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01/20/12 Global - Best Countries for Business - Bloomberg Rankings has analyzed dozens of data points from 11 sources to devise a new ranking of the world's best countries for business. Fifty nations were analyzed on six broad criteria including the cost of starting a business, the cost of labor and materials, and the cost of moving goods. The study also tallied how integrated each country was into the global economy, the "readiness" of its consumer base to participate in economic activity, and less tangible costs such as corruption and property rights protection. The winner? Hong Kong, whose strong rankings on all six criteria edged it ahead of the Netherlands (No. 2) and the U.S. (No. 3). One surprise in the results was the relatively poor showing for the giants of emerging markets, the so-called BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. China came in at No. 19, thanks to a strong showing in the cost of transport, but Russia, India, and Brazil were ranked 48th, 49th, and 50th, respectively, due to less-developed consumer markets and intangible costs - Bloomberg: Review Top 20 Countries in a slide show

01/20/12 United States - Export Markets - Ex-Im Bank is celebrating its successful first year of Global Access for Small Business (Global Access), the agency's small business outreach initiative. This ambitious public-private partnership to engage more companies in exporting was launched at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last January. The financing that Ex-Im provides to small businesses is contributing to a significant increase in overseas sales. In fiscal year 2011 alone, the Bank increased small business transactions to a record $6 billion, up $1 billion from the previous year. Over 85% of all Ex-Im transactions directly benefit small business exporters - EXIM Bank: Read More

01/19/12 United States - Data Center Markets - Low-cost Midwestern cities like Omaha, Council Bluffs, Ames, Iowa, and Sioux Falls, S.D., stand to gain high-security data centers in coming years, according to a site location consultant for the data security industry. It won't be a huge employment influx — about 75 jobs per location and a total of as many as 70,000 jobs spread nationally by 2015 — but the work pays well and the computer-heavy data centers are rich sources of property tax funds, said John Boyd Jr., principal with the Boyd Cos. Inc. of Princeton, N.J. His company's study of operating costs, available and qualified workers, fiber-optic capacity, insulation from natural disasters and other factors puts Sioux Falls as the No. 1 candidate for new data centers. The rest of the top 10, in order: Tulsa, Okla; Ames; Council Bluffs; Bloomington, Ind.; Albuquerque, N.M.; San Antonio; Omaha; Colorado Springs; and Denton, Texas - Omaha World Herald: Read More

01/18/12 Global - Export Markets - The World Bank Projects Global Slowdown in Growth, with Developing Countries Impacted. Developing countries should prepare for further downside risks, as Euro Area debt problems and weakening growth in several big emerging economies are dimming global growth prospects, says the World Bank in the newly-released Global Economic Prospects (GEP) 2012. The Bank has lowered its growth forecast for 2012 to 5.4 percent for developing countries and 1.4 percent for high-income countries (-0.3 percent for the Euro Area), down from its June estimates of 6.2 and 2.7 percent (1.8 percent for the Euro Area), respectively. Global growth is now projected at 2.5 and 3.1[1] percent for 2012 and 2013, respectively - The World Bank: Read More --- Access the newly-released 160 page "Global Economic Prospects 2012" in a PDF File --- Summaries Available in Other Languages

01/18/12 India - Infrastructure Markets - India is to launch a $35bn wave of public sector investment to reverse a decline in the fast-growing economy’s growth rate and return it closer to double digits, according to the prime minister’s office. The government of Manmohan Singh has ordered 17 state-owned companies to use money currently held in reserve to invest in a mixture of infrastructure projects and overseas energy purchases - Financial Times: Read Details after Free FT Registration

01/17/12 Bahamas, Caribbean Islands - Mariculture Markets - The Bahamian economy sector could receive a $500 billion annual injection should the country move towards establishing a mariculture industry, an accountant and author telling Tribune Business that this nation is perhaps the world's most conducive to grow fish. Speaking on his recent book, Yes You Can: A Bahamian Plan, veteran accountant Milford Lockhart told Tribune Business that with the demand for seafood rising, the Bahamas must move towards capitalizing on this lucrative industry. According to the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), demand for seafood will double by 2040, with much of the supply to likely come from farmed seafood. While the Bahamas is among the world's major exporters of spiny lobster (crawfish), Mr. Lockhart said that was a 'drop in the bucket' to the potential benefits to be attained from the mariculture industry - The Tribune: Read More

