SASEC Energy Officials Endorse Feasibility Studies for Transmission Investments

9 November 2012

The SASEC energy working group agreed to conduct feasibility studies for three new priority large-scale cross-border transmission projects worth over $3 billion at a meeting on 9 November 2012 in Thimphu Bhutan.

The meeting also reviewed the progress of ongoing SASEC energy projects and initiatives. Bhutan's Minister of Economic Affairs Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk gave the keynote address.

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