeda Menchen. The alliance will initially focus on advising clients on energy and infrastructure projects.

Quantum buys Thermoelectric. (News digest).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Canada's Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. has agreed to acquire Calgary's Global Thermoelectric Inc., a maker of fuel cells and power generators, in a stock swap valued at $75m.

Ukraine seeks Vietnam JV. (News digest).(joint ventures; international economic relations)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... The prospect of joint ventures to build and develop energy companies in Vietnam was discussed at a recent meeting between Ukraine and Vietnamese trade officials. Further Ukrainian involvement in Vietnam's hydroelectric industry was also...