01/17/12 Global - Industrial Development Markets - Industrial energy efficiency is key to sustainable industrial development, especially in developing countries, according to a flagship publication of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). UNIDO’s Industrial Development Report, launched today at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, urges investment in energy-efficient technologies in order to provide the economic, environmental and social dividends that will help achieve sustainable growth. The publication, entitled “Industrial energy efficiency for sustainable wealth creation: capturing environmental, economic and social dividends”, stresses that sustainable energy production is essential to overcome the major challenges the world faces today - UNIDO: Read Summary --- The report is available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Russian here

01/16/12 Africa - Biogas Markets - Organic waste is one of the untapped sources of natural energy available today. “It's a simple solution that can be deployed in as quickly as three days but people don't know too much about it”, says Jonathan de Magalhães, Managing Director of Ubuntu Energy Solutions. While biogas is used all over the world --India for example has more than 4.5 million digesters–harnessing biogas energy in South Africa is practically unknown. Only a small number of digesters have been built successfully and commissioned to date – a loss to the renewable industry sector in the country since biogas fulfills all of the criteria relating to environmental sustainability, requires a relatively low technological input and is cost effective to implement - Modern Ghana/Africa Energy Iduaba: Read More --- To learn more about biogas technology, be sure to attend the annual Africa Energy Indaba being held from February 21 to 23, 2012 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.

01/16/12 United States - Housing Market - Signs Encouraging for Housing in 2012 Despite Political Gridlock in Washington according to the Nation's Building News published by the National Association of Home Builders - NBN: Read More with Access to Hyperlinked Detailed Information

01/14/12 Russia - Foreign Investment - Changes to the Rules Governing Foreign Investment in Russian Strategic Companies.  In general, the amendments improve the investment environment in Russia - The Moscow Times: Read Detailed Comments by Evgeny Danilov, Head of Expert Group Goltsblat BLP

01/14/12 United States - Construction Markets - December marks the second straight month that the AIA’s Architecture Billings Index (ABI) increased, and the first two-month gain since February and March of 2011. At 52.0 (the same score as the previous month), the billings figures were strong enough to generate growth in most regions of the country and in most major construction sectors. Architecture firms in the Northeast, Midwest, and South all reported average billings scores of more than 50 for December, the threshold that indicates an aggregate increase in firm billings. Likewise, firms specializing in residential, commercial/industrial, as well as institutional projects all reported gains with their preliminary December scores - AIA: Read More

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News Articles about Businesses, Cities, Counties and/or Countries discussing the Construction or Purchase of a Generator, Methane, Thermal or Wind Power System for the week prior to 01/20/12

Where possible Company or Agency Names are Hyperlinked, so you may review contact information. You can locate City and County Websites under “Governmental Market Resources” and “Yellow Pages Worldwide” on my: Blog Site from there you can navigate to each Purchasing Department and possible Contacts.

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01/20/12 Baghdad, Iraq, Middle East - The Baghdad Company for Gas Turbines Ltd. has announced that it has won the contract to rehabilitate the Mullah Abdulla power plant in Baghdad. When completed later this year, the plant will provide more than 250 MW of power - Iraq-Business News: Read More

01/20/12 Chatham Township, NJ - In a reversal from a prior tally, the Chatham Township Committee voted 5-0 Thursday to authorize the purchase of a natural gas generator to service a sewage treatment plant near the Chatham Glen. According to Township Administrator Tom Ciccarone, the cost of the natural gas generator is $72,276 - Chatham Patch: Read More

01/20/12 South Fulton, TN - The South Fulton City Commission was informed city manager Deb-ra Craig attended a meeting regarding 2010 disaster grants, through which the city applied for a generator for the water treatment plant. She said there were many applications and they are still being reviewed - The Messenger/NWTN Today: Read More

