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Colin Bennett

Sensor-Enabled On-Street Smart Parking Spaces are Expected to Exceed 1 Million by 2024 - 0 views

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    "Today, the parking industry is being transformed by new technologies that are enabling cities to reduce levels of congestion significantly. Sensor networks that detect vehicle occupancy are providing the basic intelligence behind smart parking systems, which provide real-time parking availability information to make it easier for drivers to find a parking space."
Colin Bennett

China, South Korea, United States and Europe making big bets on mass produced graphene - 1 views

  • China has started mass production of graphene films used in production of cell phone and computer touch screens as a new production line began operation. The production line is in a graphene industrial park in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. It can produce tens of millions of graphene films every year.
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    "China has started mass production of graphene films used in production of cell phone and computer touch screens as a new production line began operation. The production line is in a graphene industrial park in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. It can produce tens of millions of graphene films every year."
Colin Bennett

Overhead power lines removed and replaced with underground cables, restoring beauty of ... - 0 views

  • The works are being funded through a regulatory backed initiative to enhance landscapes in recognized Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) and National Parks by removing electrical infrastructure like overhead lines and supporting poles. WPD has worked closely with steering groups made up with representatives from various AONBs and National Parks to identify suitable sites for consideration.
Colin Bennett

7 trends driving electric vehicles in 2012 - 0 views

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    #1: Would-be buyers will have far more choices in 2012. #2: Prices will remain high for electric vehicles #3: Real estate companies and parking lot operators will continue to install electric vehicle chargers as a service. #4: More businesses will install chargers. #5: Wireless charging technologies will get wider testing. #6: Models will emerge for vehicle-to-grid electricity distribution. In scenarios where a house loses power, electric vehicles could play a role as back-up generators. #7: Safety issues will get closer scrutiny. Others: #1: The majority of people who drive a plug-in vehicle won't own it. #2: "Automakers will get pushback from EV owners regarding the length of time it takes to fully charge a vehicle." #3: Many EV charging stations will spend the majority of their time idle. #4: 'Range anxiety' #5: "The best-selling EVs won't have four wheels
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FCC Acquires Two PV Plants in Spain - 0 views

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    FCC has acquired two solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in Cordoba, Spain with an installed capacity of 20 megawatts (MW), from Sky Global Solar. The investment amounted to EUR 140 million [US $195 million]. This is FCC's second investment in renewable energy in less than a month. It also bought 14 wind parks with an installed capacity of 420 MW from Australian company Babcock & Brown Wind Partners (BBW).
Jon Barnes

Two new scrap recycling/dismantling projects in China - 0 views

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    In late-May, two further large metal recycling projects have been announced in China as the country seeks to satisfy its burgeoning need for scrap metal given its shortfall in mineral resources. The Wuzhou Resource Recycling project has been approved to be constructed in Cangwu county in Guangxi province. The total investment in the project is 15bn Yuan. The construction is planned to cover an area of 667 hectares, divided into three stages, and will eventually create 40,000 new jobs. Separately, the Zhonghong recycling industrial park in Shenyang, Liaoning province has been completed and is to open in early June. The industrial park covers an area of 3 square kilometres and has cost 5bn Yuan to develop. It will create 10,000 employment opportunities and has dismantling capacity of 1 million metric tonnes per year.
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    China to boost scrap recovery for smelters and fabricators
Panos Kotseras

US - Rea Magnet to shut magnet wire plant - 0 views

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    Rea Magnet Wire has announced that it will lay off the 75 staff employed at its Las Cruces plant located in the West Mesa Industrial Park and suspend production. This is expected to take place by February 2009, however, it depends on the work commitments of the plant. The company produces copper, aluminium and brass insulated magnet wire and bare wire, supplying motor, transformer and coil manufacturers. Rea's workforce in North America exceeds 1,000 staff. The decision to close the plant is attributed to weakening demand for magnet wire in the US. As a result of poor market conditions, the company cannot continue to operate at limited capacity. Rea Magnet reported that the decision is not permanent and it hopes to reopen the plant as long as the market circumstances permit so.
Colin Bennett

Corrosion Solutions Conference - Engineer Live, For Engineers, By Engineers - 0 views

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    At the 7th International Corrosion Solutions Conference (CSC09), 21st to 23rd September, 2009 in Park City, Utah, USA, metallurgists, fabricators, chemical and materials engineers will discuss topics ranging from alloy development and plant engineering to fabrication, failure analysis, and much more. Conference sessions are tailored to chemical processing, oil and gas, material selection, fabrication advances, and other challenging processing environments. The following abstract provides a glimpse of the papers being presented at this year's event
Colin Bennett

Alcoa Foundation and Keep America Beautiful Launch "Action to Accelerate Recycling" - 0 views

