Cotton Council International (CCI) and Cotton Incorporated, in cooperation with USDA, jointly presented the seventh biennial Sourcing USA Summit in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The event, held on November 12-16, attracted 400 delegates ...
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Under the headline Water and Innovation,Solutions for Development The German Experience a delegation from German Water Partnership deepened the expert dialogue that had started in an earlier visit in 2011. Dieter Ernst,Board Member of ...
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A recent study by Philips estimates that Africa could save $10 billion in annual energy costs by converting to LED lighting, and new solar-powered LED streetlights help address lighting needs when electricity is unreliable. ...
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Global Initiative on Urban Resilience(GIUR)is a new effort designed to spur building and infrastructure development,create new investment opportunities and foster community action around the world.Partner organizations of the initiative ...
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Steel demand worldwide is growing slower than forecast, eroding profit at producers including ArcelorMittal and Tata Steel Ltd. (TATA) and forcing investors to revise their 2012 outlook for the $430 billion industry. Global use of the alloy ...
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For the past decade, solar companies and investors have largely focused their energy on transforming the electric power business of developed countries, first in Europe and then the United States. As growth in some of these markets slows, ...
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For the past decade, solar companies and investors have largely focused their energy on transforming the electric power business of developed countries, first in Europe and then the United States. As growth in some of these markets slows, ...
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The inaction of Government of Pakistan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) in rectifying discriminatory specifications in tender documents for the procurement of energy saver lamps will result in a loss of Rs two billion to the national ...
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The inaction of Government of Pakistan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) in rectifying discriminatory specifications in tender documents for the procurement of energy saver lamps will result in a loss of Rs two billion to the national ...
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Sunpreme, a closely held solar-cell manufacturer, received $50 million in financing that will be used to build a factory in Jiaxing, China. The investment was led by International Finance Corp., a unit of the World Bank Group, and also ...
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Sunpreme, a closely held solar-cell manufacturer, received $50 million in financing that will be used to build a factory in Jiaxing, China. The investment was led by International Finance Corp., a unit of the World Bank Group, and also ...
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Reposts have released that Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, California, U.S.) has made a program to provide access to solar photovoltaic (PV) and LED lighting systems for 1,000 households and ten schools in villages in India at the ...
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BHUBANESWAR: The state government has roped in International Finance Corporation (IFC), a private lending arm of the World Bank, to provide technical knowhow to the urban local bodies in Bhubaneswar on improving street lighting and in ...
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NEW DELHI / BANGALORE: Real estate developers are setting up prefabrication plants to speed up construction and cut project costs as an acute shortage of labour and a rise in raw material prices threaten to wipe out the industry's already ...
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It would be difficult to discuss the Chinese paint and coatings market without mentioning the Chinese economy. That vibrant, herculean economy is the heart and soul of the emergence of China onto the global scene in recent years. While the ...
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