01/19/12 Boonton, NJ - Township of Boonton Board of Education, on Wednesday, Jan. 11, discussed buying a backup generator for emergencies such as the power outage this fall that was caused by the late October snowstorm - Neighbor News: Read More

01/19/12 Orlando, FL - The annual Orlando Ritchie Bros Auction will be running between Feb 14th and 18th, 2012. As of today there are 83 Generators listed to be sold on the 14th - Ritchie Bros: See List of Generators

01/18/12 Austin, TX - Austin decided to use $1.2 million of its Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to replace the old equipment with modern “biogas rated” generation equipment. The new equipment is on order and the city intends for the project to be fully operational by the middle of next year - Earth Techling: Read More

01/18/12 Bucharest, Romania, Southeastern Europe - Prowind GmbH, a German wind farm developer, plans to start work on a 300 megawatt wind park in Romania this summer, with plans to complete it by the end of next year, managing director Johannes Busmann said. Prowind, which is developing the wind farm in northeastern Romania with General Electric Co., is looking for an investor to buy the project - Bloomberg: Read More

01/18/12 Cape May Countuy, NJ - County Eyes Generator At Crest Haven Complex. A natural gas-powered central utility plant that would provide hot water and electricity for county buildings in the Crest Haven complex was discussed by freeholders Tue., Jan. 10. Contained in the county’s energy master plan, written by Voorhees-based Concord Engineering Group, the plant would cut an estimated $869,000, or 47 percent of the county’s energy cost. As envisioned by Robert “Budd” Springer, Facilities and Services director, the plant would be built and operated by a private concern, alleviating the county of the construction cost and operational burden - Cape May County Herald: Read More

01/18/12 Turkey, Southwestern Asia - Wind energy will take up a considerable proportion of Turkey’s installed capacity in 2023, as the country aims to generate 20,000 MW from wind turbines, according to Turkey’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Taner Yildiz. Speaking at a meeting of industrialists and state bodies, jointly organized by his ministry and the Wind Energy Association of Turkey (TUREB), Yildiz said that despite its relatively late entry among the world’s 86 wind power producing nations, Turkey has made it to the top 15 in wind power with large-scale investments taking place in the sector - Invest in Turkey: Read More

01/17/12 Belgrade, Serbia, Southeastern Europe - Serbian power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) plans to call this year tenders for the construction of eight small hydro power plants (HPPs) and the upgrade of 15 existing ones, local media reported. The projects will be financed with a 45 million euro ($57 million) loan provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, daily Danas said over the weekend, quoting unnamed EPS sources - See News: Read More

01/17/12 Brunswick County, NC - At the Alberta Town Council meeting held Monday, Jan. 9 discussed the Water Distribution Contract between Brunswick County, the IDA and the Town of Alberta. In the proposed agreement the County proposed to buy the water booster station and reimburse Alberta for the land and improvements in the amount of a onetime payment of $20,000. The County would upgrade the Alberta booster station by adding an emergency generator, electrical upgrades, replace pumps, master meter and upgrading the chemical feed system for disinfection at a minimum - VaNc News: Read More

01/17/12 Marriottsville, MD - The Jan. 12 meeting was held to address concerns about potential pollution from a methane-to-energy generator planned at the landfill where currently a flare burns off most of the methane - Columbia Patch: Read More

01/17/12 Moses Lake, WA - City staff is nearing completion of plans and specifications for the Division Street Lift Station Improvement Project, which Municipal Services Director Gary Harer said will include new hardware in the wet well, new above ground electrical system, a new generator, bypass port, bypass chute and a concrete pad for parking a maintenance vehicle - Columbia Basin Herald: Read More

01/17/12 Oneida, NY - In other business, the council approved: The recreation director to expend funds for capital projects including Chapman Pool preparations ($10,000), Martin’s Mix ($4,000), wood fiber for playground surfaces ($4,000), replacement of Chapman Pool bathroom partitions ($7,000), surveying Cooley Park and Harmon Field ($6,000) and a generator replacement ($28,000) - The Oneida Daily Dispatch: Read More

