State Grid Corp of China, a leading State-owned utility company, has invested in the Belo Monte power transmission projects, including two 800-kilowatt ultrahigh-voltage lines transmitting electricity from the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant in Para, a northern Brazilian state, to big cities like Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, while not harming the local environment.
ANAPU, Brazil -- Chinese-made power towers designed to leave a smaller footprint on the environment have been going up in Anapu, a town in northern Brazil's Para state.
XRTE is in charge of laying 2,543 km of the line, which will transmit energy from the central Belo Monte hydroelectric plant in Para to Rio de Janeiro, on Brazil's southeast coast.
Para, where the line starts, is home to scattered communities of small Indian tribes.
"In Para, we helped to build a poultry farm in a community, and donated modern medical equipment for the local hospitals in other small towns," Li said.
DHAKA/MUMBAI - Around 7:00 pm, in the remote Bangladeshi village of Padmo Para, a light bulb lit up Fatima Khatun's home -- That allows the knowledge-thirsty pupil to read for hours even after dark.
While houses made of iron sheets and mud are a common feature in Padmo Para, the primary school, a two-story brick building, is the most eye-catching architecture in the village.
"When there was no electricity (and no electric fan), students could hardly concentrate in class (due to the hot weather)," said Md Aminul Islam, principal of Padmo Para primary school.