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Silicon shortage prompts photovoltaic industry changes
Photovoltaic suppliers to realign their business structures and strategies and to seek alternative raw materials
Designing new build nuclear power stations
The UK government’s announcement in January, to give the go ahead for a series of new build nuclear power plants, is set to provide the industry with one of the most challenging design projects of the decade
Solar effect boosts European inverters market
Inverters for solar energy hold 99.4 per cent of renewable energy markets; revenues to increase at 24.9 per cent from 2004 to 2011
Energy skills shortage: a boardroom issue
Sector has registered steady decline in recruits, especially those with science, engineering and technicalskills, says Energy Institute
Solar energy and polysilicon: end of shortages
Four top polysilicon producers are expected to add more than 17, 000 tonnes of capacity in 2008, says Frost & Sullivan
Biofuel markets booming worldwide
Investments in China estimated to be over US$100bn per year for new plants; country will become a leading market for biofuel
 

The UK government's announcement to give the go ahead for a series of new build nuclear power plants, is set to provide the industry with one of the most challenging design projects

A US patent has been granted on a novel invention that simplifies the way that gas turbine blades and vanes are secured into their supporting structures

A number of new initiatives are driving post-combustion carbon capture, including a joint Australian/Chinese pilot project

 
 
Siemens receives an order from Ghana to supply three 8-MW SGT-300 and two 13-MW SGT-400 gas turbines
Siemens has firm orders for 15 steam turbine generators for similar solar applications, with 18 orders being processed and slotted
SGT-800 designed for low emissions while delivering high efficiency in both combined cycle and in simple cycle applications
 
Beamex equips Scotland's largest power station with a high quality, customised calibration facility for maintenance workshop
All details shown on the simulator screen are identical to those shown on the screens in the power plant control room
As a by-product, the station produces 120 tonnes per day of ash, which is blended and sold as high-quality fertiliser
 
 
Reduced maintenance and long-term operating costs; improved performance for greater production efficiency
MTS Sensors' Temposonics GT position sensor incorporates two or three independent, functionally identical measurement systems
Eurotherm's 6000XIO Distributed Graphic Recorders allow users to view and archive data remotely from different operator displays
 
New Zealand power firm Transpower sets out security of supply issues and potential or planned projects for implementation
Siemens and partner to construct 780km HVDC transmission line between the provinces of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan
Smaller, lighter and more reliable - that's the new automatic overhead interrupter switch from S&C Electric Co