The Cheswick, Pa.-based reinforcements supplier's 50 percent share in the Shelby, N.C.-based joint venture, a glass fiber weaving operation that serves the wind energy industry, goes to Hexagon Devold (Langevåg, Norway). PPG Fiber ...
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May 14, 2013 - According to a recent survey by Navigant Research, consumer support for solar and wind energy, though still high, has fallen steadily over the last three years. Favorable impressions of solar energy fell from 77% in 2011 to ...
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Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. says its partner, the Mi'gmawei Mawiomi (the Assembly of Mi'gmaq communities of Quebec), has been allocated 150MW for a wind energy project in the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec. "We are happy to have been ...
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May 3, 2013 - The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) insists that, contrary to a Fraser Institute report entitled “Environmental and Economic Consequences of Ontario’s Green Energy Act”, wind energy has helped ...
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Samsung Renewable Energy Inc. and Pattern Energy Group LP say they broke ground on the 270MW South Kent Wind project in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ont. “Samsung is thankful to become part of this supportive community in ...
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April 25, 2013 - Ontario's Green Energy Act (GEA) will soon put the province at or near the top of North American electricity costs, concludes a new report from the Fraser Institute, with "serious consequences for the province's economic ...
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Electricity is one of the necessities people cannot live without. Due to risen energy consumption over the past decades, it has become necessary to look into new ways of generating electricity. Traditionally, electricity has been produced ...
The most technologically advanced data centre in the world Facebook is reportedly planning to build a $1.5bn data centre in Altoona, US, which will be company's fourth company owned data centre. The data centre is said to be the most ...
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Ventilation plays a key role in keeping a fresh environment by ensuring proper air flow. It's essential to keep your workplace or residence properly ventilated. For this, you can purchase a ventilator that suits your needs. There are many ...
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Tektronix says it will launch its first power analyser instruments in the coming months. Supporting this move, Tektronix has implemented a technology transfer agreement which includes power analyser intellectual property, patents and ...
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Siemens Energy has been granted certification by the Global Wind Organization (GWO) for its training facilities in Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom and the States. This certificate, says the company, empowers Siemens to educate and ...
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Off-the-shelf consumer handheld computers are showing up in some of the most precarious of workplaces. For instance, about 1,700 NextEra Energy wind turbine technicians recently began using Apple's iPod Touch handheld devices to help them ...
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MAG has developed a new system to automatically exchange a fresh cut/clamp/restart (CCR) unit whenever needed on fiber placement machines, eliminating downtime and allowing the machines to maintain full production rates virtually ...
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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 ...
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China is forging a new identity for itself beyond that of a manufacturing haven. With wage rates rising rapidly, other Southeast Asian countries are stepping up to ll the shoes of "world factory," while China actively shapes its ...
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