WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48158) on Aug. 16, 2024, entitled "Kazakhstan: Background and Issues for Congress" by Asian policy analyst Maria A. Blackwood. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Kazakhstan, a U.S. partner in areas such as counterterrorism, regional security, and nuclear nonproliferation, is a strategically situated country with significant hydrocarbon and mineral resources. It shares borders with Russia to the  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following report on August 8, 2024, by Anne-Louise Knight entitled "Filling the voids: Pumped hydro proposals could see taxpayers financing mine rehabilitation." Here are excerpts: * * * This report explores the current increase in proposals to install pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) facilities in mine voids. It evaluates the pipeline of PHES proposals in Australian mine sites and analy  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following report on August 14, 2024, by Michelle (Chaewon) Kim entitled "South Korea's economy risks missing out on global transition to renewables." Here is the executive summary: * * * Despite a pledge to achieve net-zero by 2050, South Korea's renewable energy made up a mere 9.64% of the country's power generation mix in 2023, lagging far behind the averages of the world (30.25%), the O  more