01/17/12 Oxnard, CA - Primoris Services Corporation today announced new contracts and work authorizations totaling approximately $102.5 million for natural gas pipeline infrastructure, power plant, and parking structure projects in California that Include Primoris's ARB Industrial Groups award of a $17.0 million contract to construct a new 50 MW peaking power generation facility in Oxnard, California - Oil Voice: Read about other Awards

01/17/12 Spring Valley, IL - Spring Valley City Council is ready to move ahead with wastewater treatment plant improvements, but work to repair damage from 2008 won’t begin before this summer. The council voted Monday to award a $57,500 grant to Chamlin & Associates for design and inspections at the treatment plant. A $750,000 grant is expected to cover the costs of repairing a dike around the lagoon, a culvert and a generator for the plant. Engineer Larry Good said the design work could begin immediately and plans could be ready for bids by late spring or early summer - News Tribune: Read More

01/15/12 Clearfield, UT - An out-of-date well is receiving necessary updates while also becoming the first of city wells to have an emergency backup generator. The council approved the second-lowest bid from Counterpoint Construction for $256,685 with a contingency of $68,315 - Standard-Examiner: Read More

01/15/12 Easton, MA - A Special Town Meeting has been scheduled to decide whether to control mobile home rents, accept the donation of a pond and dam, and purchase a generator for Town Hall. The generator, costing an estimated $85,000, would help avert data loss from power outages such as occurred during storms last year - The Boston Globe: Read More

01/14/12 Mumbai, India - The state government's nod to a Rs 7.5-crore modernisation plan, all the central jails in the state will be put under 24/7 CCTV surveillance. Officials said that to begin with, they have decided to install cameras in eight central jails located at Kolhapur, Yerwada, Nashik, Nagpur, Thane, Mumbai, Amravati, Taloja and a district jail in Kalyan. Not just CCTVs, authorities have also got the approval to purchase 19 door frame metal detectors, 94 hand held metal detectors, 18 mobile detectors, 200 sets of walkie-talkies and ten generator sets. Officials are now waiting for the government to issue advertisements inviting tenders for the same - IBN Live: Read More

01/13/12 Loiyangalani, Kenya, Eastern Africa - Vestas could deliver 310 MW of wind turbines to Kenya. The wind power project, which entails building the large wind farm within Loiyangalani, a remote region in north-western Kenya near the Lake Turkana basin, could begin generating electricity after 2013 - Reve: Read More

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News Articles about Business and Governmental Construction Projects or Expansion Plans normally requiring Backup Emergency Generators, Construction Equipment, Light Towers or Alternative Energy Power Systems for the week prior to 01/20/12

I believe all of these projects selected have a critical demand for backup electrical power systems. They may require an Anaerobic Digester, Bio-Fuel System, Diesel or Gas Generator, Electrical Distribution Components, Methane, Solar, Thermal, or Wind Power Systems. Scroll through the list in a descending order by date, then alphabetical order by City, State and Country for those projects of interest to you.

Where possible Company or Agency Names are Hyperlinked, so you may look up contact information. You can locate any Business anywhere under “Yellow Pages Worldwide” and locate City and County Websites under 'Governmental Market Resources " on my: Blog Site from there you can navigate to each Purchasing Department and possible Contacts. 

To translate pages into other languages try Bablefish or Google Translate. Eventually I will have a translation tool bar for everyone.

01/20/12 Beihai, China - China Petroleum and Chemical Corp's (Sinopec Corp) plan to build a 3 million tonne-per-year import terminal of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in south China is expected to win final state approval soon, a source with direct knowledge of the $2.8 billion project told Reuters. The terminal, to be built in a man-made island off the southwestern coastal city Beihai, is slated to start operations around mid-2015, slightly behind an earlier plan, and will bring in the super-chilled natural gas from Queensland, Australia - Port News: Read More

01/20/12 Berkeley Lake, GA - The City of Berkeley Lake, Ga., is getting more than $2.6 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency toward repairs of its Berkeley Lake Dam. The total project cost is estimated to be $3,580,558 - FEMA: Read More

