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“Electricity price to go up 60% by 2013″
November 22nd, 2010 |
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The price of electricity in Serbia should increase by 60 percent by 2013, since that is a precondition for the opening up of the market. This is according to Dragomir Marković, the director general of Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS), Serbia’s state owned power company.
Health center in Serb enclave appeals for electricity
November 19th, 2010 |
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The Health Center in the Serb enclave of GraÄanica in Kosovo has appealed on the authorities to stop cutting off power to the medical facility. The center said that this was happening despite the fact that all electricity bills had been paid.
Electricity cut off to Serb radio station
November 17th, 2010 |
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A Priština-based electrical company in Kosovo on Wednesday cut off power to the Culture House in Čaglavica, to restore it later in the afternoon.
The building houses offices and studios of Radio KiM, an infirmary, a library, and a private store.
Renewable electricity: Not just wind
October 14th, 2010 |
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Enel Green Power comes to market with an unusually broad technological base
EUROPE’S green power generators have filled the continent’s windy places with turbines. They have not, however, inspired its stockmarkets. Shares in Spain’s Iberdrola Renovables, the largest wind-farm operator in the world, have halved in price since the firm was floated in late 2007, and much the same is true for Portugal’s EDP Renovaveis, after an initial public offering (IPO) in 2008.
Enel Green Power hopes it can buck the trend. The firm is a spin-off from Enel, Italy’s partially privatised electricity utility. In what will probably be the biggest IPO of the year on the European markets (the new company will be listed in Milan and Madrid), Enel will offer for sale around 30% of its renewables business on October 18th. The aim is to raise at least €3 billion ($4.2 billion) to reduce Enel’s debt. The attraction to investors, the company says, is that unlike its competitors Enel Green Power is about more than just wind. …
How to Reduce Data Center Waste
September 30th, 2010 |
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It is the silent killer of IT budgets in every industry, for companies of virtually every size: runaway electricity consumption in the data center. Regardless of the ongoing debate about carbon footprints and climate change, Knowledge Center contributor Andy Dominey explains here the most compelling reason for IT executives to pay closer attention to this issue: the opportunity to achieve dramatic and immediate savings by reducing data center waste. – The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated that the computer
servers in this country recently consumed 61 billion kilowatt-hours
(kWh) in a single year. That is about1.5 percent of all electricity consumed in the country
a $4.5B expense. The problem is not about to go away, either. Con…
Sept. 22, 1791: Faraday Enters a World He Will Change
September 22nd, 2010 |
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1791: Michael Faraday is born. In his 76 years on the planet, the chemist-physicist will make fundamental contributions to our understanding of electricity and magnetism, advise governments and establish lasting institutions of scientific education.
Faraday came from a working-class family and had to go to work after rudimentary schooling in reading, writing and arithmetic. But genius [...]
RBS, Sempra Energy near deal to sell North American electricity business to Noble Group, says …
September 20th, 2010 |
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Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (RBS) and Sempra Energy (SRE) are nearing a deal to sell their joint venture’s North American electricity retail business to Hong Kong-based commodities trading company Noble Group (N21.SG), people familiar with the situation said Friday.
The sale price is in the low hundreds of millions of dollars, the people told Dow Jones Newswires.
On Thursday, US-based Sempra Energy’s chief financial officer said a deal should be announced shortly, without providing any details.
Electricity prices to remain unchanged in 2010
September 10th, 2010 |
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Electricity prices in Serbia will not be changed until this year, the government has announced. The government points out that the electricity price hike will not be discussed until the end of the year, adding that the state cannot influence the price of electricity because it is not something that is being imported, unlike gas.
PM: Govt. won’t approve hike in electricity prices
July 11th, 2010 |
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Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković said that the government will not approve price hikes for electricity so that the inflation rate is not altered considerably. “If we have to allow a new increase in electricity prices, it will be minimal and far less than the 35-40 percent that is being asked for,†he said.
July 9–10, 1856: Visionary Tesla Born at Midnight
July 9th, 2010 |
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1856: Scientific genius and visionary inventor Nikola Tesla is born at the stroke of midnight in the unassuming village of Smiljan, in what’s now Croatia. He wastes little time in revolutionizing the world through foundational developments in electromagnetism, electrical current, wireless power and communications, weaponry, robotics, computer science, mass media and much more.
