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Indonesia to Use Korean Technology to Clean Coal

State-controlled inspection firm Sucofindo has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korea Institute of Energy Research, a South Korean nonprofit research institute, to introduce technology that could upgrade the quality of its coal. The technology will use waste or residue from palm oil to increase the calorific value of coal, turning it into medium-rank coal, which typically has a calorific value ...

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Fiberglass Pipe Systems Becoming the Technology of Choice

Mr. Imad Makhzoumi Executive Vice President and member of the board of Future Pipe Industries (FPI), a leading global provider of fiberglass pipe system, was recently invited by KPMG and Global Pipe Australia to be the guest speaker in a reception held in Melbourne, Australia. At this exclusive event Mr. Makhzoumi addressed an audience of around 50 senior executives from the Energy, Water and Financial sect ...

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Desal Plant to Hike Melbourne Water Prices

Melbourne’s low-income households will be hardest hit by water price hikes of up to $222, the state's peak welfare body says. Water bills across Melbourne will rise an average 22.4 per cent, plus inflation, from Monday, mostly to cover the cost of Victoria's desalination plant. The increase, however, is less than original proposals from water retailers, who wanted increases of between $269 and $355. The Vic ...

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‘Solar Sharing’ Spreading Among Fukushima Farmers

Farmers in Fukushima Prefecture are turning to "solar sharing," a process in which they can generate solar power on the same land where they grow crops and sell the power to utilities. The farmers are hoping to sell the power to help cover the losses they are suffering because of the nuclear crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. To help farmers recover from the effects of ...

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Metrowater Cut Supply by 27% on the Sly

Residents have had a sneaking suspicion about it for a while, but it's now official: Metrowater has been supplying only about 75% of the water it says it distributes to the city for the last month. For the first time since a failed monsoon triggered a water crisis, Metrowater officials-who have been maintaining that the usual 831 million litres of water a day was being supplied to the city-admitted that the ...

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Adelaide Could Supply Desal Water to Eyre Peninsula

Eyre Peninsula could get its desalinated water from Adelaide, according to members of the Port Lincoln Liberal Party branch. Vice president Brad Flaherty has contacted the state and federal governments suggesting a marine pipeline be constructed to bring fresh water from the mothballed Adelaide desalination plant across Gulf St Vincent to Yorke Peninsula, and then across Spencer Gulf to Eyre Peninsula. Memb ...

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PUB Signs MOU with US Environmental Protection Agency For Water Research

PUB and the United States' Environmental Protection Agency will work together on safe drinking water research, watershed management, R&D for innovative water and wastewater treatment, water reuse, and other areas of mutual interest. Singapore's national water agency PUB and the United States' Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will work together on safe drinking water research, watershed management, ...

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EGCO Acquires 113 MW Wind Farm in Australia

Electricity Generating Public Company Limited, or EGCO Group, Thailand’s first Independent Power Producer has an established track record of successfully expanding its power generation portfolio in markets outside of Thailand. The Company announced its successful investment in the 113MW “” in the State of New South Wales, Australia, via the acquisition of a 100 percent equity interest in Asia Pacific Renewa ...

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Bihar in India Opens Tender for 100 MW Solar PV Projects

The state power company in the Indian state of Bihar has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the development of 100 MW of grid-tied solar photovoltaic (PV) projects. Bihar State Power Holding Company Ltd. (Patna, India) will offer 25-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) to winning bidders. Developers may submit proposals through July 1st, 2013 at 1 PM. Developers must post an INR 2 lakh (USD 3,300) pl ...

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Sinovel Plans $500m IPO

Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Sinovelsaid it plans to raise more than $500m through an initial public offering (IPO) and list on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, according to reports. The company, which recently completed its Shanghai Donghai Bridge 102MW offshore wind power demonstration project, hopes to raise $513m when it goes public. Sinovel manufactured and erected more than 1400MW of 1.5MW wind turbi ...

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