Home > International Power Engineer > Interview/Opinion
Surging demand for valves and actuators
Rising demand from diverse process industries supports steady growth in global valves and actuators market
Wind farms: the next dotcom bubble?
Carefully crafted entry strategies are key to growing profitable and competitive wind portfolios, says market analyst Datamonitor
Insight into investment in green technology
The Global Green Revolution 2008: Driving Growth Through Sustainable Technology and Innovation
Silicon shortage prompts strategy changes
Suppliers of photovoltaic cells realign their business structures and strategies and to seek alternative raw materials
Upswing in green investment market
Investments made in green product and technology development in alternate energy systems, environmental building technologies
Silicon shortage prompts photovoltaic industry changes
Photovoltaic suppliers to realign their business structures and strategies and to seek alternative raw materials

Wind power has in recent years established itself as a forward-looking means of energy production.
 
The selection of the best suitable layout of the stockpile and equipment for coal storage and coal terminals is determined by a number of important criteria.
 
There is a well know saying which states: “Buy cheap, pay dear”. An equally common expression is: “If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys”. The French say: “On a rien sans rien.” (You cannot get something for nothing) while the Spanish equivalent is “quien algo quiere, algo le cuesta”.
 
By 2050, the earth will carry some 9.3billion people – around 50percent more than today – many of whom will be living in megacities. By 2015, India’s Mumbai, for example, will be home to 22.6million people – a larger population than present-day Romania, while Karachi, in southern Pakistan, will have 16.2million inhabitants – more people than now live in the Netherlands.