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Tratos wins multi million pound Ethiopian Dam Contract
Specialist cable manufacturer Tratos Cavi Spa obtained the multi million pound contract to supply the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam with low and high voltage cable. The new EEPCO (Ethiopa Electric and Power Corporation) dam, which is due to be completed in 2017, is located on the Nile River in North Western Ethiopia and will be the largest in Africa with the capacity to hold up to 66 billion cubic metres of water and generate15,100 Giga WH p... [more]
POWER-GEN Middle East and WaterWorld Middle East 2012 to highlight the mounting demand, opportunities and challenges for Power and Water
Qatar continues to lead the Middle East as one of the fastest growing markets for power and water development, with estimates suggesting 44 power and water projects in the GCC worth US$31.9 billion are already underway or due to begin in 2012. Hosts of the 2022 World Cup, Qatar is expected to spend $10 billion US dollars on water infrastructure alone over the next decade. In light of this growth POWER-GEN Middle East and the newly launched, co... [more]
SummitSkills welcomes movement on feed-in tariffs
On Thursday 19 January, Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker announced that the Government has laid before Parliament draft licence modifications which provide for a reduced FiTs rate of 21p/kW from 1 April 2012 for eligible new solar PV installations on or after 3 March 2012. Announcing the latest development, while Government awaits the judgment of the Court of Appeal about the challenge to its proposal to reduce the FiTs from 12 D... [more]
ECA says Government FITs appeal defeat means wild ride for the industry
The Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) says the Government’s unsuccessful High Court appeal to the recent ruling on solar PV feed-in tariffs could mean a wild ride for an industry that is already reeling from Government announcements in the last few months. Paul Reeve, ECA Head of Environment, says: “Before anyone celebrates, we should remember that future funding for FITs is not unlimited. Some of the available cash could now be used u... [more]
Promoting your business online: how to connect with hundreds of thousands of potential customers
Google data shows that there are approximately 823,000 searches made online in the UK1 each month for electrician-related phrases, so if you’re part of the estimated 40% of UK SMEs2 that don’t have a website and rely solely on offline promotion, you risk losing out on a substantial amount of business. Gone are the days when people only use a telephone directory to look up local electricians; an increasing number of customers nowadays look on... [more]
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