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Solar Electricians Come to Boulder City

20 hours ago ago from Los Angeles Electricians

By Stephanie Tavares (contact) Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 | 1:18 p.m. Sun Coverage * Archive of Sun energy stories Boulder City is soon to be home to yet another large solar plant, thanks to Sempra Generation receiving final approval to sell solar energy generated in the Eldorado Valley to a California utility. The company received approval from the California Public Utilities Commission today to sell energy to California's Pacific Gas ...

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Socket to ya: Why our electric rates are so high

1 day ago ago from East Boston Times-Free Press

By Seth Daniel For the Free Press Leaving the porch light on, running an air conditioner at night or using a longer cycle on the clothes dryer are all decisions that, in Massachusetts, will cost users more than just about anywhere else in the country. As the cost of everything has risen in the last few years, electricity rates in Massachusetts have slowly crept to the top of the list, sitting at fourth highest in the United ...

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Singapore firm takes 65 percent of Maamba coal mine

11 hours ago ago from 24-hour Breaking News on Zambia

(Reuters) Singapore's Nava Bharat Pte Ltd on Friday took over the running of Zambia's Maamba Collieries, a key coal supplier to Zambia's copper mines, and signed an agreement to build a 300-megawatt thermal power plant. Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane said Nava Bharat, which signed an agreement with Zambia, Africa's largest copper producer, would pay $26 million for a 65 percent stake in Maamba Collieries while 35 percent of the ...

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State Development Authority OKs Power Plant Bond Applications

17 hours ago ago from Insta-Plug

WV State Journal State EDA approves three industrial bond allocation requests for power plants. Three industrial development bond allocation requests for power plants totaling more than $112 million were approved Dec. 17 by the West Virginia Economic Development Authority. A $47.8 million request was approved for Longview Power, LLC, a new 695 megawatt electrical power generating facility under construction in the Morgantown area. ...

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Poinsettias: Popular holiday plant can last long past December

15 hours ago ago from Lifestyle/Valley Scene

By Amber Marra -- amarra@nvdaily.com When Joel Roberts Poinsett brought a plant with an unusual burst of bright red and green across the border from Mexico to the United States in 1825, he probably didn't realize he was beginning a Christmas tradition that would continue more than a century later. Poinsettias still find their way into millions of homes during the holidays as a classic symbol of the beauty of Christmas. They have ...

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Contracting in Afghanistan

22 hours ago ago from Washington Post - U.S.

Federal auditors have identified more than $950 million in questioned and unsupported costs submitted by Defense Department contractors. The figure excludes potential waste from contracts with other departments or agencies, such as USAID. The following are some of the cases of waste, fraud and abuse: This Story -- A $305 million project to increase power generation in Afghanistan was expected to produce 140 megawatts ...

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