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Who are Americans? (Free subscription) | yesterday
Manoj Sinha and Charles Ransler, students at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, recently developed a business that uses rice husks that are a waste product of rice milling to provide electricity for rural villagers in India. Husk Power Systems (HPS) has set up its service in two villages in Bihar, India and will expand [...]
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Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
United Utilities told investors today it was trading in line with expectations and proposed an increase in its final dividend of nearly 4 per cent.
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
MUMBAI: Maharashtra faced an unprecedented shortage of 6000 MW on Wednesday forcing the state electricity distribution agency, Mahavitaran, to launch a series of emergency measures, including increased load shedding and controls on power usage ...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
TORONTO & NEW YORK - The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Teachers’) and Morgan Stanley Infrastructure (MSI) have completed the transaction to jointly acquire SAESA Group (SAESA), a Chilean electricity distribution, transmiss
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computing (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Janie Davies, Computing , Thursday 24 July 2008 at 11:47:00 Workforce management system will improve customer services at utilities group United Utilities is spending £30.3m on a new workforce management system that will speed up customer service and boost its efficiency....
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SeekingAlpha ETFs (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
David Enke submits: Structured Products is reporting on the new Dow Jones Brookfield Infrastructure Indexes , covering companies in the airport, pipeline, ports, toll road, communication, electricity transmission and distribution, oil and gas storage and transportation, and water sectors. The index comprises the Global Infrastructure and Composite index, regional sub-indexes for the Americas, Europe,...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission today voted to rescind a plan to build a new fossil-fuel burning power plant in the city's southeast sector. Previously believed to be the only way to replace the old and heavily polluting Mirant Potrero Power...
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Environmental Leader (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Tesco will meet the electricity and heating needs of its Goole Distribution Center with a straw-powered Combined Heat and Power plant, which will generate 5 megawatts of electricity, or enough to run eight Tesco stores. Construction of the plant will begin shortly and be in operation next year. At the plant, straw will be burnt to power [...]
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Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Suez-Tractebel and Russia's Inter RAO were among 23 companies to pre-qualify to buy two Turkish power grids the government is selling to lift investment in its energy business and help meet
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Department of Defense (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
The people of Kut, Iraq, now have more reliable electricity, thanks to the upgrade of a substation switch gear, which increases the availability of power for transmission and distribution.
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The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Raiganj, July 20: The Bengal power distribution company has decided to supply less electricity to this north Bengal town as its municipality has failed to pay up a large amount as pending bills.
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board has announced a two-hour load shedding schedule to be adhered to in distribution across the city on a rotation basis from July 21. 6 a.m. to 8 a.m.: Patel Road, Power House back side, part ...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
According to the Superintending Engineer / Coimbatore Electricity Distribution Circle / North of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, there will be a two-hour load shedding in the following areas at the mentioned timings. 6 a.m. ...
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Seattle Pos (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
A majority of the North Seattle customers who lost power Saturday have regained electricity and full restoration is expected by early Sunday afternoon, Seattle City Light reported.
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Seattle Pos (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
About 5,200 power customers in Shoreline and North Seattle -- including businesses at Northgate Mall -- lost electricity Saturday afternoon because of different outages, Seattle City Light reported.
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bharatbook | 03/14/2008
The key challenge facing Electricity Supply Board (ESB) is the commencement of the Single Electricity Market (SEM) from November 2007. As a result, ESB stands to lose market share with respect to majority of its operations. Scope of this report Contains corporate strategy, value chain presence and SWOT Analysis Provides detailed business description, segment analysis, 5-year financial trends, key
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vedha | 01/05/2008
Risk and Flexibility in Electricity : Introduction to the Fundamentals and Techniques Examining the flexibility and resultant opportunities brought about by deregulation in the electricity industry, this multi-contributor book will help you in all aspects of decision making within the sector from fuel sources to generation, transmission, distribution, and supply Summary Illustrates the many options...
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nitesh | 12/22/2007
The traditional model of electricity generation in the United States, which may be referred to as "central" generation, consists of building and operating large power plants, transmitting the power over distances and then having it delivered through local utility distribution systems. The practice of installing and operating electric generating equipment at or near the site of where the power is used...
