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ČEPS interested in buying eastern German grid

Nov 24, 2008

Czech state-run power grid operator ČEPS is interested in buying the electricity transmission network in eastern Germany, daily Mladá fronta Dnes (MfD) says. The owner of the German network, Swedish Vattenfall, has declared a...

Winter storm blows over Sweden

New feature Double click on a word to get a translation Traffic problems, flight delays, and power outages were left in the wake of Sweden’s first major winter storm, which headed out to the Baltic Sea early Monday morning...

Siemens to Supply Control System to New Coal-Fired Plant for Low-CO2-Power Generation

Siemens Energy has under contract to Vattenfall supplied an SPPA-T3000 instrumentation control (IC) system for the Schwarze Pumpe pilot plant. The coal-fired plant for low-CO2-power generation near S...

Experts Wary of Money Problems for Renewable Energy Market

The current financial crisis has some German experts worried about a cut in renewable energy funds. But industry professionals say that no matter which way the wind turns, the turbine blades will keep churning.

Tatas to make potable water available in rural India

Tata's next big dream is to make potable available in villages across the country. "We are conducting research on ways to make brackish water potable for rural areas that are deprived of this basic facility," said Shri Ratan...

Tata To Make Potable Water Available in Rural India

Tata's next big dream is to make potable available in villages across the country. "We are conducting research on ways to make brackish water potable for rural areas that are deprived of this basic facility," said Shri Ratan...

Germany: how to block a nuclear waste train in 3 easy days

7.11.08 La Hague, France. A nuclear waste transport begins its journey to an interim nuclear waste storage dump in Gorleben, northern Germany. My affinity group arrived at demo to some good news: the Castor train had been...

Research and Markets: Smart Metering and Wireless M2M - 5th Edition Contains Revised Market...

Dublin, Nov 18, 2008 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/Rb3ea33/smart_metering_and) has announced the addition of Berg Insight AB's new report "Smart Metering and...

Carbon Capture Lite Could Cut Costs For “Clean Coal”

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say a shorter-term solution, with cheaper start-up costs, could help spread the use of carbon capture and storage at coal plants and still clean up a large amount of...

UPDATE 1-Vattenfall sets date for German grid sale-sources

By Peter Dinkloh and Philipp Halstrick FRANKFURT, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Sweden's Vattenfall, the Nordic region's largest utility, aims to seal the billion-euro sale of its German power grid by early March, three sources with...