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  1. Study: Power crisis & wrong remedies may short circuit California economy

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    Thu, 28 Jun 2001

    than one-half percent increase in unemployment . But the state's long-term outlook ..... will be nearly $90 billion less and unemployment will be higher and extend over a longer ..... in the Restoring the Market case. * Unemployment - The unemployment rate attributable

  2. Two-year production tax credit extension passed by House and Senate

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    Tue, 12 Mar 2002

    Mass., March 11, 2002 -- Last week, the House and Senate approved a slimmed-down economic stimulus and unemployment insurance bill containing a two-year extension of the Wind Energy Production Tax Credit (PTC). The package

  1. Philippines looks to geothermal

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    Sun, 1 Jan 1995

    to economic progress, as blackouts and brownouts of up to 10 hours a day have interrupted commercial activity, causing unemployment and costing the developing country an estimated (US)$1 billion annually. To resolve this power crisis, the government

  2. HVDC Systems Gotland: the HVDC pioneer

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    Thu, 1 Jul 2004

    In 1950, high energy prices on the Swedish island of Gotland were affecting the local economy and resulting in depopulation and unemployment .

  3. Wind sector growing twice as fast as EU economy

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    Wed, 18 Apr 2012

    costs to European citizens," said Zervos. Jobs in the wind energy sector reached nearly 240,000 by 2010, a 30 per cent increase from 2007-2010, while unemployment rose by 9.6% in the same period. For more wind energy news

  4. Spring loaded with opportunities

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    Thu, 1 Sep 2011

    a youthful society provides a potentially potent workforce that could fuel the country's economic growth. But if high unemployment levels continue, discontent is likely to emerge again. Economic development and prosperity bring greater demand for electricity

  5. Obama set to turn the US energy sector on its head

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    Sun, 1 Feb 2009

    hundreds of thousands of much needed new jobs; January recorded the biggest monthly job loss in 34 years, and the overall unemployment rate has soared to a 16-year peak. Obama has made it clear that he would look to outlaw the building of traditional coal

  6. The pain in Spain falls mainly on the plain

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    Sun, 1 Nov 2009

    with robust enthusiasm. Spain fell into recession in the third quarter of 2008, and now suffers from one of the highest unemployment rates in Europe (a reported 18.5 per cent). It could be left to an underlying sturdy power industry to haul the country

  7. Is the UK offshore wind sector dead in the water?

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    Fri, 1 May 2009

    miss the chance to create up to 70 000 new jobs in the offshore wind industry. A sobering thought when you consider that unemployment in the UK has hit a 12-year high of two million. Speaking on BBC’s Radio Four, Paul Golby, chief executive of E

  8. The mountain comes to Mohammed

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    Thu, 1 Jul 2004

    necessity. China has a huge and growing labour force and unemployment is a major political challenge. The country therefore has to aim for high long term GDP growth to combat unemployment . At the 16th Party Congress in November 2002, the government