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Over the last 30 years more and more scientists and economists have come to understand that the world is a complex dynamic system rather than a linear Newtonian one.

Nuclear power contributed about 15% to the total world electricity generation in 2009 with an installed capacity of 373GW. There are currently 436 nuclear reactors in operation in 30 countries worldwide. The US is the largest producer of nuclear power generating 31% of the total global nuclear generation followed by France, Japan and Russia. Nuclear power is an important source of power for countries such as Lithuania which generated 76.2% of its electricity through nuclear followed by France whose nuclear share in electricity generation stood at 75.2% in 2009. In addition, 16 countries generate more than 25% of their electricity through nuclear power and four countries more than 50% including Slovakia and Belgium.

Oil sands, shale gas, oil shale, and coalbed methane (CBM) are the primary unconventional oil and gas resources in the world today. These resources are called unconventional as they are extracted, processed, and refined in a manner that is different from the conventional. Typically, unconventional resources are difficult-to-extract, expensive to refine, and have more impact on the environment. Sustained high oil and gas prices until mid-2008 led to the development of these resources as governments across the world were concerned about dwindling energy supplies amid rising demand. Technological advancements further aided their development.

Renewable energy generates close to 2% of electricity in UK. In 2008, UK’s electricity generation totaled 389,650GWh, a decrease of 1.9% over 2007. During 2004–08, UK’s electricity generation decreased at CAGR of 0.3% mainly on account of financial crisis. At a national level, the ‘UK Renewable Energy Strategy’ (2009) suggests that the UK’s electricity generation from renewables would be more than 30% by 2020. UK’s renewable energy industry is driven by government incentives and mandates. The UK’s electricity market for renewables is driven by Feed-in Tariff system and the Renewable Obligation.

Natural gas is the cleanest fossil fuel, therefore being highly preferred for electricity generation across the globe. The carbon emissions by natural gas are almost half when compared to coal. The use of natural gas for world electricity generation has grown at CAGR of 6.2% from 2002-07, highest among all fossil fuels. Current natural gas-based power generation technologies are capable to deliver better efficiencies as compared to coal based power generation technologies. Natural gas-based power generation technologies are available to cater range of power generation requirements including different loads (intermediate and peak) and different usages (stationary, backup, and distributed).

European gas demand was volatile through 2009, with some countries seeing slight declines in demand. However, the longer term forecast is continued growth for the Western European gas market as new gas-fired power plants come on-stream. ‘The Western European Gas Market Outlook 2010’ is a newly updated management report that examines the role of gas within each of the major Western European utilities markets and analyses the differences that exist in terms of gas self sufficiency, and future growth of demand. This report provides new and updated analysis of 19 Western European gas markets, with detailed data on supply and demand balances.

European gas demand was volatile through 2009, with some countries seeing slight declines in demand. However, the longer term forecast is continued growth for the Eastern European gas market as new gas-fired power plants come on-stream.

European electricity demand was volatile through 2009, with some countries seeing slight declines in demand. However, the longer term forecast is continued growth for the Western European electricity market as new power plants come on-stream.

Terra Energy & Resource Technologies and TGS Enter Into Memorandum of Understanding for Diagnosing Pipeline Faults via Satellite Surveying

European electricity demand was volatile through 2009, with some countries seeing slight declines in demand. However, the longer term forecast is continued growth for the Eastern European electricity market as new power plants come on-stream.

The dc building power market is projected to grow significantly over the next several years, and among the driving forces is the need to improve efficiency and reduce electricity costs in several areas. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in 2006, data centres and servers in the United States accounted for approximately 1.5% of the nation’s total electricity consumption. To put this in perspective, the EPA stated that this total exceeded the electricity consumed by the entire nation’s colour televisions, and is similar to the amount of electricity consumed by approximately 5.8 million average TV households. In addition, energy consumption in data centres in the US is projected to continue to grow, and double every five years.

Nuclead, A leader in shielding technology, lead material, fabrication services also provides Lead Inserts for Medical and Hospital environments.

MicroLink Devices, Inc. (www.mldevices.com), a Niles, IL-based semiconductor manufacturer, has been awarded a $2.7 million contract by the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to contribute its research to the development of low-cost, lightweight, and portable photovoltaics (PoP).

WMI's Energy & Communications Infrastructure Construction in Algeria: Market Snapshot to 2014 is the easiest way to find the headline figures for the sector

Terra Energy & Resource Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:TEGR), a natural resource exploration technology company, has been granted a services contract by Petroquimica Comodoro Rivadavia S.A. (PCR) for oil and gas exploration in Argentina.

MicroLink Devices, Inc. (www.mldevices.com), a Niles, IL-based semiconductor manufacturer, has been awarded a $5 million grant from the State of Illinois to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant to produce high efficiency, light weight solar cells.

There are only ten rechargeable lithium battery cell manufacturers all over the world. A large proportion of Japanese manufacturers are engaged in the production of laptop battery cells, while South Korean and Chinese manufacturers mainly focus on producing battery cells for cell phone and other portable electronic appliances, the unit prices of which are far lower than laptop battery cell’s. Therefore, Japanese manufacturers have smaller rechargeable lithium battery cell shipment but higher unit prices, as compared with South Korean and Chinese manufacturers.

Integrated Consulting (www.icpcs.com) today announced that Josh Medica was chosen to educate international participants on planning, scheduling, risk and cost control for energy projects. This master class will be help in Manama, Bahrain on October 3rd and 4th and then Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 7th and 8th.

The abundance of offshore wind resources and rapid technological breakthrough will fuel the offshore wind farm development growth in China.

The Granite Group will be hosting a trade show this year on Wednesday, September 1st at The Radisson Hotel in Manchester, NH. We will have over sixty vendors displaying the latest technologies for water conservation and reducing energy use in the home.

Integrated Consulting today announced business growth in excess of 20% per year since its inception in 2005. Growth included revenue increases of 20% in 2006 to an impressive 26% increase in 2009, during the recession. The steady expansion also includes additional consultants to meet growing client demands and branching into international markets.

METTLER TOLEDO’s IND560fill process weighing terminal performs simple and semi-complex filling and mixing applications accurately and rapidly even in harsh environments.

“The Indian solar energy sector has been growing rapidly, in the past few years, majorly due to Government’s initiatives such as tax exemptions and subsidies and depleting energy sources”.

OPEC has just supplied four specialist spill kits for the offshore oil industry. The kits include oil spill dispersant which is applied to the decks during an oil spill by use of a special eductor spray set as pictured below. The eductor draws in the dispersant from the 25 litre containers and dilutes it with sea water from the fire hydrant system on deck.

For years, the best one-day bathroom remodel solution has been to cover up your tub and walls with an acrylic liner. Recently, BathRite announced the next generation in bath remodels, one that fully renovates your existing bath down to the studs and back. BathRite removes and fixes the problems the other solutions cover-up! The Granite Group and The Ultimate Bath Showrooms are proud to announce a partnership with BathRite to bring this ground-breaking system to their customers.