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  • South African regulator gives nod for Eskom wind power project South African regulator gives nod for Eskom wind power project

    JOHANNESBURG - The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has granted power producer Eskom a licence for its Sere wind farm in the Western Cape, paving the way for the company to start construction of its $254.3 million (R2.4-billion) project. Sere is the Nama word for "cool breeze". The wind farm project is scheduled to become fully commercially operational by the end of ...

  • Mediterranean diet may help boost ageing brain power

    A Mediterranean diet with added extra virgin olive oil or mixed nuts seems to improve the brain power of older people better than advising them to follow a low-fat diet, according to a new research. The researchers from the University of Navarra in Spain base their findings on 522 men and women aged between 55 and 80 without cardiovascular disease but at high vascular risk because of underlying ...

  • New US Energy Secretary Promises Review of Natural Gas Export Studies

    WASHINGTON - The new U.S. Energy Secretary promised a review of the government's existing studies of natural gas exports, raising the possibility that the U.S. might re-do the analysis that has underpinned previous permit approvals. Ernest Moniz, who was sworn in Tuesday, said he is "committed to doing a review of what's out there in terms of impact analysis" before ...

  • CVR Partners Announces Secondary Offering of Common Units by CVR Energy

    ) (the "Partnership") today announced that Coffeyville Resources, LLC (the "Selling Unitholder"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CVR Energy, Inc., will sell, subject to market conditions, 12,000,000 common units representing limited partner interests (the "common units") in the Partnership in a registered public offering. In connection with the offering, the Selling ...

  • Western Wind Announces Completion of Compulsory Acquisition

    May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Western Wind Energy Corp. -- (the "Company" or "Western Wind") (TSX Venture Exchange -- "WND") (OTCQX -- "WNDEF") today announced that WWE Equity Holdings Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P., has completed its compulsory acquisition of the outstanding common shares ...

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Spellbound [DVD]

Spellbound [DVD]

Despite getting good reviews and several Oscar nominations when it was first released in 1945, in the long run, Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound, the second of four films he would make with powerful independent producer David O. Selznick, has gotten a pretty bad rap. Consider that, in the lengthy, book-length interviews Franois Truffaut conducted with Hitchcock, the section on Spellbound ...

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  • Verdeeco Unveils Innovative Customizable Customer Portal for Utilities

    , an innovative smart grid analytics firm for the utility industry, has unveiled a configurable online customer portal application that electric utilities can offer their customers. This hosted application can be customized to offer specific and actionable data regarding energy consumption, allowing the customer to view their energy usage at the smallest interval increment that the utility ...

  • Alterra Power Announces Change on its Board of Directors

    September 2011 and brings extensive transactional and financial experience to the Board, including ten years in the renewable power industry.   The Company wishes to thank Mr. Sweeney for his years of service, and the pivotal role he played in the development of Alterra over the years. About Alterra Power Corp. Alterra Power Corp. is a leading global renewable energy ...

  • Abtech Holdings Invited to Present at the Second Annual Marcum MicroCap Conference on May 30 2013 in NYC

    May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Abtech Holdings, Inc. (OTC QB: ABHD) ("AbTech"), a full-service environmental technologies and engineering firm dedicated to providing innovative solutions to communities, industry and governments addressing issues of water pollution and contamination, announced that Chief Executive ...

  • Portland Ore. voting on water fluoridation

    PORTLAND, Ore. -- Procrastinators dropped off their ballots Tuesday as Portlanders decided for the first time in more than 30 years whether to add fluoride to their drinking water.Voters had weeks to make their choice in the mail-ballot election. It's now too late to rely on the postman, so drop boxes have been placed across the city to accommodate those who waited until the final day to ...

  • AES supplies energy at Central America and the Caribbean’s most competitive prices

    Santo Domingo.- The consolidated portfolio of energy generators that the power company AES manages offer the most competitive electricity prices in the local market as well as the Central America and Caribbean region. This was revealed by Marco De la Rosa, during breakfast the Energy Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAMDR), explaining that "AES sells a kilowatt hour of ...

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