Namibia inaugurates new substations, transmission lines to advance regional energy infrastructure

STORY: Namibia inaugurates new substations, transmission lines to advance regional energy infrastructure DATELINE: Oct. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: OMUSATI, Namibia CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the inauguration ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE (English): KAHENGE HAULOFU, NamPower managing director 3. various of the inauguration of two new substations and a 190km interconnector overhead transmission line STORYLINE: Namibia inaugurated two new substations and a 190-km-long interconnector overhead transmission line in an event held in northern Namibia on Friday. The Kunene Substation, located just 30 km south of the Angola-Namibia border at the Ruacana Power Station, and the Omatando Substation in Ongwediva are now seamlessly connected by the overhead transmission line. These facilities were constructed by the Chinese firm Sinohydro in partnership with a local partner. Namibia's Minister of Mines and Energy, Tom Alweendo, said that the event signifies more than the inauguration of substations and t

BULGARIA-GREECE-GAS PIPELINE-COMMERCIAL OPERATION-STARTING

BULGARIA-GREECE-GAS PIPELINE-COMMERCIAL OPERATION-STARTING

(221002) -- SOFIA, Oct. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (C) speaks at the official event on the start of the commercial operation of the Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria, in Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 1, 2022. The Greece-Bulgaria gas pipeline, the Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB), started commercial operation on Saturday, according to ICGB AD, owner and operator of the IGB. (Photo by Marian Draganov/Xinhua)

BULGARIA-GREECE-GAS PIPELINE-COMMERCIAL OPERATION-STARTING

BULGARIA-GREECE-GAS PIPELINE-COMMERCIAL OPERATION-STARTING

(221002) -- SOFIA, Oct. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks at the official event on the start of the commercial operation of the Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria, in Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 1, 2022. The Greece-Bulgaria gas pipeline, the Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB), started commercial operation on Saturday, according to ICGB AD, owner and operator of the IGB. (ICGB/Handout via Xinhua)

IGB natural gas pipeline linking Greece- Bulgaria inaugurated

STORY: IGB natural gas pipeline linking Greece-Bulgaria inaugurated DATELINE: July 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov at the inauguration of the Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) natural gas pipeline 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KIRIL PETKOV, Bulgarian Prime Minister 4. Various of the Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) natural gas pipeline STORYLINE: The Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) natural gas pipeline connecting the two neighboring countries was inaugurated on Friday in the city of Komotini in northern Greece, Greek national news agency AMNA reported. The new pipeline starts from Komotini, ends at Stara Zagora in Bulgaria and will be connected to the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), which transports natural gas from Azerbaijan to Europe via Greece. At the beginning of its operation, it wi