Power Engineering International articles from April 2004

Power Engineering International archives from April 2004

Staying the course.(Up Front)(energy industries capacity)
April 1, 2004... US president George W. Bush promised that the US "would stay the course" in Iraq. What that means is debatable. Whether it is desirable is contentious. And so the violence continues. What is neither debatable or contentious, however, is that...

NAPs: time to bite the bullet; The failure of most EU governments to submit National Allocation Plans for emissions trading on time suggest that opposition to the scheme is strong. Sian Green examines the issues.(Analysis)
April 1, 2004... As the March deadline for the submission of National Allocation Plans (NAPs) for the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) passed, only five countries had submitted their plans to the European Commission: Austria, Denmark, Finland,...

Kenya to exploit geothermal power potential.(International)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Kenya has made available $2.7m to evaluate geothermal sites for plants in the Rift Valley province. Previous studies have shown the Rift Valley is capable of producing over 2000 MW from geothermal sources. New tests will be carried out at...

Sudan installs new hydro units.(International)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Sudan power utility, National Electricity Corporation, has received the first large-scale Hydromatrix power plant for the Jebel Aulia dam. Hydromatrix, a concept for hydropower generation developed by VA Tech Hydro, combines the benefits of...

US companies win service supply contracts in Iraq.(International)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... US-based Washington Group International has been awarded a service providing contract to assist in the reconstruction of the electrical infrastructure in Iraq, by the US Department of Defense. The $500m contract will cover specific...

Canada to build power plant in Algeria.(International)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Canada's engineering company SNC-Lavalin will build a $562m thermal power plant in Algeria with financial backing from various international banks. Export Development Canada and the US Exim Bank will provide some $190m each for the 826 MW...

Bahrain MoE to undergo system overhaul.(International)(Ministry of Electricity and Water, Soluziona)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Soluziona, the professional services division of Union Fenosa and Gulf Business Machines, an IT company, have a won a contract to modernize the management of the Ministry of Electricity and Water in Bahrain. Both companies, based in Spain...

Refinancing inked at Taweelah A2.(International)(Emirates CMS Co)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Emirates CMS Co., the special purpose company set up for the Taweelah A2 utility, has completed the $541m financing for the project. The first independent water and power project was financed by several banks led by the National Bank of Abu...

Austria.(News Digest)( Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Austria: The Austrian branch of the German company Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation was declared the winner in a tender to overhaul Armenia's Vorotan hydropower cascade under a EU grant of [euro]2.7m.

Finland.(News Digest)( Fortum raised its stake in Lenenergo )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Finland: Finnish energy company Fortum announced that it raised its stake in Lenenergo from 15.7 per cent to 20.8 per cent. Fortum has applied to the Russian anti-monopoly ministry for approval of the deal, since its voting stake in the company...

Iraq.(News Digest)(Metito Arabia Industries Ltd.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Iraq: Water treatment company Metito has been awarded an AED12m ($8.4m) contract to provide specialised water treatment for Iraq/Haertha power station. The plant, situated 15 km north of Basrah, was originally built back in 1979 and had four...

Kazakhstan.(News Digest)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan plans to increase electricity production four per cent in 2004 and boost exports 22 per cent, said Kanat Bozumbayev, president of the national grid company OAO KEGOC.

Kazakhstan.(News Digest)(GE Energy)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Kazakhstan: GE Energy will supply a gas turbine and additional equipment for the expansion of a power plant in the Karachaganak oil field near Aksai, Kazakhstan. GE will provide Karachaganak Petroleum Operating with a Frame 6B gas turbine...

Kenya.(News Digest)(Kenya Electricity Generating Company)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Kenya: The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has signed an ODA loan agreement with Kenya Electricity Generating Company in Nairobi. The loan agreement, amounting to around [yen]10.5bn ($95m), is the second phase of the March 1997 loan...

Turkey.(News Digest)(Trakya CCGT, Uch CCGT)
April 1, 2004... Turkey: International Power announced it has signed an agreement to acquire a 31 per cent interest in the 478 MW Trakya CCGT facility in Turkey and a 40 per cent interest in the 586 MW Uch CCGT facility in Pakistan. The interests will be...

Qatar.(News Digest)(Qatar General Electricity & Water Corp. is planning to build a power and desalination plant)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Qatar: Qatar General Electricity & Water Corp. (Kahramaa) is planning to build a $775m power and desalination plant comprising 750 MWe and 50 million g/day capacity. This is required to meet 2009 demand forecasts. Start up is scheduled for...

