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SolarWorld has injected $1.5 Bn into US economy since 2008, demonstrating impact of US manufacturing
In a vivid illustration of domestic manufacturing’s potent impact on the U.S. economy, SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for more than 35 years, announced today that it purchased more than $1.46 billion in goods and services from other American manufacturers and employers between 2008 and 2013. This industrial wellspring of business for suppliers, shippers and professional service providers highlights solar manufacturing’s demonstrated “multiplier effect&...
Solar
- Mar 7, 2014
DLR tests components for solar power plants in Morocco and South Africa
The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is testing the performance and durability of reflectors and receivers for solar power plants in Ouarzazate, Morocco and in Bokpoort, South Africa. The tests that the DLR researchers developed together with the Spanish energy research centre CIEMAT (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas) are among the tender specifications issued by general contractor SENER for selec...
Solar
- Mar 6, 2014
Choose Energy, the leading energy marketplace, announced today that residents in the deregulated state of Michigan can now take control of their energy bill and realize immediate significant savings by comparing and switching their natural gas supplier online or on the phone. This follows Choose Energy's January expansion into Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Choose Energy is a nationwide energy marketplace that gives eligible residents the choice to switch...
Energy Efficiency
- General News - Mar 6, 2014
Rimrock Midstream Acquires Eastern Kansas Gathering System
Rimrock Midstream, LLC announced today that it has closed on the acquisition of an eastern Kansas crude oil pipeline system from Rose Rock Midstream Crude, L.P.
The system includes approximately 45 miles of common carrier pipeline and supporting truck stations that gather crude oil produced in the Flint Hills region of Butler and Greenwood Counties.
"The Flint Hills system is a strategic fit with our existing asset footprint delivering product to our El Dorado, Kansas storage and...
Oil and Gas
- Pipelines, Storage - Mar 6, 2014
NERA Releases Updated Study on Economic Impacts of LNG Exports
NERA Economic Consulting has released an update to the study of the macroeconomic impacts of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports that was issued by the US Department of Energy (DOE) in December 2012. The new study, “Updated Macroeconomic Impacts of LNG Exports from the United States,” updates all 63 LNG export scenarios modeled in the DOE study and adds several new scenarios. The new study, which was sponsored by Cheniere Energy, Inc., includes additional analysis of the cumulativ...
Natural Gas & LNG
- Mar 6, 2014
AES Introduces AdvancionTM, A Complete Battery-Based Grid Resource
AES Energy Storage today introduced AES Advancion, a complete battery-based grid resource – delivering the services expected from peaking power plants, with added benefits. Advancion is the fourth generation of AES-designed grid energy storage solutions and is now offered to utility companies and renewable developers in select markets. The offering incorporates six years of commercial experience developing, owning and operating storage assets, bringing utility buyers a smart, cost-compe...
Storage
- Power Generation - Mar 6, 2014
SunOyster Systems delivers solar power plants with an efficiency of 75 per cent to China
SunOyster Systems GmbH (SOS), manufacturer and developer of the concentrating solar technology SunOyster, signed yesterday a supply agreement with the Yonghao Gangue Power Plant Ltd. for the delivery of 63 concentrator systems in the Chinese province of Shanxi. The bi-axially tracking systems, the “SunOyster 16”, concentrate sunlight through semi-parabolic mirrors onto a linear-shaped receiver and achieve an energy-based total efficiency of up to 75 per cent.
First batch cover...
Solar
- Mar 6, 2014
High Steam Generator Demand Will Power Europe into Market-Leading Position by 2025
The global steam generator (SG) market for nuclear power plants (NPPs) will increase in value gradually over the coming years, climbing from $5.51 billion between 2006 and 2013 to $18.2 billion during 2014 to 2025, according to the new report.
The company’s latest report states that the revenue increase in the SG market for NPPs will be driven mainly by rising power demand, soaring fossil fuel prices and the need to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
Europe will experience the h...
Nuclear
- Mar 6, 2014