01/20/12 Bitola, Macedonia, Southeastern Europe - Bilfinger Berger is expanding its presence in the promising markets of Southeastern Europe with a major order in power plant service: the Group will modernize all three boilers in the lignite-burning power plant “TPP Bitola” which is part of JSC Macedonian Power Plants , the largest electricity generation company in FYR Macedonia. The order has a volume of about €90 million and additionally covers the long-term repair and maintenance of the facility - Balkans News: Read More

01/20/12 Clovis, NM - Groundbreaking for the Tres Amigas superstation that will serve as the nation’s first renewable energy market hub is expected in July, according to Tres Amigas officials. The new power facility to be built on 14,400 acres will be located northeast of Clovis, near the intersection of Hwy 209 and Curry County Rd. 31. According to David C. Stidham, senior vice president and chief operating officer for Tres Amigas, 200 to 600 construction jobs will become available once the project takes off. These include personnel to build transmission lines, carpenters, technicians, electricians and concrete workers. Stidham said his company is looking to fill these positions in July - CNJ Online: Read More

01/20/12 Doljevac, Serbia, Southeastern Europe - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Regional Development Verica Kalanovic announced that Turkish company Boral Aluminum will invest over €50 million in the construction of an aluminum profiles and truck trailer doors factory in Doljevac - Balkans News: Read More

01/20/12 East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Southeastern Asia - PT Perdana Karya Perkasa announced on Thursday that it recently won a contract worth Rp 190 billion (US$21.28 million) from oil firm Virginia Indonesia Company (Vico) to build gas pipelines. Perdana Karya Perkasa director of finance Untung Haryono said that Perdana Karya Perkasa was also in the process of bidding for other oil and gas drilling and exploration projects owned by Vica estimated to be worth Rp 200 billion - The Jakarta Post: Read More

01/20/12 Lenexa, KS - Omaha-based CoSentry is investing roughly $30 million to build and outfit a 60,000-square-foot data center in Lenexa - Kansas City Business Journal: Read More

01/20/12 Los Angeles, CA - The long-stalled new federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles will finally move forward, Washington officials announced Thursday, despite scrutiny from congressional Republicans looking for ways to cut the federal budget deficit. The roughly $400-million project at 1st Street and Broadway, planned for more than a decade, would replace the Depression-era federal courthouse on Spring Street, which officials say has security and asbestos problems - Los Angeles Times: Read More

01/20/12 Minnetonka, MN - We’ve seen a lot of unusual data center designs over the years. Here’s a new one: a luxury homebuilder in Minnesota wants to build a data center that appears to be a mansion, allowing the commercial building to fit into a residential neighborhood. The first implementation of this vision is being reviewed by town planners in Minnetonka, Minnesota, where developer Keith Waters & Associates has proposed to build a 36,000 square foot data center for FiberPop, a local startup that wants to build a chain of “community-based data centers.” The $30 million facility would be built on a tract of farmland that previously had been targeted for a subdivision of luxury homes - Data Center Knowledge: Read More

01/20/12 Sacramento, CA - Pro-Tech Fire Protection Systems Corp, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pro-Tech Industries, Inc., has announced receiving additional new contracts totaling approximately $3.5 million for its fire protection contracting business. Sean McGuire, President of Pro-Tech Fire Protection, remarked that "As our business continues to focus on our established expertise and reputation for quality work and service, we are being rewarded with contracts from both existing and new customers. Although the market remains tight, we are starting to see increased bid activity in both the government and private sectors." - Digital Journal: Read More

01/20/12 Surgoinsville, TN - A $1.4 million expansion of the Ware Manufacturing plant in Hawkins County is expected to include the addition of 33 new manufacturing jobs - Times News: Read More

01/20/12 Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeastern Asia - WorleyParsons and its 50/50 joint venture partner, PT Rekayasa Industri, in Indonesia have been awarded a $US180 million contract by oil and gas giant Chevron. The contract by PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia is for the supply of program management, engineering and construction management services for Chevron’s oilfield assets spread through the middle of Sumatra - AFR Financial Review: Read More

