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US, China Host Most Number Of Inefficient Coal-Operating Power Plants
2015-03-15 05:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: A report released by Oxford University has revealed that companies from the United States and China dominate a list of top 100 corporate portfolios of coal-fired power plants ranked as inefficient and with "subcritical" technology. It was found that seven out of 10 largest subcritical coal-fired power station portfolios belonged to the Chinese, while the U.S. owned six of the largest 20. The efficiency of each portfolio in terms of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of electricity produced was...
U.S., Chinese Companies Dominate List of Most-Polluting Coal Plants
2015-03-13 14:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The 100 global power companies most at risk from growing pressure to shut highly polluting coal plants have been revealed in a new report from Oxford University. Chinese companies dominate the top of the ranking but US companies, including Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway, occupy 10 of the top 25 places. The analysis, produced to help investors assess the risk of major financial losses, also found French energy giant GDF Suez was third in the list of most polluting coal station fleets in...
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Owens-Illinois Says Arbitrators Award $455 Million in Seizure of Venezuela Plants
2015-03-13 06:24:51| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Owens-Illinois Inc. said it was awarded $455 million by an international arbitration panel related to Venezuela's seizure of two of the glass-bottle maker's plants in late 2010.
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Utility to sell power plants, save customers $300M
2015-03-13 05:54:55| Energy - Topix.net
New Hampshire's largest utility on Thursday announced it will sell off its fleet of power plants after months of negotiations with state officials, saying it will save customers at least $300 million. Eversource Energy will sell its nine Public Service Company of New Hampshire hydro facilities and three fossil fuel plants, including the Merrimack Station in Bow, Newington Station and Schiller Station in Portsmouth.
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Sound waves can help in spotting cracks in nuclear power plants, says study
2015-03-13 01:00:00| Power Technology
Research at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland has led to an innovative system that uses sound waves to detect potentially dangerous cracks in pipes, aircraft engines, and nuclear power plants.
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