Textile and apparel manufacturing firms may be forced to relocate to other countries if the state electricity company PLN cannot guarantee the availability of supply of electrical energy for 24 hours a day, Indonesian Textile Association ...
Tags: Force Textile Firms, Textile, apparel
China's government pledged to cut overall coal use in eastern parts of the country and said it would reduce dependency on the fuel nationwide, as leaders struggle to respond to rising public concern over choking levels of pollution. The ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The Central Asian country of Turkmenistan has launched an agricultural campaign for the harvest of cotton, and is expecting at least 1.5 million tons of cotton harvest this season. The Government of Turkmenistan has initiated the harvest ...
Tags: Cotton Harvest, raw cotton
How will the eco-building materials and the sustainable construction affect our life after the World Expo? Shanghai Building Materials Industry Association and World Expo Group Shanghai Modern International Exhibition Company will ...
Tags: Footprints
The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has chosen Upper Canada Transmission Inc. as the transmitter to complete development work for the East-West Tie Line—a new electricity transmission line in Northwestern Ontario. Upper Canada ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Xu Zhong, general manager, GD Solar and Walt Cheng, managing director, Greater China, DuPont Electronics & Communications signed a strategic cooperation agreement during the The Renewable Energy Industries Forum (REIF), organized by the ...
Tags: DuPont, Construction
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has signed an agreement with Public Service Company ...
Tags: Solar Power Plants, Electrical
The Michigan Baseball Foundation (MBF) acquired a grant from the Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative Network in the amount of $33,679 for converting lights and occupancy sensors to LED lighting on the exterior and front entries of Dow Diamond. ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED
A total of 95 Chinese companies have made it onto the list of Fortune 500 companies compiled by Fortune magazine, with combined gross revenue of $5.2 trillion, or 17 percent of the Fortune 500's total revenue. The list, ranked by ...
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The leaders of the world's leading gas exporting nations are due to meet in Moscow Monday for the second summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum to discuss the future of the gas market amid uncertainties over the supply and demand ...
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On May 6, the EU made a preliminary ruling that the Union shall levy provisional antidumping (AD) duties on China-made silicon photovoltaic modules and components at 11.8% before August 6, 2013 and at the rates below from the date for six ...
Tags: AD Duties, Photovoltaic Products
Last year the U.S. was the least riskiest place in the world to open a data center, according to a study released this week. The rankings, which were released by Cushman & Wakefield, Hurleypalmerflatt and Source8, were made after ...
Tags: US, Data Center, Computer Products
According to a new Ernst & Young survey, responding to frequently changing regulations and managing the effect on business and stakeholders are now the biggest concerns for power and utilities executives around the world—up from 2011. ...
The US has rich natural resources and states in the southwest region have sufficient sunshine with an annual average of over 2,200 hours. Western states in the US have been introducing large-size solar projects, helping new installations in ...
Tags: Solar Installations, Lighting
May 17, 2013 - Territorial premiers met in Whitehorse, Yukon, for the 11th annual Northern Premiers? Forum, where they discussed numerous issues of importance, including cost-effective energy systems, as well as cleaner alternatives. The ...
Tags: Hydropower, Connectivity, Skills Training