Zimbabwe.(News Digest)(re capitalise the Kariba and Hwange power stations)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Zimbabwe: The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority is seeking $543m to re capitalise the Kariba and Hwange power stations as efforts to increase the country's generating capacity gather momentum.

Finland.(News Digest)(contract to modernize the automation systems at the Kauttua CHP plant)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Finland: Fortum Power & Heat has awarded Metso Automation a contract to modernize the automation systems at the Kauttua CHP plant. The order includes the turnkey delivery of a metsoDNA automation system for the plant's fluidized bed boiler and...

France.(News Digest)(Elecricite de France, Endesa-owned LA SNET and Charbonnages de France)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... France: Alstom has won two separate orders for air poluution control systems for power plants in France with a combined value in excess of [euro]230m ($278m). The orders were awarded by Elecricite de France, Endesa-owned LA SNET and...

Iberia.(News Digest)(power grids securities)(REE and REN)
April 1, 2004... Iberia: Portuguese power grid REE and Spanish grid REN could exchange shareholdings when the common electricity market (MIBEL) comes into operation, which is scheduled for April 2004.

Italy.(GRTN plans to expand electricity network)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Italy: Italy's national power grid operator GRTN said it plans to invest [euro]450m ($544m) in expanding the electricity network in 2004-2006 with a further [euro]1.25bn in the medium to long-term. Plans include 1900 km of new lines and 51 new...

Netherlands.(NUON Energie-Onderneming voor Gelderland Friesland en Flevoland plans cogeneration plant)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Netherlands: Nuon Belgium is planning to build a [euro]265m ($320m) cogeneration plant with a capacity of 230 MWe and 95 t/h of steam. Companies are invited to submit prequalification bids to build the Apeldoorn plant by April 2004.

Spain.(Duro Felguera contracts with Endesa S.A.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Spain: Duro Felguera, S.A. has been appointed EPC contractor for Endesa's [euro]22m ($26.6m) 50 MW power plant on the island of Tenerife. Pratt & Whitney is to supply two FT8 gas turbines for the plant, which is due to go online in October...

Spain.(News Digest)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Spain: Spanish utility Endesa is to invest [euro]3.7bn ($4.5bn) to boost its installed generating capacity in Spain by 25 per cent between 2004 and 2008. Endesa is to construct 5847 MW of new capacity in order to meet demand, expected to...

Spain.(Endesa S.A.'s broadband service)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Spain: New reseach by analysts Datamonitor has identified Endesa's Powerline broadband service as a 'stand-out' product and a notable exception to the many less successful attempts to extend broadband internet service through existing power...

UK.(Eurowind Developments Limited product development)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... UK: Eurowind Developments Limited has announced that it has run a number of successful field trials of its self starting vertical axis wind turbine blade design. The company is seeking backers for a project to build a 3 MW demonstration...

UK.(News Digest)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... UK: Banham Poultry has won approval to build a [pounds sterling]10m ($18.4m) power plant to dispose of dried poultry by-products at Bunn's Bank in Norfolk. The plant will use pyrolysis and gasification to release a combustable gas.

Australia.(Hydro Tasmania and EHN joint venture)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Australia: A 50-50 joint venture between Hydro Tasmania and Spain's EHN is due to start construction of the A$80m ($60.2m) 66 MW Cathedral Rocks wind farm on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The project, consisting of 33 Vestas V-80 2 MW...

Australia.(greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme plan)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Australia: The Australian states of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) are discussing the possibility of establishing a bilateral emissions trading scheme for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. NSW has already established a GHG trading scheme but...

China.(Greenwind Power Corporation joint venture)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... China: Canada's Greenwind Power Corporation has entered into a joint venture with China Link Industries of Shanghai, China to develop and operate a 50 MW wind farm on Daishan Island in Zhejiang Province.

China.(News Digest)(GE Energy supplys three turbine generators sets)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... China: GE Energy has received a contract worth $7.8m to supply three turbine generators sets for the Liuhong hydropower plant, a new 118 MW facility on the Meigu River in Sichuan Province. GE will design, manufacture and supply, as well as...

China.(News Digest)(Shanghai Municipal Power Corporation)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... China: The municipality of Shanghai is to spend a record 20bn yuan ($2.41bn) in building and upgrading its power infrastructure this year. The Shanghai Municipal Power Corporation aims to complete 82 power transmission projects and will...

India.(News Digest)(World Bank agreed to provide a loan to India's PowerGrid Corporation)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... India: The World Bank has agreed to provide a loan of $1.2bn to India's PowerGrid Corporation for its transmission projects under the National Grid development programme. Transmission projects planned under the 15-year loans include those in...

