Wales’ national coal mining museum is now benefitting from solar energy following the installation of PV panels. Big Pit, one of Wales’ biggest tourist attractions and part of Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, is ...
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Innovative hand held electrical test instrumentation has been used on the installation of a new solar PV system which has been designed to enable a school to reduce its carbon footprint. Southern Solar, one of the UK’s leading ...
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Solar panel installations across the UK are set to increase in 2013, the minister for climate change Greg Barker predicts. Mr Barker believes that as the cost of manufacturing panels has been reduced, more people are expected to invest in ...
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WorleyParsons has been awarded a three year contract by Shell Gas Iraq BV to provide project management support and services for the rehabilitation of gas facilities and infrastructure that are part of the scope of Basrah Gas Company (BGC). ...
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Reuters reports that Iraq has sweetened the terms for oil contract buyers and is becoming more competitive on pricing. Oil Minister Abdul Kareem Luaibi [Elaibi], who met customers in Vienna last month on the sidelines of the OPEC meeting, ...
The Solar Trade Association (STA) has welcomed the publication of the UK Renewables Roadmap. The Roadmap identifies the key renewable energy technologies that will enable the UK to fulfil its 2020 15% renewable energy target. Generation ...
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The Houston to Nederland, Texas, segment of Shell Pipeline's Houston to Houma, Louisiana, crude pipeline reversal project is open for shippers, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday. "The reversal is progressing on schedule, and the ...
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Russian pig iron and coking coal producer Koks Group has announced it operational results for 2012 and the outlook for 2013. During 2012, Koks produced 2.12 million mt of pig iron, down two percent compared to the previous year. Last ...
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Australian iron ore development company BC Iron Limited has announced that in the quarter ended on December 31 it produced 1.08 million mt of iron ore, down one percent compared to the previous quarter, while its iron ore shipments in the ...
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UK-based London Mining, a global diversified miner targeting the steel sector, has announced its operational results for the fourth quarter and the full year 2012. In the fourth quarter, at Marampa mine in Sierra Leone, London Mining ...
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Beijing-headquartered Chinese state-owned enterprise China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) has announced that on January 21 its subsidiaryShanghai Baoye Construction Group Corp. delivered steel structures to Brazilian miner ...
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A whole host of companies have called on the EU to deliver 2030 energy efficiency goals that would bring forward large scale investments that could slash fuel spending. Indeed, Siemens, Philips and Kingspan are among a group of major ...
Australia's third-biggest iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (Fortescue) has announced its operating results for the fourth quarter of 2012. Fortescue said in its statement that its total iron ore shipments during the December ...
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The Energy Action Price Index (Business) will give businesses granularity and transparency on retail electricity price fluctuations. The index will be published regularly throughout the year and is based solely on electricity contracts ...
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Midland, Mich.-based Dow Corning and Santa Clara, Calif.-based Crystal Solar, a solar energy venture company, have announced their intention to work together to supply high-performance, silicon-based materials for photovoltaic cells and ...