01/20/12 Tucson, AZ - The University of Arizona Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking for its North End Zone Football Facility at 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, in Arizona Stadium. The project is supported by private funds including significant leadership gifts from David and Edith Lowell, who pledged $11 million for the stadium complex, and from Jeff and Sharon Stevens, who donated a total of $12 million. All monies for ICA capital projects come from private funding and no state or tax dollars or student fees are being used to fund the project. Also, Byrne announced an earlier gift of $2.5 million for the project from Peter W. and Nancy Salter, who were to attend the groundbreaking. The facility will be a four-floor operations center with strength training, sports-medicine, coaches offices, locker rooms, meeting rooms, equipment and facility service areas. The structure will enclose the north end of the stadium and create a full bowl with nearly 4,000 premium spectator seats. Also, it will have a campus cafeteria - KOLD 13TV: Read More

01/19/12 Athabasca, Alberta, Canada - CB&I (NYSE:CBI) announced today that it has been awarded a contract, valued in excess of US$750 million, by Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Ltd. for work on the Kearl Expansion Project in Alberta, Canada. CB&I’s work scope on the expansion project includes the engineering, procurement, module assembly and construction of a second bitumen extraction plant, froth tank farms, multiple storage tanks, and six froth settling units - Your Oil and Gas News: Read More

01/19/12 Barents Sea, Offshore Norway, Northern Europe - Eni has been awarded a new exploration license (PL657) in the Barents Sea, located just east of the Goliat Field, also operated by Eni. The license has been awarded by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy as part of the 2011 APA ("Awards in Predefined Area") to the Joint Venture consisting of Eni  (operator with 80%) and Petoro (with 20%) - MBendi: Read More

01/19/12 Chapel Hill, NC - UNC officials hope to begin construction on the first building at the Carolina North satellite campus early next year. The first building will be an as-yet-unnamed 225,000 square-foot research building, which is one of five buildings that will make up the first 800,000 square feet of the project. Also proposed for the first phase are a 250,000 square-foot law school, a second research building (120,000 square feet), housing (200,000 square feet) and a small 5,000 square-foot utility building - News Observer: Read More

01/19/12 Chester County, PA - “A win for Pennsylvania, a win for Chester County and a win for the economy,” is how Gov. Tom Corbett described Endo Pharmaceutical’s decision to build its world headquarters in Atwater, a corporate park on Route 29 in the Great Valley region. The project, to be built on an outcropping overlooking Quarry Lake, is estimated at more than $65 million by IMC Construction, the East Whiteland Company doing the building. The project was designed by L2 Partridge and is being developed in a joint venture between Trammell Crow Co. and CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust - Delaware County Times: Read More

01/19/12 Cumming, GA - Tuesday was the groundbreaking ceremony of Gainesville State College and North Georgia College & State & University’s University Center Georgia 400 in Cumming - The Saint: Read More

01/19/12 Dothan, AL - Ground was officially broken to begin construction of the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine. The architect on the project is Baker Barrios out of Orlando, Fla., while the contractor is Batson-Cook out of West Point, Ga. - Dothan Eagle: Read More

01/19/12 Frankfurt, Germany, Central Europe - Joint venture partners Tishman Speyer and Commerz Real AG today laid the foundation stone for the “TaunusTurm” office tower, which will be the latest addition to Frankfurt skyline. Located in the heart of Frankfurt’s banking district, the 40-story, 650,000 square-foot (60,000-square-meter) tower is scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2013 - PR Web: Read More

01/19/12 Houston, TX - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded more than $2.9 million to the state of Texas for upgrades to an existing storm sewer system at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) will pay 75 percent or $2,906,250 of the more than $3.8 million project. The drainage upgrade project involves upsizing the existing storm sewer system, maintaining two existing outfalls to Holcombe Boulevard and creating an additional system that will connect to one of the existing outfalls to relieve water pressure - FEMA: Read More

01/19/12 Iraq, Middle East - The Iraq Ministry of Health authorities have decided to build 18 hospitals throughout the country with an total budget of US$2 billion - Iraq Business News: Read More