“Tesla is like [...]
Minister says electricity prices will not increase
July 3rd, 2010 |
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Energy Minister Petar Škundrić said that electricity prices will not increase at this time. He said that it is very important for the price of electricity in the country to be similar to the price in Europe, especially because of development projects and capital reconstruction that is being planned.
Trade minister opposes electricity price increase
June 12th, 2010 |
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Trade Minister Slobodan Milosavljević said that an increase in electricity prices at this moment would be immoral toward the citizens. He said that at a time when pensions and wages are frozen, it would be wrong to increase electricity prices.
June 3, 1889: Power Flows Long-Distance
June 3rd, 2010 |
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1889: The first long-distance transmission of electricity takes place, linking a powerhouse at Willamette Falls to a string of lights in Portland, Oregon, 14 miles to the west.
The power lines stretching from the hydroelectric generator to 55 street lights at 4th and Main heralded the arrival of a major innovation in energy technology. The [...]
Cheese-powered fuel cells: The whey to greener electricity
May 20th, 2010 |
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Using dairy waste as an alternative source of power
IT MAY seem ridiculous, but in the hunt for sources of alternative energy researchers have come up with fuel cells which are powered by cheese—or at least whey, a by-product in cheese making. Whey is rich in lactose, a sugar which Georgia Antonopoulou, a biochemical engineer at the University of Patras, Greece, says can be consumed by cultures of bacteria contained within a fuel cell to generate an electric current. Microbial fuel cells, as such devices are known, are not a new idea but they are attracting more attention.
The organic content of whey can pose an environmental hazard and many governments now impose strict regulations requiring factories to pay for its treatment before disposal. Whey constitutes about 70% of the volume of the milk used to make cheese. So, just one small feta facility will need to dispose of as much as 4,000 tonnes of whey in a single year, says Dr Antonopoulou. Microbial fuel cells could help, and not just in the cheese-making industry. Breweries, pig farms, food-processing plants and even sewage works could gain from the technology. …
Kosovo: Electricity cut off to Serbs in village
May 20th, 2010 |
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The Kosovo electric company, KEK, cut off electricity to Serbs in a Kosovo village, despite the fact they had paid their bills. Reports said that this happened because the majority population in the village of Gornji LivoÄ, who are ethnic Albanians, did not pay their bills.
Singapore wholesale power demand at record intraday high May 7
May 12th, 2010 |
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Singapore’s power demand reached a record on May 7 because of higher temperatures, Dave Carlson, chief executive officer of Electricity Market Co., said today. Electricity demand reached 6,261 megawatts, said the company, the island’s wholesale electricity operator.
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Electricity and development in China: Lights and action
April 29th, 2010 |
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China is parlaying its hunger for power into yet more economic clout
AFTER a brief blip caused by the global economic slowdown, the electricity business in China is back to normal: in other words, it is buzzing. On April 26th Huaneng Power, the country’s biggest utility, began work on a nuclear reactor on the island of Hainan. The week before, the firm had announced that its power output had risen by 40% during the first quarter. The day before that, Datang International Power, the second-largest utility, had said its output was up by 33%. Surges of this magnitude, unimaginable in most countries, are commonplace in China.
China’s endless power-plant construction boom has accounted for 80% of the world’s new generating capacity in recent years and will continue to do so for many years to come, says Edwin Chen of Credit Suisse, an investment bank. Capacity added this year alone will exceed the installed total of Brazil, Italy and Britain, and come close to that of Germany and France. By 2012 China should produce more power annually than America, the current leader. …
Bihar to buy 200 MW electricity
April 8th, 2010 |
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Power-starved Bihar will buy 200 MW of electricity from the open market to meet demands in the summer season, an official Thursday said.
The Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) has invited a request for proposals (RFP) from companies across the country for this.
“It was a short-term tender to purchase 200 MW of electricity this year itself,” [...]
March 18, 1987: Woodstock for Physicists
March 18th, 2010 |
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1987: Thousands of physicists crowd a ballroom at the New York Hilton for a hastily arranged marathon session on high-temperature superconductivity. The event generates so much excitement that it is later referred to as the “Woodstock of Physics.”
Discovered in 1911, superconductivity is a phenomenon in which certain materials, at very low temperatures, become essentially transparent [...]