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New rechargeable lithium battery designed for Class III lift trucks
Offers longer life, requires less maintenance compared to their lead-acid counterparts
Alstom to refurbish generators at Darlington nuclear plant
Will allow facility to operate until 2055
Tighten control of remote operations
Honeywell’s RC500 remote terminal unit. Photo: Honeywell MORRIS TOWNSHIP, NJ: Honeywell’s RC500 Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) gives industrial users more control over remote, automated operations such as those found in oil and gas operations. The modular and scalable controller easily integrates with SCADA technology and withstands harsh environments. It also uses minimal electricity and could ...
The latest poop on renewable energy
Engineers at Oregon State University have made a breakthrough toward producing electricity from sewage, by the use of new coatings on the anodes of microbial electrochemical cells that increased the electricity production about 20 times. The findings, recently published online in Biosensors and Bioelectronics, a professional journal, bring the researchers one step closer to technology ...
Products and Equipment
Agilit-e turns traditional powertrains into all-wheel hybrid systems
Offers easy "bolt on" installation
Redline Communications pioneering the “digital oilfield”
Digital connections to an oil field allows a company to remotely manage and monitor it in real time.
Ex BP supervisor says he didn’t feel pressure to sacrifice safety before Gulf blowout
Project was behind schedule and over budget
Viscount Systems lands contract to secure industrial facility
The award can potentially scale to 65 facilities
Ceres to build $90 million commodity hub in Saskatchewan
The site will handle grain, oil and resources equipment
GE to buy aviation business of Italian manufacturer Avio for $4.3 billion
The company says that it wants to build its supply chain as it ramps up engine production.
One industry towns watch as economy passes them by
Small manufacturing towns struggle to cope as their workers must choose between their life at home, or high-paying jobs in Alberta.
Mismatch in job market affects economic growth: CIBC
Shortages of people in resource extraction; surplus in in manufacturing.
New GE windmill blade design could make wind energy more viable
New blade design could reduce blade costs by up to 40 per cent, making wind energy as economical as fossil fuels without government subsidies.
Toshiba shows four legged robot to help in radiated areas with Fukushima nuclear disaster
Four-legged robot can climb over debris, venture into radiated areas off-limits to human workers
US panel urges tighter screening of Chinese investment
Says they pose unfair competition to American firms.
OECD says Canada, other key economies stabilizing
Canadian policy-makers optimistic the US is poised for sustained recovery.
Flaherty says US must avoid fiscal cliff that would lead to recession
Falling off the edge would have a greater impact on Canada than EU woes
Manufacturing sales rose 1.5 per cent in August: StatsCan
Sales in motor vehicles rose 4.4 per cent to $4.7 billion, contributing to the improved numbers.
Euro economy shrinks 0.2% in Q2, edging closer to recession
US’s biggest export customer, fall-off will hit order books.
Canadian unemployment rate rises as 30,400 jobs lost in disappointing July
National unemployment rate up by one-tenth of a point to 7.3 per cent
