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Stion and Silicon Ranch Complete Mississippi's Largest Commercial Solar Facility

Jul 16, 2016

Nanostructure-based CIGS (copper indium gallium sulphur-diselenide) thin-film solar module maker Stion Corp of San Jose, CA, USA and Silicon Ranch are celebrating the completion of Mississippi's largest commercial solar facility to date, ...

Tags: Stion CIGSSe, Solar Facility

China's Economy Transitioning Not Derailing

Jan 22, 2016

China's economy is going through a series of historic transitions, and recent short-term market volatility will prove temporary, experts attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2016 said on Thursday. The Chinese government ...

Tags: Economy Transitioning, Economy

Former Chinese Media Executive Jailed for Extortion

Dec 25, 2015

Shen Hao, former president of 21st Century Media Co. Ltd., was sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday for blackmailing companies by threatening negative coverage. Shen was convicted of extortion and forced transactions, among other ...

Tags: Extortion, Jailed

China to Replace Subsidy with Reward to Underpin PPP Projects

Dec 22, 2015

In a bid to support public-private partnership projects, China will provide rewards instead of subsidies in a pilot scheme starting from next year. The Ministry of Finance said private partners in the PPP demonstration projects will be ...

Tags: PPP Projects, China

China Unveils New Regulations on Maps

Dec 17, 2015

A map which illustrates the "One Belt, One Road" initiative of China. [File Photo: Weixin] China released new regulations on maps on Monday to boost development of geographic information industry. Included in the new regulations, which ...

Tags: geographic information industry, Maps, "One Belt, One Road"

New York Locational Marginal Power Prices in November Lowest Since 1999

Dec 15, 2015

Locational marginal prices for November in New York were the lowest since the New York Independent System Operator began managing the transmission grid in 1999, Rana Mukerji, senior vice president of market structures, said Wednesday during ...

Tags: natural gas, Power Prices

Coal Generation Falls More Than Most US Utilities Had Forecast: Retac Survey

Dec 2, 2015

Utilities are burning less coal than they previously expected, a survey the US Surface Transportation Board conducted shows. During a Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee hearing Tuesday in Washington, committee member John Carr, ...

Tags: natural gas, Coal Generation

New York Counties Buy Streetlights from Utility and Plan LED Conversion to Save Energy Cost

Nov 25, 2015

In order to continue contributing to its goal of reducing energy cost, the New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) announced the approvals of selling utility-owned streetlights to separate municipalities, reported My Twin ...

Tags: Streetlights, LED lights, efficient lightings

NV Energy Set to Join Western Eim on December 1

Nov 25, 2015

In a major development for Western energy markets, NV Energy, Nevada's largest utility, will begin participating in the region's energy imbalance market on December 1. The move, announced late Friday, follows the Federal Energy Regulatory ...

Tags: energy markets, NV Energy

Canada's Alberta Unveils New Carbon Policy for Oil Sands Sector

Nov 24, 2015

Canada's Alberta province Sunday announced a new "climate leadership" plan that includes a cap on greenhouse gas emissions by oil sands producers as it moves to overhaul its image and kick start export opportunities. The cap on emissions ...

Tags: greenhouse gas, oil sands, oil

Entergy to Shut 849 MW Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant as Soon as 2017

Nov 4, 2015

The 849 MW FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in Scriba, New York, will be shut permanently by late 2016 or early 2017, due to "the continued deteriorating economics of the facility," Entergy said Monday in a statement. The unit is licensed to ...

Tags: Nuclear Power, natural gas prices, power plants

Obama Administration to Continue Keystone Xl Review, Despite Suspension Request

Nov 4, 2015

The Obama administration on Tuesday said it will continue to process TransCanada's application for a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline, even as it considers the company's request to suspend the review. "We would like to finish this ...

Tags: Obama, Keystone XL pipeline, crude

China Faces a Reading Crisis

Oct 29, 2015

China is facing a reading crisis, with more than 50 percent of people surveyed believing their reading is far from enough, and only 20 percent satisfied with themselves. According to Xu Shengguo, head of the Chinese Academy of Press and ...

Tags: Reading Crisis, children, reading quantity

Braille-Publication Exchange Has Specific Goals

Oct 29, 2015

Government officials, publishers and library professionals in the US and China gathered on Monday in Seattle to launch a joint exhibit on Chinese braille publications. They also shared ideas on how the government and community could ...

Tags: braille publications, Exchange, the blind

China Moves to Improve Public Cultural Services

Oct 28, 2015

The Chinese government will ensure that every village and urban community has its own cultural center within five years. Culture centers that meet state standards for resources, facilities, services and functions should be in place by ...

Tags: cultural center, Public Cultural Services, village, urban

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