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"In a survey of Africa's investment attractiveness, 72.7% of those surveyed had improved optimism. Part of the reason for this is Africa's economy is becoming more diversified, and weighted towards more consumer facing services."

"Power Segment highlights The Power products and solutions business revenues stood at Rs. 461 Crores, up 61% Q-O-Q as conductor volumes at about 27,000 MT have started showing signs of improvement In the Power products and solutions segment, we have added new accounts in the European markets for power conductors and in India for OPGW products. Order book at Rs 2400 crores in Power products segment remains healthy and well diversified with exports nearly accounting for 40% of total order book. Power Transmission Segment East-North Interconnection Company Ltd. (ENICL) became fully operational with completion of the second 400 KV double-circuit quad transmission line connecting Bongaigaon in Assam to Siliguri in West Bengal which makes us the only private transmission utility to successfully commission the first private mega transmission project in the country. In Bhopal Dhule Transmission Company Ltd. (BDTCL) project, few more milestones were achieved with commissioning of two more lines and two substations taking us to nearly 60% completion for the project The current revenue generating elements of the first three projects have an annualized revenue run rate of Rs 287 crore which has shown a major increase from the annualized revenue run rate of Rs. 68 crores at end of previous quarter With Sterlite's investments completed in these projects, we expect the other 2 projects BDTCL and JTCL to be fully operational progressively in next 2 quarters."

"China's spending on its electricity grid will exceed 420 billion yuan ($68 billion) in 2015, a record amount that is expected to support copper demand. "

"The new facility will serve both the internal market sustaining the infrastructural energy development project in Romania, and the export market further qualifying Romania as an excellence hub to serve the most advanced international markets. Completion of the project and beginning of production is scheduled for July 2015."

"addressing bottlenecks in the energy, mining and power sectors; * increasing investment to help close India's major infrastructure gaps; "

"Zhejiang Hailiang Co, China's biggest copper tube producer, plans to invest 200 million yuan ($33 million) to build a copper tube plant in Guangdong province. "

"Due to the impact of the economic slowdown, the market witnessed a decline in the growth rate from 2009. However, the market is set to achieve strong growth rate from 2012 onwards. Capital spending and investments in industries worldwide is expected to boost growth of the market."

""Private companies like Anwell, Hanergy and Hareon Solar have many photovoltaic projects in the pipeline and they are expected to pump billions of dollars in the industry to take full advantage of the conducive environment and regulatory policies in China." "

"Much of that investment will be geared toward transportation projects like the Nigerian railway, as developing countries seek to put in place the capacity needed to keep up with increased flows of people and goods brought by economic growth."

"With over 325,000 PV modules, the Jasper Project will deliver 180,000 megawatt-hours of renewable electricity annually for South Africa residents - enough to power up to 80,000 households through a 20-year power purchase agreement with Eskom, the South African power utility company. Selected by the South Africa Department of Energy (DOE) in the second round of bids under the REIPPPP, the project also marked Google's first renewable energy investment in Africa."

"The smart city concept is a framing device for many of society's most important conversations about globalization, technology, and the environment, which is driving investment across a range of city services and infrastructure. As the supplier ecosystem for smart cities continues to expand, established suppliers are moving into the market from the energy, transport, buildings, and government sectors, while startups are addressing a range of emerging opportunities. "

"As we witness utilities across the continent struggling to acquire and evacuate electricity sufficient enough to reach a base-load, transmission is fast-proving the biggest barrier to energy access across Africa. Presently, there are never-before-seen levels of investment into the power sector - no longer is it simply the poor cousin of exploration. Investors today view power as an opportunity quoted by some as so vast it will make the returns of the African telecoms giants insignificant by comparison."

"Electric utilities are looking for the sort of stable, long-term signals that capacity markets will provide, to enable the necessary existing plants to stay online, develop demand response and support their investment decisions."