Summer is over and winter is here. I am sure right now heating your home is the last thing you are thinking about, but you should be. Especially if you know your boiler or furnace is on its last leg. Okay so what's this all about and what ...
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Nations that are considering nuclear energy must grapple with its high capital costs and Fukushima-scale risk. An energy-policy riptide along the English Channel shows how unpredictable the calculations can be: Both France and the United ...
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Renewable energy subsidies have been a politically popular program over the past decade. These subsidies have led to explosive growth in wind power installations across the United States, especially in the Midwest and Texas. But do these ...
All new electricity generation in Australia will come from renewable energy through 2020, according to a new report from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) [PDF]. The bulk of the new power will be wind, with large-scale scale ...
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North Carolina is famous for its high-tech Research Triangle, but lately it seems that state government IT projects are bound for IT's equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle. As you may remember from an earlier Risk Factor story on state ...
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Foster Wheeler AG(Nasdaq:FWLT)announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract for two Terrace Wall™hydrogen reformers by GS Engineering&Construction Corporation,which is ...
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Wind turbines made especially for low-wind regimes in India was just one of the several innovations showcased at the recently-held "Techmela," at Bengaluru's KTPO Exhibition Centre. Dubbed as "GE's Carnival of Innovation," the technology ...
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Tamil Nadu Generation & Distribution Corporation Ltd (Tangedco) is likely to finalize the main plant package for the Udangudi thermal power project by December-end. Speaking to Electrical Monitor, a senior project official of Tangedco ...
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Tackling excess capacity will be one of the top tasks on China's economic agenda in 2014, as the issue becomes a major challenge to maintaining the pace and quality of economic growth. "The Chinese economy still faces downward pressure ...
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Westport Innovations Inc, engineering the world's most advanced natural gas engines and vehicles, today unveiled its next generation of high pressure direct injection technology platform dubbed "Westport™ HPDI 2.0." This new ...
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While China's economy has expanded at a record pace over the past decade, the country's economic success has come at a serious environmental cost. Coal-fired energy plants, minimally-regulated factories and large numbers of vehicles with ...
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AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The future of the Texas electric market will very likely include substantial amounts of renewable energy and gas-fired power, economists with The Brattle Group find in a new report ...
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The US will end 2013 with projected coal exports of 118 million st, down 6.3% from record exports of 126 million st in 2012, according to the Energy Information Administration's final Short Term Energy Outlook of the year. The report, ...
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Japan steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) has announced that it has established Kashima Power Co., Ltd by joint capital investment with Electric Power Development Co., Ltd (J- POWER). The power generation company ...
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The 2014 outlook for thermal, renewable and oil and gas projects is stable, according to a Fitch Ratings report. 'Increasingly, natural gas is driving the North American energy sector. As gas is the current fuel on the margin and ...
Tags: Oil, Gas, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, renewable Energy