Japan.(News Digest)(Japan's first nuclear fuel recycling programme)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Japan: Kansai Electric Power Company intends to resume Japan's first nuclear fuel recycling programme following a five-year suspension, with plans to start using plutonium-based recycled fuel at its nuclear power plant in Takahama, Fukui...

Pakistan.(News Digest)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Pakistan: A consortium of Gulf entrepreneurs is planning to invest $1.2bn in Pakistan's Neelum-Jhelum hydro power project. The 1000 MW project would be Pakistan's biggest single, self-financing investment.

Philippines.(News Digest)(Philippine Export-Import Agency agreed to guarantee wind farm project)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Philippines: The Philippine Export-Import Agency has agreed to guarantee up to $28.8m of the $47.6m wind farm project that North Wind Power Development Corporation is building in Bangui, Ilocos Norte.

Brazil.(Brazilian government planning construction of four wind farms)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Brazil: The Brazilian government is starting the bidding process for the construction of four wind farms in Santa Catarina state. Two companies will develop the projects: Pegasus Desenvolvimento de Negocios and Santa Cruz Energia.

Brazil.(Furnas Centrais Eletricas S.A. upgrades turbines)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Brazil: Furnas is planning $100m turbine upgrades at the 476 MW Mascarenhas de Morais and the 1050 MW Luiz Carlos Barreto hydropower stations in Minas Gerais state. The tender rules for the selection of contractors are expected to be announced...

Canada.(News Digest)(GE Energy contracts with Brascan Power)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Canada: Brascan Power Corporation of Toronto has awarded GE Energy a contract to upgrade three of the four turbine generator units at High Falls hydropower station on the Lievre River, Quebec. GE will supply three new Francis turbine runners,...

Chile.(Inter-American Development Bank contracts with chilean government)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Chile: The Inter-American Development Bank has signed a $40m loan agreement with the Chilean government for rural electrification projects in the south of the country. The funds will support projects using solar, wind and mini-hydro technology....

Ecuador.(Transelectric contracts with ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Ecuador: State transmission company Transelectric has awarded ABB a $2.2m contract to install a new control system. The new system will allow Transelectric to operate and monitor the transmission system in real time, as well as improve...

Mexico.(Japan Bank for International Cooperation signs contract with)(Mexico's Pemex)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Mexico: The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has signed a $621m untied loan agreement with Mexico's Pemex for five natural gas development projects. The projects are part of Pemex's Strategic Gas Programme, designed to develop a stable...

USA.(Energy & Environmental Research Center)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... USA: Researchers at the University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) have made major strides to improve the efficiency and reduce emissions from coal fired power plants by burning a combination of pure oxygen and...

USA.(Powerspan Corp. licenced for new technology)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... USA: Powerspan Corp. has licensed a new technology designed to capture and remove mercury from coal fired power plants. The patented process uses ultraviolet light to oxidize and remove mercury.

Venezuela.(investment of electric companies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Venezuela: Electricity companies in Venezuela need to invest $1.3bn this year to overhaul obsolete generation plants and fix bottlenecks in the distribution system, according to the Caveinel electricity chamber.

ABB new CEO.(Fred Kindle's appointment)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... ABB new CEO: ABB Limited has announced that Fred Kindle will be the group's chief executive from next January. Kindle is the current CEO of Swiss-based technology company Sulzer AG and will replace Jurgen Dormann, who will revert to the single...

Aggreko strategies.(plans reorganisation and new businesses)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Aggreko strategies: Temporary power supplier Aggreko is undertaking a strategic review which is expected to result in the reorganization of its depot network in the USA and Europe as well as plans for new businesses in Asia and South America.

ASTA goes east.(ASTA Elektrodraht merges with Metrod (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... ASTA goes east: Austria's VA Tech has agreed to sell its electrical wire and components business ASTA Elektrodraht to Metrod (Malaysia) Berhad. ASTA has sales amounting to [euro]60m ($72.5m) and around 250 employees.

AxEnergy retreats.(closes sales office)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... AxEnergy retreats: AxEnergy, the gas turbine air inlet cooling system supplier has taken the decision to close down its sales office and scale back engineering operations in response to tougher trading conditions.

British Energy warns.(financial results)(European Commission)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... British Energy warns: Nuclear generator British Energy made an operating profit of [pounds sterling]12m ($22m) in the three months to December but warned that large obstacles still remained in the way of its financial restructuring, the most...

E.ON ahead.(financial performance )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... E.ON ahead: German utility E.ON posted solid results for 2003 with sales up 27 per cent to just under [euro]46.4bn ($56.1bn) and other key earnings indicators showing double digit growth, benefiting from the inclusion of the Ruhrgas and...

