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New Transmission & Distribution Report from ABS Energy Research The new Transmission & Distribution Report from ABS Energy Research reveals Chinese demand is now so large that it has an enormous impact on the global market size. In 2008 it accounted for 27% of the total of global capital T&D expenditure, 31% in 2009 but in 2010 shrunk to 24%.
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Increase in Global Demand for Electricity, Gas and Water Meters New Report from ABS Energy Research reveals that in 2009 global demand for Electricity, Gas and Water Meters was 246 million Meters at a value of EUR7,790 million ($10,810) compared with EUR6,502 million ($9,458 million) in 2008.
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2009 Poor Year for Geothermal But Expected to Grow Between 2010 to 2015 A new report from ABS Energy Research reveals that 2009 was a poor year for geothermal globally with only 405MW of new installed electric capacity, however, the sector is expected to grow rapidly in several countries between 2010 to 2015 due to current and proposed incentives.
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New Report from ABS Energy Research New Report from ABS Energy Research expects the latter part of 2010 and 2011 to be a good year for biofuels, with new countries entering the sector on a commercial scale, such as the Philippines and Thailand. The EU market may contract slightly with the removal of subsidies in some key member states.
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New Report from ABS Energy Research Reveals that Despite the Economic Downturn, Thermal Solar remains strong and ABS Predicts Strong Growth in 2011 & 2012 and a Spike in GW Capacity World-Wide The newly released 4th Edition of the Solar Thermal Report from ABS Energy Research states that despite the global downturn, the concentrated solar power market (CSP) is heating up.
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ABS Releases Desalination Report 2010 Water scarcity has always existed somewhere in the world but today the need for water, both for people and for industry, is growing at an alarming rate. About one third of the countries in the world suffer from water shortage and in 20 of these real scarcity exists. Fortunately the technologies of desalination (also called desalting) exist to remedy these critical problems, they are now affordable and are becoming cheaper.
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ABS Announces the Launch of a New Programme of Renewable Energy Reports in 2009 ABS has already established a successful series of seven reports, each covering one renewable energy source and technology (hydro, wind, solar PV, solar thermal, biomass, geothermal, ocean), which provide a wealth of information and statistical detail about each segment.
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