First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe), has started constructing the 139 megawatt Campo Verde Solar Project, located near El Centro in Imperial County, CA, USA. ...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hoshyar Zebari, met with the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Robert Beecroft, at the Ministry’s HQ on Tuesday. They discussed the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) and the debates at the UN Security Council ...
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New figures compiled by Saga has shown that the UK's 12.85 million pensioners spent as much as£17.4 billion on electricity and fuel bills in 2012 alone. The average yearly spend on fuel bills for the over 65s in the past year ...
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The latest data published by National Energy Administration shows that by end-2012 China has become the largest energy producing country in the world. China’s power-generation capacity has reached 1,140,000,000 Kilowatt. Among them, ...
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One of China's largest coal mines has introduced LEDs to reduce time spent fixing lamps and avoid potental hazards on site. The Xishan Duerping coal mine in Shanxi Province, owned by Shanxi Coking Coal, asked Shenzhen General Technology ...
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In the January-November period of 2012, the aggregate gross profit of 65 major steel enterprises in China’s Hebei Province totaled RMB 13.915 billion ($2.2 billion), down 50.34 percent year on year and only accounting for 7.05 percent ...
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Angang Group Hong Kong, a subsidiary of Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Anshan Iron and Steel Group Co. (Ansteel), has received approval from Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) for the purchase of ...
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In the week ended January 7, coal shipments from the Port of Newcastle in Queensland, the coal producing state of Australia, totaled 3.2 million mt, according to Newcastle Port Corporation. The figure constitutes a decrease of 9.5 percent ...
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On January 8, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) stated that in late December (Dec. 21-31) 2012 the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1,613,100 mt, down 0.63 ...
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January 9, 2013 - Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is growing at a fast rate in Canada, as the government employs various initiatives to support the rapid deployment of solar PV energy sources, according to a recent GlobalData report. It ...
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January 10,2013-Ontario's premier,Dalton McGuinty,today announced the Lambton and Nanticoke coal-fired generating plants will stop burning coal by the end of 2013,saying the early closure is a result of"Ontario's strong conservation ...
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Jilin Province-based Tonggang Mining Co., a subsidiary of Chinese steelmaker Shougang Tonggang Group, has announced that its Banshi iron ore mine, located in Jilin, produced iron ore concentrate amounting to 1.2721 million mt in 2012, up ...
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France-based pipe manufacturer Vallourec has announced that it has renewed its main frame agreement with Brazilian national oil company Petrobras. Accordingly, Vallourec's Brazilian subsidiary V & M do BRASIL and Petrobras have signed a ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe), has acquired Solar Chile, a Santiago-based solar development company in which Fundación Chile was an early ...
Tags: Solar, Solar Chile, photovoltaic power projects, solar irradiance
Interbike is strengthening its ties with Triathlon Business International,a coalition of multi-sport industry leaders. Both companies will help promote triathlon at the IBD Summit,the TBI Conference and at Interbike 2013.The initiatives ...
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