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 ...
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Swiss-based special steel producer and distributor Schmolz+Bickenbach has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2013, reporting a net loss for the period. In the first quarter, Schmolz+Bickenbach registered a net loss ...
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US natural gas prices will remain stable in the $3-$4/MMBtu range for the rest of the year, three-quarters of the global energy executives surveyed by consulting firm KPMG said in a poll released Friday. "Greater assurance of supply ...
Tags: Energy, Metallurgy, Mineral, natural gas
In the last few years, devices based on ZigBee, the wireless communications technology, have gained momentum in the energy sector. Some U.S. utilities have deployed ZigBee-enabled smart meters, and have encouraged customers to purchase ...
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The sharemarket was higher despite weakness among major resources stocks as investors waited for the federal budget. Most major sectors were up at noon, with information technology shares leading the way and despite a dip in the energy ...
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May 6, 2013 - The Ontario government says it is improving how the province plans and builds large energy infrastructure projects going forward; it has asked the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) and Ontario Power Authority ...
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The architects of Congress' looming tax policy reform have a lot of choices when it comes to energy tax breaks and federal subsidies, the US House of Representatives' Ways and Means Committee said Monday. "The broad proposals include ...
Another anti-subsidy investigation in the solar energy sector has been officially opened by the European Commission (EC). The investigation will look into imports of solar glass from China to the EU. Image Credit: Solar Glass via ...
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According to Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in March this year industrial producer prices decreased by 0.2 percent in the euro area and in the European Union (EU-27) month on month. Compared to March last ...
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Voith has been commissioned with the equipment of a new hydropower plant in Angola in Africa. For the hydropower plant Cambambe II at the River Kwanza, the company will supply and install four generators and turbines as well as the control ...
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A new Navugant study suggests that the market for ZigBee-enabled energy products is at a crossroads. According to the report devices based on ZigBee’s wireless communications technology have gained significant momentum in the energy ...
A BRIGHTER end to what was a torrid week for mining stocks helped carry the sharemarket to a modest 0.2 per cent gain yesterday. After making a bold start, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index drifted lower throughout the trading session, only ...
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Siemens' Smart Grid division has announced a global strategic cooperation in big data with Teradata, through which it will further optimise its solutions' portfolio to provide energy utilities with more transparency on the status and ...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has a warning for organizations that post a lot of business and personal information on public web pages and social media sites: Don't do it. Phishers, the agency said in an alert this week, look ...
Tags: web pages, social media
A consortium led by Italian gas network company Snam and including the GIC fund and France's EDF has signed an agreement with Total to buy its TIGF networks and storage business in southwest France, the consortium said in a joint statement ...