01/19/12 Lake Abrau, Krasnodar Region, Russia - The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) provided a 7-year EUR 25 million loan to Russian ZAO “Abrau-Durso”, a leading Russian sparkling wine producer. The loan will help upgrade the quality and increase the capacity and efficiency of the company’s production facilities.  Also, it will be used for the construction and operation of a high standard hotel located in the vicinity of lake Abrau in the Krasnodar region, thus contributing to the development of the tourist infrastructure in the Black Sea region of Russia - BSTDB: Read More

01/19/12 Mackay, Queensland, Australia - The Queensland Government says a new manufacturing facility at the Port of Mackay will create about 400 jobs. Nepean Mining will build a $50 million manufacturing plant that will provide equipment for coal mining operations - construction is expected to begin early this year - ABC Tropical North: Read More

01/19/12 McAllen, TX - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded more than $1.3 million to the state of Texas for the construction of basic drainage infrastructure for the Retiree Haven subdivision in the city of McAllen. FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) will pay 75 percent or $1,350,756 of the more than $1.8 million project. The project involves the construction of a curb and gutter, a storm sewer network and a storm water detention pond with a pumping station and outfall force main system - FEMA: Read More

01/19/12 Norwegian North Sea, Norway, Northern Europe - Norway's Bridge Energy reported Thursday details of the four new licenses that it won in the recently-announced Norwegian licensing round. Of the four new licenses, Bridge has been made operator on one: the PL629 license, where it is also has been awarded a 40-percent interest (other partners include Concedo, Centrica and Faroe Petroleum with 20 percent each) - Rig Zone: Read More

01/19/12 Orange Basin, Offshore Namibia, Southern Africa - Spectrum, in partnership with CGGVeritas and the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR), has commenced a new 2D Multi-Client seismic survey covering the deepwater Orange Basin, offshore Namibia. Seabird Exploration is providing the acquisition services through their Northern Explorer vessel - MBendi: Read More

01/19/12 Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad, Caribbean Islands - On her return from India on Sunday, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced a US$1 billion project that will see the Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         constructing an upgrader which would convert heavy oil into lighter crude.Part of the project also involves the possibility of Reliance and government jointly developing this country’s heavy oil reserves - Guardian Media: Read More

01/19/12 Punjab, Pakistan, Southern Asia - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $513 million loan to Pakistan of which $270 million will be for building Khanki Barrage at a new location on River Chenab and the remaining $243 million for improving the country’s power transmission infrastructure - Business Recorder: Read More

01/18/12 Cape Canaveral, FL - Kennedy Space Center held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday to kick off construction for a $100 million, 65,000 square-foot exhibit featuring retired shuttle orbiter Atlantis. Kennedy Space Center and visitor complex operator Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts conducted the ceremonial groundbreaking in the shuttle plaza area of the complex - WKMG 6TV/Click Orlando: Read More

01/18/12 Conway, SC - Construction on a major off-campus student housing development in Conway, has officially started. Coastal Estates will be a brand new student community along 501. The new community will offer students 168, four-bedroom apartments. On the property there will be a 20,000 square foot clubhouse and sports complex. The complex will include a 2-lap Olympic size swimming pool, full-size indoor basketball court, volleyball court, indoor running track, cardio & weight room, 2 aerobics rooms, a game room, an internet café, study rooms, a computer lab, and a club room for TV viewing & gathering. The project will cost $45-50 million - WMBF News: Read More

01/18/12 Kampala, Uganda, Eastern Africa - Kampala residents in Uganda will gain access to better healthcare with the implementation of the Mulago Hospital service delivery improvement project co-financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group to the tune of USD 98.8 million. Beyond the comprehensive renovation, procurement of modern medical technologies, capacity building and systems strengthening, the objectives will also create 600 new jobs by constructing two new general referral hospitals - AfDB: Read More

 01/18/12 Lake Charles, LA - Groundbreaking Wednesday for new Lake Charles City Court building. Government and judicial officials will meet at 100 N. Mill St., at noon Wednesday for a formal groundbreaking ceremony - American Press: Read More

