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Cuts looming as Invensys is sold on to Schneider Electric
Belfast Telegraph
2013-08-01
France's Schneider Electric has agreed a £3.4bn deal for Invensys in a move that could lead to jobs cuts for UK workers. The takeover, which was first mooted earlier this month, still needs to be...
 
Mr. W.V.K. Krishna Shankar appointed Director (IS&P;), BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd)
noodls
2013-08-01
(Source: Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd) New Delhi, August 1: On his appointment as Director on the Board of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Mr. W.V.K. Krishna Shankar, 57, has assumed charge...
 
URS / Weitz Joint Company Awarded Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation Erection Works Contract for Iowa Fertilizer Company (OCI NV)
noodls
2013-08-01
(Source: OCI NV) Orascom E&C; USA Inc. (OEC USA), OCI N.V's wholly owned engineering and construction subsidiary based in the United States, announced today that it has awarded RW Constructors LLC a...
 
Free electricity on Saturdays if you switch off in the week, say British Gas
London Evening Standard
2013-08-01
The energy firm has announced plans to trial the initiative and could make it available to customers by mid-2014. Centrica already offers a Free Energy Saturdays tariff to customers in the US. A...
 
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BMW officially debuts all-new i3 electric car
The Los Angeles Times
2013-07-29
BMW charged boldly into the realm of electric vehicles Monday morning with the official unveiling of its fully electric i3 compact car. The all-new hatchback is the first built under BMW’s i...
 
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Inflated power bills hits monthly budget
The Times of India
2013-07-25
KANPUR: Denizens of the Industrial city are a harried lot these days as their electricity bill for the month of June has increased manifold. The hike in the bill is due to increased power tariff...
 
First turbine on Suurhoffbrug wind farm is turning
First turbine on Suurhoffbrug wind farm is turning (Havenbedrijf Rotterdam NV)
noodls
2013-07-19
(Source: Havenbedrijf Rotterdam NV) This week the first wind turbine on the Suurhoffbrug wind farm generated electricity for the first time. The other three turbines will be up and running soon....
 
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh chairing the meeting of the High Level Committee on Manufacturing, in New Delhi on July 09, 2013.
Govt to explore electric, hybrid vehicles for public transport
The Times of India
2013-07-10
NEW DELHI: Delhi will host trials for hybrid three-wheelers, mini-buses and buses from August as the government explores the use of alternate fuel-based transport under a policy regime expected to...
 
Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi rebels, takes their position in front the refinery oil complex, in Ras Lanouf town, eastern Libya, on Thursday March 10, 2011.
Libya Oil Output Slumps as Power Cuts Mix With Protests: Energy
Bloomberg
2013-07-09
Since the overthrow of Muammar Qaddafi in 2011, Libya’s oil industry has become the target of violent attacks and civil protests. The latest challenge is a lack of electricity. Production dropped 16...
 
President Barack Obama, flanked by by National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen, left, and White House climate and energy adviser Carol Browner, makes a statement after being briefed on the BP oil spill relief efforts in the Gulf Coast region, Friday, June 4, 2010, at Louis Armstrong International New Orleans Airport in Kenner. LA
Obama climate change push draws industry criticism
San Francisco Chronicle
2013-07-04
BOW, N.H. (AP) — President Barack Obama's push to fight global warming has triggered condemnation from the coal industry across the industrial Midwest, where state and local economies depend on the...
 
President Barack Obama arrives on the flightline on Sather Air Base, Iraq, April 7, 2009, for an unannounced visit. Obama proceeded to address a crowd of nearly 1,500 troops, government civilians and contractors at Al Faw Palace on Camp Victory. The reflection on the plane shows general Raymond T. Odierno.
In Africa, Obama's ventures competed with history
The Guardian
2013-07-03
JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent= DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Everywhere he went in Africa, President Barack Obama was competing with history. There was the heroic leadership of former...
 
President Barack Obama announces his administration's immigration plans, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. There's not much President Barack Obama can do to boost the economy in the next five months, and that alone might cost him the November election. But on a range of social issues, Obama is bypassing Congress and aggressively using his executive powers to make it easier for gays to marry, women to obtain birth control, and, now, young illegal immigrants to avoid deportation
Obama for carbon-powered electricity. . . in Africa
Detroit news
2013-07-02
By Henry Payne comments Henry Payne Detroit News editorial cartoonist, columnist Tweet Email Share A A A AP photo It’s a pity that the United States doesn’t get to hear more speeches like...
 

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