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Jan 25th, 2011
India’s Solar Power Producers Face Big Challenge
The relatively small scale of India’s largest solar power plant, the 5-megawatt Sivaganga project that constructor Moser Baer brought on stream in the southern state of Tamil Nadu last month, illustrates the enormity of the renewable energy challenge ahead for the world’s third largest energy consumer behind China and the United States.
India has set a...
Jan 24th, 2011
Solid Energy Plans Briquette Plant
Coalminer Solid Energy has confirmed a site to start a lignite briquetting operation to test the New Zealand industrial market.
The state-owned miner said the former Mataura mine site is the preferred location to build and operate a demonstration briquetting plant to supply the industrial market with briquettes and trial their value for export.
Solid...
Nov 9th, 2010
The Future of Nuclear Power in the United States
Nuclear power isn’t just another form of electrical generation in the United State, despite the fact that it provides nearly 20 percent of our electricity. Since the partial core meltdown at Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island power plant in 1979, nuclear has become something of a litmus test for many, but not all, environmentalists.
Proponents point to...
Nov 5th, 2010
Obama to Launch Clean Energy Initiative in India
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and India are expected to launch a joint initiative on clean energy, eyeing economic opportunities in an area that has long divided the two countries.
Obama arrives Saturday on his first presidential visit to India, where many analysts say that relations with the United States have lost momentum after warming rapidly...
May 6th, 2010
Mr Surma Sees US Steel Industry Coming Out of Recession
Mr John Surma chairman & CEO United States Steel Corporation, during the second day of the Association of Iron & Steel Technology conference, said that he sees the North American steel industry coming out of this recession in better shape than in previous downturns.
He said that one reason is the economic crisis that lead to...
Jul 16th, 2009
China Assoc Wants Government To Limit Shell Coal Tech Buys
SHANGHAI -(Dow Jones)- The China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association has asked the central government to limit the purchases of Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s (RDSA) “still immature” coal gasification technology, the CPCIA-run National Petroleum and Chemical Net said on its Web site Wednesday.
Of the 23 units in China using Shell’s coal gasification, only half are...
Jul 15th, 2009
Korea Becoming More Energy-Efficient
Korea’s economic growth is outpacing the increase in energy consumption. The Korea Energy Economics Institute on Tuesday said energy consumption increased 2.7 percent a year on average from 2005 to 2007 while GDP grew 4.8 percent, indicating that Korea is gradually reducing power use. According to a 2005 report, energy consumption rose 3.4 percent.
By...
Jan 19th, 2009
2008 China Mining to Announce the Top 10 News
2008 China Mining has recently announced the top ten news:
1. Low temperature, rain, snow and frozen Southern provinces disaster leads to electricity emergency; Coal Group visit to guide the coal production and electricity supply.
2. “Geological survey qualification regulations” and “national geological survey planning” releases.
3. Countries formally identify the first batch of 12 national resource-exhausted cities.
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Dec 16th, 2008
The First 8 Chemical Projects Of China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Will Be Put Into Production By 2011
In the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region group started China’s large coal project, including 8 chemical energy projects, and invested nearly 400 billion yuan. The first 8 projects are expected to be completed and put into production by 2011. It is a start date in the history of the largest coal base project in the construction...
Dec 16th, 2008
Coal Supply And Demand Sides Will Hold A Meeting On The 21st December
On December 21, according to China Coal Transportation and Marketing Association officials, the domestic coal supply and demand sides will hold a meeting to discuss the coal contract prices for the next year. The meeting will last for seven days.After the preliminary agreement the sides will report the results to the Government. If the preliminary...
Dec 16th, 2008
Development and Reform Commission: Coal Prices Will Continue to Be Market-Oriented but Controlled in Case of Necessity
Social business, December 9, yesterday LIU Tie-nan, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission in 2009 coal production made it clear at video meeting that the future price of coal will continue to be market-oriented. December 5, the National Development and Reform Commission issued notice on 2009 effective measures on the internal coal...