  • “Action to Accelerate Recycling” includes the design and launch of innovative global recycling programs that educate and activate people of all ages, incentivize behavior change, increase access to recycling bins, and help parks, housing complexes and universities build infrastructure to create and expand recycling programs.
Colin Bennett

Electric bus induction charging trial - 1 views

  • Each vehicle will be equipped with enormous 130kw/h batteries – giving them a 100-mile range and a capacity equivalent to around six Nissan Leafs. The buses will receive regular top-up charges throughout the day from the three wireless charging points installed along the routes. Charge pads on the underside of each bus will sync wirelessly with pads installed under the road, in a process known as induction charging. Drivers will park over the pads for their 10-minute break, replenishing two thirds of the electricity used to cover the 12.5-mile route without interrupting the timetable. The consortium of companies behind the scheme – which include bus manufacturer Wrightbus, wireless charging firm Arup, bus operator Arriva and Milton Keynes Council – believe that the switch from diesel to electric will cut tailpipe emissions by around 500 tonnes every year. Running costs will also be slashed, as annual fuel costs for a diesel bus are around £23,000 per year compared to an estimated £10,000 for an electric one. And maintenance costs will be lower, too.
Colin Bennett

The Futurist: Top 10 Forecasts for 2013 and beyond - 0 views

  • 2. Future cars will become producers of power rather than merely consumers. A scheme envisioned at the Technology University of Delft would use fuel cells of parked electric vehicles to convert biogas or hydrogen into more electricity. And the owners would be paid for the energy their vehicles produce
  • THE FUTURIST Magazine releases its top ten forecasts for 2013 and beyond
Colin Bennett

Energy no cleaner despite renewables boom - 0 views

  • More than a decade of investment in renewable power generators such as wind farms and solar parks has failed to make the world’s supply of energy any cleaner than it was 20 years ago, according to the global energy watchdog.
Piotr Ortonowski

US - Nexans to build plant near Charleston - 0 views

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    It has been announced that Nexans will be the first major tenant in a business park near Goose Creek, outside Charleston, S.C. The new $85 million plant will employ 200 and construction is expected to start this year with hiring beginning in late 2013. Dirk Steinbrink, vice president in charge of Nexans' High Voltage and Submarine Business Group said "establishing our Berkeley plant is a key strategic development that will enable Nexans to capitalize on the ever growing demand for high-quality high-voltage cables designed and manufactured to meet the specific needs of the major power transmission infrastructure projects in North America and worldwide in the coming years."
Piotr Ortonowski

China - Xinke begins construction of 170,000t/y rod and cable project - 2 views

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    It was reported by Antaike that the construction of Anhui Xinke New Materials's copper rod and cable project in Wuhu Jiujiang Industrial Park commenced on 12th December. The construction of the project was commissioned to Wuhu Xinsheng Electric Materials, Xinke's wholly-owned subsidiary. Upon completion, the operation will have a production capacity of 150,000t/y of high quality copper rod and 20,000t/y of special cables.
Piotr Ortonowski

China - Zhejiang Fuyang to develop 200,000t/y copper and zinc project - 0 views

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    According to Antaike, Zhejiang Fuyang Kalaite Metal Products Co., a brass bar and lead brass producer, will develop a copper and zinc project in the Yugan Industrial Park at an investment cost of RMB100M (approximately US$15.7). The combined production capacity of the project is expected to reach 200,000t/y and the operation will employ around 100 staff.
James Wright

Europe - Wood Mackenzie: Copper use in wind power to rise 15% between 2013 and 2015 - 0 views

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    Wood Mackenzie, a commodities consultancy, said that amongst weak copper consumption in Europe a bright spot is in the demand for wind turbines and the associated subsea cable. The consultancy believes that this sector uses 3.6 tonnes of copper per megawatt of generation capacity and estimates that 22,000t of copper will be consumed in wind turbines in Western Europe in 2012. A European directive for all countries to produce 20% of their energy from renewable sources by 2020 is said to be accelerating growth in green power. Germany are the largest producer of wind turbine sourced electricity, as renewable account for 25% of energy production and wind power is the largest component. Great Britain, the Nordic region and Spain are also expanding their wind power capacity, mainly through offshore wind parks.
Panos Kotseras

UAE - Copper tube mill project - 0 views

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    It was reported that Abu Dhabi Basic Industries Corporation is planning to build a US$50mln copper tube project at Abu Dhabi's proposed metals park at Taweelah. The company has invited potential contractors to bid by the end of September. It is expected that the project will take 18 months to complete whilst capacity will amount to 30,000-40,000 tonnes of copper tube per annum. The plant aims to meet demand for copper commercial and plumbing tube in the Middle East and North Africa regions which currently rely on imports.
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