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Moving the needle – supply chain analytics and measuring performance in manufacturing Given the increasing requirements from customers for product availability and on-time delivery, manufacturing companies are under pressure to meet these demands while retaining margins. In an age of global presence, local demand, personalised offers, and omni-channel experience, businesses must optimise every aspect of […]

The South to North Water Diversion Project in China is the largest of its kind ever undertaken. The project involves drawing water from southern rivers and supplying it to the dry north. This massive scheme has already taken 50 years from conception to commencement and is expected to take almost as long to construct. Planned

Scatec Solar and Norfund have signed a power purchase agreement securing the sale of solar power over a 25 year period to the state owned utility Electricidade de Mozambique (EDM). In addition to this new 40 MW plant in Mozambique, the company operates 200 MW of solar power plants in South Africa and Rwanda and

Strong government policies, technological improvement and environmental concerns are driving global renewable energy growth, according to an International Energy Agency report published Tuesday. In the IEA’s Medium Term Renewable Market Report, the world’ s leading energy agency increased its five – year growth forecast for renewables by 13 percent compared to its outlook last year.

Customer and experience are two words that you don’t often encounter in the manufacturing industry. On the whole, manufacturing is an industry focused on the product – rather than how it is presented to the customer – and to some extent, rightly so. Much of the insight usually found within the boardroom walls of a

Wind blows. Water falls. But for the first time, one is now powering the other. Engineers in Germany are storing water for hydroelectricity inside wind turbines allowing the towers act like massive batteries once the wind stops blowing. It’s the first major example of the two technologies being physically integrated to supply reliable renewable energy.

SEATTLE, Wash. — Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced Amazon Wind Farm US Central 2, a new 189 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Hardin County, Ohio that will generate 530,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of wind energy a nnually starting in December 2017. Amazon engaged with EverPower, a leader in utility

Infrastructure is a major investment opportunity for the private sector, with $58.6 trillion in needs over the next 15 years, according to a report published last week by Citigroup. Citi’s report, Infrastructure for Growth: The Dawn of a New Multi – Trillion Dollar Asset Class, said global infrastructure spending will need to increase from $2.5

Advanced energy is big business, representing $200 billion in revenues in the U.S. alone—on par with the pharmaceutical industry – and growing. This week the news is all about the green, and we don’t mean eco-friendly. We’re talking greenbacks. We have stories of financing models for energy storage and big-bucks deals for AEE member companies.