The Asian thermal coal market is cautiously awaiting a decision from China, wondering if Beijing is serious about imposing a ban on imports of low calorific value coal, according to a range of market players interviewed by Platts Monday at ...
Tags: Low CV Coal, Import Ban
Microsoft is building a data center next to a Wyoming landfill in order to use its methane gas to power the facility. Apple now uses a massive 100-acre solar energy farm to power its Maiden, N.C., data center. And Google has placed data ...
Tags: Tech Companies, Microsoft, data center
After the 2013 NASPD Annual Conference's kickoff cocktail reception in Las Vegas on February 21, 2013, the nearly 500 attendees got down to the business of making sense of the pipe market during the general session Friday morning. ...
Tags: pipe, pipe market, pipe industry
In mid-January, Tokyo-based Solar Frontier - the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules -reached a basic agreement with the Development Bank of Japan Inc (DBJ) to establish a joint ...
Tags: Solar Frontier, CIS, photovoltaic, solar modules
Reuters reported that China will review on grid power tariffs annually and adjust them if thermal coal prices fluctuate by more than 5% a year. Government marking a small step towards broader market-oriented energy pricing reforms. ...
Tags: thermal coal prices, thermal coal, energy, soaring coal prices
GAIL and AP Government's LNG floating and processing unit near Kakinada on the east coast will be operational by December next year.This will significantly ease pressure on gas supply in the region and on power projects. Mr S Venkataraman ...
Tags: LNG, gas supply, power projects, GAIL
Soitec of Bernin, France has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) covering the electricity generated at the Touwsrivier concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar power plant that it is to build in South Africa. Soitec says that the ...
Tags: power, solar power, power producers, purchase agreement
First Solar Inc of Tempe,AZ,USA,which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic(PV)modules based on cadmium telluride(CdTe)as well as providing engineering,procurement and construction(EPC)services,has appointed Bruce Yung as managing director ...
Tags: Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
First Solar Inc of Tempe,AZ,USA–which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride(CdTe)as well as providing engineering,procurement and construction(EPC)services–has established the operating ...
Warren Buffett’s pursuit of bigger acquisitions makes companies from Stanley Black & Decker Inc. (SWK) to Parker Hannifin Corp. the most attractive takeover targets, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Berkshire Hathaway ...
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The German Solar Industry Association (BSW) has announced that German solar power producers have increased electricity output this year by 60 percent over 2010 to 18 billion kWh. This is more than three percent of total power output ...
Tags: solar
Germany's Environment Ministry on Friday dismissed a proposal from the Economy Ministry to reduce the growth of new photovoltaic installations to 1,000 megawatt (MW) a year, saying a 15-percent cut for 2012 was enough for now. The ...
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Germany's Environment Ministry on Friday dismissed a proposal from the Economy Ministry to reduce the growth of new photovoltaic installations to 1,000 megawatt (MW) a year, saying a 15-percent cut for 2012 was enough for now. The ...
Tags: solar