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China's Power Use Growth Picks up in Jan.-Oct.
Nov 17, 2016The growth of power use in China, a key barometer of economic activity, continued to accelerate in the first ten months due to more consumption by the service sector, official data showed Friday. Power consumption grew 4.8 percent year on ...
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Nestle Inaugurates New Child Nutrition Factory in Mexico
Oct 11, 2016Swiss transnational food and drink firm Nestle has opened a new $245m child nutrition factory in Jalisco, Mexico. The 600,000 m2 facility will triple the company's existing capacity for manufacturing child nutrition products. It is ...
Tags: Nestle, child nutrition factory
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Apple Joins RE100, Announces Supplier Clean Energy Pledges
Sep 30, 2016Apple’s dedication to clean and renewable energy extends to suppliers around the world. Apple today joined global renewable energy initiative RE100, reaffirming its commitment to reaching 100 percent renewable energy worldwide and ...
Tags: RE100, clean energy
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Lighting Shift to Slash Energy Consumption - IHS
Nov 5, 2015Analysts at the consultancy company IHS are predicting that the switch to solid-state lighting will cut global electricity demand for general illumination by a remarkable 24 per cent by 2020. According to the firm’s lighting ...
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Praj Has Contracted 60,000 LPD Project for Production
Jan 9, 2015Praj Industries, global process solutions Company has contracted 60,000 LPD project for production of fuel ethanol and premium grade extra neutral alcohol (Beverage Alcohol) from Kakira Sugars. Kakira Sugars is a leading sugar and power ...
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Energy Used for General Illumination Set to Plummet by a Quarter
Mar 5, 2014Lighting shift to slash energy consumption, says IHS 04 Mar 2014 Energy used for general illumination set to plummet by a quarter between now and the end of the decade. Consumption cut: the potential impact of LEDs Analysts at the ...
Tags: Lighting Shift, Energy Consumption
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Shift in Lighting Technologies Toward More Efficient Lamps
Mar 5, 2014A fundamental paradigm shift in lighting technologies toward more efficient lamps and bulbs will significantly reduce global electricity demand for general illumination in the next few years, according to IHS. The energy usage of the ...
Tags: Lighting Technologies, Dim Energy
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Electricity Consumed by U.S. Homes in 2013 Is on Track to Fall for Third Year in a Row
Jan 2, 2014This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, left, a Cingular "Fast Forward" cradle and Motorola mobile phone in New York on Tuesday Nov. 4, 2003, and an Apple ultracompact USB Power Adapter, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, in New ...
Tags: home electricity, US, electricity consumed, power usage
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Wartsila Will Provide a Full Propulsion Package for a New Passenger Ferry Being Built
Dec 16, 2013Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solutions and services provider, will provide a full propulsion package for a new passenger ferry being built for the Germany based Reederei Cassen Eils GmbH. The contract was signed in ...
Tags: service, transportation
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Natural Gas' Share of The Electric Reliability Council of Texas' Generation Mix Slipped
Oct 14, 2013Natural gas' share of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas' generation mix slipped in September, but continued to lead energy usage across the state, according to data released Friday by the grid operator. ERCOT's 2013 Demand and ...
Tags: Gas, Natural gas, Chemicals
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Provide LED to UAE Homes
Oct 12, 2013GE Lighting, the lighting business of GE, and The Change Initiative, a one stop destination specializing in solutions that reduce human impacts on the environment and promote sustainable development, announced a joint venture initiative to ...
Tags: GE Lighting, LED Lighting
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The Dual-Fuel Engines Will Run Primarily on LNG as The Main Fuel
Jul 23, 2013Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded an important retrofitting contract by the German shipyard, BVT - Brenn - und Verformungstechnik Bremen GmbH. The project entails converting ...
Tags: Transportation, Service
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Lighting Makes up About 18% of The Total Electricity Consumed in The U.S.
Jan 16, 2013Lighting makes up about 18% of the total electricity consumed in the U.S. and energy efficient lighting plays a major role in conservation efforts. Switching from fluorescent to LED has benefits including energy savings and longer life, ...
Tags: Lighting, electricity, LED
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The Federal Board of Revenue Has Decided to Collect Adjustable Sales Tax at 5%
Dec 28, 2012Business Recorder reported that the Federal Board of Revenue has decided to collect adjustable sales tax at 5%on the value of imported goods or INR 1600 per metric tonne,whichever is higher,on the import of re meltable iron and steel scrap. ...
Tags: FBR, STSPR, sales tax, steel scrap, Pakistan
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China's Electricity Consumption Reached 413.9 Terawatt Hours in November This Year
Dec 21, 2012According to statistics released by the National Energy Administration, China's electricity consumption reached 413.9 terawatt hours in November this year, up 7.6% compared to the same period of last year. In the first eleven months of ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electricity Consumption, hydroelectric