IP results dip.(News Digest)(International Power PLC)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... IP results dip: Weaker wholesale power prices in US markets contributed to a fall in annual profits from International Power down from [pounds sterling]338m ($621m) to [pounds sterling]285m. Earnings were underpinned by good financial...

PwC research.(News Digest)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... PwC research: Research by PwC for the Financial Times reveals that the value of global electricity and gas acquisitions almost halved last year. The biggest fall was in Europe but the value of North American deals rose 65 per cent.

RWE appoints.(News Digest)(RWE AG, Harry Roels )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... RWE appoints: The Supervisory Board of RWE Power AG has voted to appoint RWE AG CEO Harry Roels as head of the Supervisory Board. He succeeds Dr. Gert Maichel who becomes CEO of RWE Power.

Siemens examines growth.(News Digest)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Siemens examines growth: Siemens is conducting an internal exercise to review the possibility of big acquisitions. Analysts believe Siemens could finance acquisitions of up to [euro]7bn ($8.5bn), with parts of Alstom and Invensys named as...

European UPS market revives.(Europe)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... International analysts and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan has issued a new report into the European market for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) equipment in which it identifies a gradual recovery from the market's collapse following the...

Europe slacking on Kyoto targets.(Europe)(emission reduction)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The global conservation group WWF warns that European Union (EU) countries are not on track to meet their Kyoto C[O.sub.2] emission reduction targets. It believes that pressure from industry has led governments to water down the National...

EU forms solar research consortium.(Europe)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The European Union is to provide [euro]2.5m ($3.0m) towards a [euro]4.6m research project that brings together a consortium of 13 technology, academic and manufacturing partners, seeking to overcome obstacles to large-scale production of...

GE 9FA chosen for Italian CCGT.(Europe)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The first independent power project to be financed under Italy's deregulated power market, Energia Molise power plant, is to be fitted with GE Energy's Frame 9FA gas turbine generators. The new 800 MW combined cycle facility is part of a new...

Marine power funding call.(Europe)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Representatives from Britain's wave and tidal energy industry, meeting in March, called on the government to provide more practical support to prevent the UK's dominant position slipping away. Speakers insisted that a ten-fold funding increase...

Energy gets wise.(Europe)
April 1, 2004... The second report of Eurelectric's Energy Wisdom programme has been published showing participation from companies representing over one third of the total EU installed generation capacity. The voluntary initiative on sustainable...

Three Gorges to add four units.(Asia-Pacific)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Plans have been announced to add four 700 MW generating units to China's Three Gorges power project. The additional units will bring the total number of generating units up to ten and the annual power output to 33.38 TWh. Six generating...

Philippines invites bids for ten geothermal fields.(Asia-Pacific)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The Philippines Energy Secretary Vincent Perez has opened for public bidding ten "highly prospective" geothermal fields which are expected to generate a total of 300-470 MW of additional thermal capacity. Potential bidders can view all the...

Toshiba starts generating.(Asia-Pacific)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Japan's Toshiba Corporation has announced the commencement of commercial operations at two electricity and steam cogeneration plants at Keihin Product Operations in Yokohama, Japan. The move marks its entry into the power generation and energy...

GE hydropower order.(Asia-Pacific)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... GE Energy has won a $78m contract for four 250 MW pump/turbine and motor/generator sets, auxiliary equipment and services for a 1000 MW pumped storage hydropower plant in the mountains near Yixing City, China. The Jiangsu Pumped Storage...

Asia sales for Duke and AEP.(Asia-Pacific)
April 1, 2004... Two US power groups, Duke Energy Corporation and American Electric Power (AEP), have announced the sale of Asian assets in order to refocus on core activities nearer home and strengthen their respective balance sheets. Duke Energy has...

Largest landfill launched.(Asia-Pacific)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Hyundai Mobis, South Korea's biggest car parts manufacturer, has announced plans to build the world's largest landfill gas power plant in Incheon, west of Seoul. Decomposition gases will be extracted from a 20.72m [m.sup.2] dumpsite and...

Argentina faces energy rationing.(Americas)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Argentina's energy secretary Daniel Cameron has asked electricity consumers to reduce energy use to help avert a possible energy crisis. The power market regulator has already ordered cuts in electricity supplies to several major industrial...

New power sector rules passed.(Americas)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Brazil's lower house of Congress has given final approval to new power market rules designed to attract investment to the country's electricity industry. The bills should now be signed into law by president Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva. The...

