Solar PV capacity passes 100GW as demand slows to 30GW. But its future is positive, say two new market reports. The world’s cumulative solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity capacity surpassed 100 GW in 2012, achieving just over 101 ...
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If LED lighting is fully adopted in Taiwan, the country can reduce its electricity consumption by 12.78%, an equivalent to the combined capacity of two of its existing nuclear power plants, according to industry observers. The observers ...
International online news: the uranium enrichment centrifuges developed by the China National Nuclear Corporation, in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, recently successfully achieve industrial application. It indicates ...
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Mozilla will automatically block third-party cookies starting with Firefox 22, which is slated to ship this summer, according to the Stanford University researcher who coded the change. The move, which will make it more difficult for ...
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Modern science is an intensely social activity. The response at colleges and universities is to renovate or build new science labs and medical facilities with open floor plans, shared space and shared equipment. Even with all this openness, ...
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Taiwan is building its fourth nuclear power plant. The main island of Taiwan is only 36,193 square kilometers and already houses three nuclear power plants - two of them in New Taipei City in northern Taiwan and one located in Pintung ...
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Substrate is a solid (usually planar) substance onto which a layer of another substance is applied, and to which that second substance adheres. In solid-state electronics, this term refers to a thin slice of material such as silicon, ...
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Samsung may announce the launch of the Galaxy S4 flagship Smartphone in the New York conference held on March 14. HTC may release the flagship Smartphone this week, but many Android fans have been looking forward to the Galaxy S4 released ...
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In 2012, Baosteel Co.,Ltd. taps potentials and furthers heavy plate manufacturing capability advancement work. The proportion of highly difficult varieties increase by 7.62% compared with same period last year. Highly difficult product ...
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Consumers have been warned that they face the prospect of further rising energy prices in the near future, as the UK becomes more reliant on importing its energy reserves. Ofgem chief executive Alistair Buchanan stated that the fall in ...
On February 18, 2013, Studsvik, a supplier of advanced technical services to the international nuclear power industry in waste treatment, decommissioning, engineering and services, and operating efficiency, announced the decision to ...
Southeast Asia's LNG demand would represent a third of Asian LNG demand growth by 2025, while India's would represent one-seventh, Nicholas Browne, Senior Gas Market Analyst at Wood Mackenzie said Wednesday. Total Southeast Asian LNG ...
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On 26 February at the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (1–5pm at the Barcelona Mandarin Oriental), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which makes gallium nitride (GaN) RF components, and fabless semiconductor firm Eta Devices ...
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Westinghouse Electric Co and ClydeUnion Pumps have signed a teaming agreement to jointly market the ClydeUnion Pumps Turbine Water Lubricated (CUP-TWL) pump to nuclear power plants worldwide. Pressurized water reactors (PWR) use the ...
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has spoken out about his dissatisfaction with the pace of innovation at the company he founded in the 1970s. Gates handed over the role of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000 and has been blamed for a number ...