The News Review:
- Hydroelectric plant proposed in North Smithfield
- Clean Coal Gets a Boost in Britain
- JIANGXI ELECTRIC WINS US$175 MLN SUMATRA PWER PLANT.
- Suntech Announces $1.5 Billion Polysilicon Purchase Contract with…
- Increase in demand for pedal bins
- Metal mix: Hindujas plan to sell 10% in Ennore Foundries
- Experts Fear Much of US Could Face Water Shortage
Hydroelectric plant proposed in North Smithfield
Providence Journal (subscription) – Oct 26, 2007
That was the message representatives of the group that wants to build a small hydroelectric generator next to one of the Slatersville dams brought to a public forum on the project yesterday. A steady line of questioning that emerged at one point was over whether the planned facility would have the capacity to be powered by natural gas or fuel oil. Engineer Michael P. DeFrancesco and environmental consultant Scott Rabideau repeatedly stated that the only source of power for the plant’s turbines would be water. That seemed to mollify some of the two dozen people at the meeting in the Kendall Dean School. The session was called as part of the early stages of the project’s review by the federal government for a license to run the plant. Though the plant being proposed by Slatersville Hydro LLC is in such early stages that no specific drawing has been produced DeFrancesco said the final result if built would be a 20- or 30-foot-square one-story building.
Clean Coal Gets a Boost in Britain
BusinessWeek – Oct 26, 2007
Equipped with cutting-edge antipollution technology it would have been the first commercial-scale coal plant to trap more than 95% of the carbon dioxide it produced—a vital advance in the race against global warming. n paper the plant looked like a winner.
JIANGXI ELECTRIC WINS US$175 MLN SUMATRA PWER PLANT.
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Suntech Announces $1.5 Billion Polysilicon Purchase Contract with…
renewableenergyaccess.com – Oct 26, 2007
Asia Silicon is in the process of building a state-of-the-art polysilicon plant in Qinghai China with polysilicon production capacity targets of 2000 metric tons by July of 2008 and over 6000 metric tons by the end of 2010. The polysilicon plant will utilize the low-risk well-proven trichlorosilane-based advanced Siemens production process and the company says it has already achieved impressive milestones in its development. have been in the pipeline for almost a year. post a new commentReader Comments (1) Author:jonathan heatleyDate Posted:2007-10-30 00:00:00. 0this is obviously where the real action is at. The makers of sufficiently pure silicon are preselling their future predicted produce 7 years in advance.
Increase in demand for pedal bins
Engineering News (press release) – Oct 26, 2007
'With the infection control crisis that has affected our hospitals there has been an increasing demand for these bins. ver the past two years we have secured orders for about 1 500 units to KwaZulu-Natal hospitals' says Modtech Stainless Steel director Ashley sborn. He notes that the bins were designed in partnership with a local sheet metal manufacturer and adds that 'not only does it have aesthetic appeal but [it] is also hard wearing and hygieni-cally sound'. The pedal bins are available in 12- and 26- units… Products vary from heavy-duty dish racks to epoxy-coated refuse trolleys. Further contracts that were in production and secured by the company between September and January 2008 are worth about R8-million. ne of the projects it is currently working on involves the cladding of Toyota Prospecton's paint plant (plant 3) facilities' existing steel mezzanine floor with 3-mm type 304L stainless-steel plate. Ten tons of stainless-steel plate is being used. It is also involved in a range of projects in the pulp and paper industry. It supplied stainless- steel pipe fittings to stainless steel supplier NDE Stainless Steel for a paper packaging mill upgrade. Likewise it is supplying stainless-steel pipe fittings to steel supplier Euro Steel for a paper recycling plant in Pretoria.
Metal mix: Hindujas plan to sell 10% in Ennore Foundries
Economic Times – Oct 26, 2007
We prefer private equity funds because they can bring value to EFLand will create wealth for all shareholders? hesaid. The company has commencedtrial production at its greenfield foundry in Sriperumbudur and this facilitywould further augment production capabilities of cylinder blocks and heads with40% of capacity available for export markets. The pattern and tool shop besidesthe design centre in Sriperumbudur have become operational. The firm has also completedthe installation of a new moulding line at Ennore for producing bigger castingsweighing up to 500 kg. EFL hasinvested close to Rs 200 crore including a high-tech imported core package atits Sriperumbudur plant. The plant will add 50000 tonnes to its existingcapacity. EFL has also plans to set up 10000-tonne aluminium foundry for whichthe company is scouting for various locations inIndia… The firm has also completedthe installation of a new moulding line at Ennore for producing bigger castingsweighing up to 500 kg. EFL hasinvested close to Rs 200 crore including a high-tech imported core package atits Sriperumbudur plant. The plant will add 50000 tonnes to its existingcapacity. EFL has also plans to set up 10000-tonne aluminium foundry for whichthe company is scouting for various locations inIndia. Apart from this thecompany has invested Rs 62 crore in acquiring a small foundry based inHyderabad. It is also on course to revamp the Ennore foundry at an investment ofRs 40 crore. Post-expansion EFL will become the largest foundry firm in Asia.
Experts Fear Much of US Could Face Water Shortage
FXNews – Oct 26, 2007
Water managers will need to take bold steps to keep taps flowing including conservation recycling desalination and stricter controls on development. “We’ve hit a remarkable moment” said Barry Nelson a senior policy analyst with the Natural Resources Defense Council. “The last century was the century of water engineering. The next century is going to have to be the century of water efficiency. The price tag for ensuring a reliable water supply could be staggering. Experts estimate that just upgrading pipes to handle new supplies could cost the nation $300 billion over 30 years… many in the Sunbelt where baby boomers are retiring at a dizzying rate. The Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination Plant is producing about 25 million gallons a day of fresh drinking water about 10 percent of that area’s demand. The $158 million facility is North America’s largest plant of its kind. Miami-Dade County is working with the city of Hialeah to build a reverse osmosis plant to remove salt from water in deep brackish wells. Smaller such plants are in operation across the state. Californians use nearly 23 trillion gallons of water a year much of it coming from Sierra Nevada snowmelt.