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Tata Vehicles Sold Around The World!
Jun 07 2012 10:50 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Tata Motors constructed a heavy truck assembly plant at Magwe in central Burma, . . . that is now operational. The sale of other Tata products, including commercial and passenger vehicles, . . . will follow as per the needs and demands of the market...
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Tata To Source Auto Components From Chinese
Jul 10 2012 12:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Tata has a wide range of trucks, sedans and Utility Vehicles (UV) in its product portfolio and is likely to benefit from the ‘unbelievable’ prices offered by the Chinese component makers. The Chairman of the company further said that the auto maker wil...
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Tata Nano Diesel May Double Nano Sales
Apr 14 2012 04:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
India skewed it's fuel pricing policy, . . . making diesel cheaper than petrol, . . . could double sales of the Worlds Cheapest car, . . . the TATA Nano. Source: thehindubusinessline
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Tata Coming To Mexico
Sep 26 2012 08:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Tata Motors is expanding into the Latin American market and . . . will get a Mexico duty exemption, . . . for investing up to USD 100 million, . . . with a pledge to build at least 50,000 vehicles. Source: Tata
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Sustainable Urban Mobility
Dec 08 2013 12:30 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
4 Years of CiViTAS MIMOSA . . . Cleaner and better transportation in cities.
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Surprise! Ratan Tata Is Back
Oct 24 2016 01:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Tata Sons removed Cyrus Mistry as its chairman. . . . He will be replaced by Ratan Tata, . . . from whom he had taken over the reigns nearly 4 years back. Ratan Tata will be back as chairman for just about 4 months. . . . A selection panel has been fo...
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Sunergise's Solar Power
Jun 30 2016 12:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
One of Fiji's top hotels, the Tokoriki Island resort, . . . uses Sunergise's solar power technology, . . . has cut its power bill by 50%, and . . . silenced its expensive diesel generators. Sunergise's business model is to focus on blue...
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Subsidies: Add To The Cost Of Fossil Fuels
Nov 12 2014 10:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Global subsidies for fossil fuels totaled nearly, . . . $550 billion in 2013, and , , , the IEA found that only, . . . . . . 8% of the money spent on fossil-fuel subsidies reaches the poorest . . . . . . 20% of the population. 11-12-2014 Source:...
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Subsidies Make Artificially Cheap Oil And Gas
Feb 09 2013 04:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
International Energy Agency (IEA) Chief Economist Fatih Birol, . . . made no bones about his opinion on fossil fuel subsidies. Birol called for “governments around the world” to end the . . . $500 billion in annual subsidies that are given to oil...
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Sub-Saharan Africa: Renewable Energy
Dec 24 2015 01:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
11.7 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, . . . are enjoying improved access to renewable energy technologies. This has helped save at least, . . . 8.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide so far, while . . . $59 million has been leveraged to support...
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Student Debt And Over 50
Jul 28 2012 05:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Another day older and deeper in debt. Source: money
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Stranded Assets
Apr 30 2015 02:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bloomberg New Energy Finance, priced the fossil fuel industry at, . . . $5 trillion (although the drop in oil prices means this has since fallen). HSBC, the Global Research division of, . . . Britain’s multinational banking and financial services...
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Storm Destroys Landlines, To Be Wireless Replaced
Jul 22 2013 04:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Much of Verizon's landline infrastructure on New York's Fire Island . . . was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy and . . . the telecom will not be repairing the old technology. More than 36% of Americans use cell phones as their only telephone...
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States Oppose Clean Power Plan
Aug 07 2015 09:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The plan calls upon states to up their renewable generating capacities using: . . . . . . Natural gas, . . . . . . Wind, . . . . . . Solar, and . . . . . . Hydroelectric power sources, . . . while decreasing their reliance on Fossil Fuels, . . . . . ....
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Spend More On Energy, Or Prices Will Rise
Mar 30 2013 03:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
If electricity demand is reduced – then network costs will go up. It means that household are faced with a Hobson’s choice – . . . consume more, and pay higher electricity bills. . . . Or consume less … and pay higher electricity bills. Confused?...
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Spacex: Falcon 9 Sea-Barge Landing
Jan 11 2016 05:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
December 21, 2015, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster, . . . touched down on Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. January 17, 2016, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster, . . . will attempt to land, on a drone barge in the Pacific Ocean. Some mi...
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Spacex Wins Contract From Nasa
Aug 22 2016 09:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
SpaceX wins multi-billion contract from NASA
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South Korea: $37 Billion Renewable Energy
Jul 18 2016 01:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
30 trillion won will be spent by state utilities on solar, and wind power generation with . . . 13 gigawatts of capacity by 2020 – equivalent to . . . twenty-six 500-megawatt coal-fired power plants. 7-18-2016 Source: South Korea: $37 Billion re...
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South Australian Blackout
Oct 05 2016 12:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Blackouts don’t normally get international attention, But, Australia’s southern state of South Australia last week, . . . suffered a massive . . . and total blackout, . . . due to one of the most extreme weather events, . . . to hit the state over the...
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South Australia's Last Coal Plant
May 09 2016 11:20 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
The 520MW Northern brown coal power generator, . . . the last coal-fired power station in South Australia, . . . was switched off for the last time, . . . setting the state on a new path to a decarbonised grid. 5-9-2016 Source: South Australia's...
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Solarcity’S Ny Factory = 3,000 Jobs
Sep 24 2014 04:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
With the ability to make enough solar panels to generate more than . . . 1,000 megawatts of electricity, the factory could be in open by early 2016, . . . with full production a year later. SolarCity also is expected to create more than another . . ....
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Solarcity Talks Cost Reduction
Dec 17 2015 11:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
SolarCity, looks to lower solar customer acquisition costs, from . . . $0.64 per watt to, . . . $0.40 per watt. SolarCity plans to raise prices,as utility rates increase, in . . . 2016, or 2017. 12-17-2015 Source: SolarCity Talks Cost Redu...
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Solar: Under $1.- A Watt Fully Installed
Jun 21 2015 10:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The bulk of the photovoltaics added on a global basis, . . . is still utility scale, and Because of 4-5 cent power cost in utility scale, By 2017, we'll be under $1.00 per watt, . . . fully installed on a tracker, . . . in the western United...
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Solar: North Carolina
Aug 11 2015 01:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
North Carolina, ranked 4th, . . . among US states for installed PV capacity, . . . is set to get another 33MW of utility-scale PV, . . . spread across 7 sites. 08-11-2015 Source: Solar: North Carolina
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Solar: Integrated Resource Planning
Aug 28 2013 04:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The future of the grid has been a cause of concern, . . . ever since it became clear that rooftop solar, and . . . soon battery storage – would change the dynamics of the market, . . . because it gave consumers the ability to lower the cost of energy....
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