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Egat will not be invited to IPP bids Bangkok Post
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) will not be allowed to participate in bidding for electricity production licences under the independent power producer (IPP) scheme, Energy Minister Piyasvasti Amranand said yesterday.
Next little thing 2007: Electricity from wave power Fortune Small Business via Yahoo! Finance
If you wanted to choose the perfect location for capturing the ocean's energy, you couldn't do much better than the Oregon coast. Waves arrive there with immense power, having traveled across thousands of miles of open water with few barrier islands, reefs or other obstructions to slow them down.
Power generating assets to raise $15bln at share offerings Russian Information Agency Novosti
MOSCOW, December 14 (RIA Novosti) - The energy minister said Thursday the government aims to raise up to 400 billion rubles ($15 billion) through newly issued shares in wholesale generating companies.
ELECTRICITY GENERATION Egco planning new coal-fired power plant The Nation
Thai power producer Electricity Generating (Egco) says it has surveyed 10 possible sites for the construction of a new coal-fired power plant, acting in the hope of winning a government concession to build it in next year's second round of bidding by independent power firms.
O'ahu, Maui electricity rates may be going up Honolulu Advertiser
Homeowners and others on O'ahu and Maui could be paying higher electricity rates within the next 18 months as electric utilities signaled their intent to hike what they charge.
Shuttle astronauts abort solar panel repair task The Times of India
The electricity-generating solar array served as a temporary power source aboard the orbiting outpost.
Grid Limitations Increase Prices for Electricity New York Times
In areas where there are not enough lines to mit electricity, utilities sometimes have to buy from costlier power plants nearby.
Nation/World Briefs Detroit News
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA began retracting via remote control a 115-foot solar panel on the international space station Wednesday, likening the tricky task to folding a road map back up and stuffing it in the glove compartment. The electricity-generating solar array served as a temporary power source aboard the orbiting outpost. NASA needed to move it out of the way so that a new, permanent
Hi-tech teens are 'new villains' in war to cut electricity bill Evening Standard
Today's gadget obsessed children, with bedrooms that have been turned into electric palaces, are wasting huge amounts of energy. Thermal images of a teenager's room today reveal that energy consumption is running some 30per cent higher than 30 years ago.
Russian govt to liberalise electricity market in 5 yrs adds. Itar-Tass
MOSCOW, December 13 (Itar-Tass) -The Russian government has decided to increase step by step the share of electricity sold at unregulated prices from 5 percent (starting from January 1, 2007) to 100 percent starting from 2011.
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