Bruce start-up plagued by problems.(Americas)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The restart of Units 3 and 4 at the Bruce A nuclear power station in Ontario, Canada, has once again been foiled by unexpected mechanical problems. Both units went out of service in March, along with two other units from the Ontario nuclear...

DynaMotive demonstrates bio oil turbine.(Americas)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... DynaMotive Energy Systems and Magellan Aerospace have announced the first commercial scale run of an OGTS2500 gas turbine using bio oil produced from pyrolysis. The demonstration was part of the pre-commissioning process for shipment of a power...

NY studies impact of wind generation.(Americas)(GE Energy's Power Systems Energy Consulting Group)(New York)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... New York state's power grid will be able to handle up to 3300 MW of power from utility-scale wind farms if proper procedures are followed, according to a new study. Under a contract with the New York State Energy Research and Development...

IBM teams with Enel.(Companies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... IBM and Enel have announced that the two companies will team up to deliver Enel's advanced automated meter management (AMM) system solutions to utilities worldwide. The two companies estimate that the potential worldwide market for AMM...

2G HTS milestone.(Companies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... American Superconductor Corp. has announced a world record performance in its second generation (2G) high temperature superconducting (HTS) wire. In a report to the US Department of Energy and other organizations, the company said that the...

GE acquires solar business.(Companies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... GE Energy has completed the acquisition of the US business assets of AstroPower, Inc., a manufacturer of solar electric power products. With this agreement, GE Energy adds solar power to its growing family of renewable energy options. ...

Renewables in the limelight.(Companies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The need to lessen dependence on fossil fuels and falling capital costs are boosting the growth appeal of renewable energy, according to Frost & Sullivan. As renewables attempt to break into mainstream generation, the two most critical...

Cyber attacks increase.(Companies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The power and energy sectors are experiencing an increasing number of severe cyber attacks, according to the latest Internet Security Threat Report from Symantec. The report reveals that for the six-month period from July to December 2003,...

Power Measurement acquires ABB unit.(Companies)(ABB)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Enterprise energy management company Power Measurement has acquired ABB's California-based Retail Energy Business. The business unit will be integrated into Power Measurement's world wide organization. ABB's Retail Energy products, which...

The heart of accession: the National Programme for Accession of Romania is the instrument for programming the preparations for EU accession. Energy is one of the key areas, with implications for cross-border activity.(Report)
April 1, 2004... The green paper on the security of EU energy supply issued by the European Commission (EC) shows that while the EU economy is energy-intensive, its energy resources are limited. As a result, the EU is dependent on external sources of energy....

Electronic confirmation: setting future standards; Major improvements in cost and error reduction are shown by employing electronic transaction methods between market participants. There are two principal solutions to carry out implementation: the centralised approach and the peer-to-peer approach. But which is best?(Electricity Trading)
April 1, 2004... With increasing liberalization of the European energy market, the number of transactions between individual market participants rises. Each transaction between two energy providers necessitates the exchange of various information items,...

Waste not, want not: Perkins has teamed up with Belgium's EVW to put the finishing touches to its tried and tested 4016 gas engines at one of Europe's biggest landfill sites. The installation is using 13 of these engines to generate 9.5 MW at the site in Mont Saint Guibert, Belgium.(Power from Waste)
April 1, 2004... Six years ago, diesel engine manufacturer, Perkins, teamed up with E. Van Wingen (EVW), an expanding family-run Belgian engine supplier/manufacturer specialising in gas and diesel engines for the marine and power sectors. EVW was initially a...

Sharing the power: a consortium formed by Pirelli and Nexans has started work on a [euro]117 million, two-year turnkey contract to construct a submarine power link across the Strait of Gibraltar to interconnect Spain and Morocco's power grids.(Transmission and Distribution)
April 1, 2004... The Spain-Morocco II contract, which is split on a 50:50 basis between Pirelli and Nexans, was the largest contract awarded to the submarine power industry in 2003. It is being carried out on behalf of the Moroccan power company L'Office...

Nuclear shows the way to a hydrogen future: making the transition from a fossil fuel to a hydrogen economy is, to some, a long way off. However, research programmes in the USA are showing that the hydrogen future is a lot closer than you might think.(Nuclear Power)
April 1, 2004... Some observers say a hydrogen-based economy is around the corner. Others say it might take a bit longer--say, another 15 years to wean ourselves away from the fossil fuel diet. But most agree a hydrogen-based economy is on its way, and that we...

Renewables: an alternative to comply with Kyoto.(Industry Perspective)
April 1, 2004... For a large number of productive sectors in Europe the Kyoto Protocol has become a problem--the difficulties involved in competing in a global market as a result of likely increases in costs--when it is, in fact, a substantial part of the...