01/18/12 Myra & Sarah, Offshore Netanya, Israel, Middle East - Israel Land Development Company Energy Ltd. (TASE: IE) geologist Ilan Bruner at a company investors' conference yesterday. The drilling of exploratory wells at the licenses are scheduled to begin in three months - Globes: Read More

01/18/12 Naples, FL - North Naples fire officials gave the go-ahead last week for about three months of work on the planned $2.6 Million North Naples Fire Station 48 land, located on Livingston Road about two miles north of Immokalee Road. Workers are clearing trees, digging test wells and putting in an entrance on the 1-acre site - Naples News: Read More

01/18/12 Netanya, Israel, Middle East - The Netanya Municipality has unveiled the winning design for its new 27-storey city hall: a joint bid by Kalush Chechick Architects and Kimmel-Eshkolot Architects - Globes: Read More

01/18/12 Rural Uganda, Eastern Africa - The African Development Bank and the Government of Uganda signed two separate agreements on 12 January to finance projects to improve health services delivery and access to water and sanitation in both urban and rural areas of Uganda, with a total investment of USD 155.8 million. This double deal is expected to boost the country’s efforts to meet the 2015 Millennium Development Goals for health, water and sanitation - AfDB: Read More

01/18/12 San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Islands - The recovery operation lead by the Government of Puerto Rico and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has resulted in the disbursal of more than $26.1 million in disaster aid for Public Assistance (PA). As of today, 907 infrastructure projects have been approved for designated municipalities. "These grants are intended for government entities and nonprofits organizations to repair roads, bridges and facilities which must be safe and properly functioning to serve the community," explained Juan C. Pavía, the Governor’s Authorized Representative - FEMA: Read More

01/18/12 St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands - The Senate Finance Committee approved a bill Tuesday to help the V.I. Housing Authority buy land for a new senior living facility on St. Thomas. The project is estimated to cost about $19.5 million. In other business, the committee approved two lease agreements - A 20-year lease agreement, with two five-year options to renew, was approved for MLC Holdings, doing business as Import Supply. Import Supply will use 16,152 square feet to operate a generator sales and maintenance business. A five-year lease for 142,194 square feet that includes a two-story building was approved for Chevron Caribbean. The primary use of the property is for storing and marketing petroleum products - Virgin Island Daily News: Read More

01/18/12 Westminster, MD - Knorr Brake Corporation on Wednesday, Jan. 18, broke ground on the company's new manufacturing facility in the Westminster Technology Park in Westminster. This new facility will double the existing size of Knorr's manufacturing capabilities in Carroll County, from 120,000 square feet to 236,000 square feet of space - Baltimore Sun: Read More

01/17/12 Barents Sea & Greater Luno Area, Norway, Northern Europe - Lundin Petroleum AB ("Lundin Petroleum") is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has been awarded 10 exploration licence interests in the 2011 Norwegian Licensing Round, (Awards in Predefined Areas, APA). The awarded licenses include one licence in the Greater Luno Area and two licenses in the Barents Sea. Four of the awarded licenses will be operated by Lundin Petroleum - Lundin: See Defined Block Areas

01/17/12 Columbia, SC - Providence Hospitals Board of Trustees approved a $38.4 million plan for enhancing orthopedic care and general medical services through expansions and renovations at Providence Hospital Northeast. The project is expected to expand the facility by adding 38 new beds and provide estimated 75-100 additional employment opportunities. Providence’s senior leadership selected Carolinas-based KBR Building Group to provide construction services, which account for $14 million of the project planned for the Providence Hospital Northeast building - Northeast Columbia: Read More

01/17/12 Dallas, TX & Singapore, Southeastern Asia - CyrusOne, a subsidiary of Cincinnati Bell Inc. (NYSE: CBB), is opening a new data center in Singapore. The Houston-based company chose the country because it is one of the world’s leading energy markets, said Gary Wojtaszek, CEO of CyrusOne. The Singapore facility offers 3,200 square feet of space with 150 watts available per square foot. CyrusOne has 21 facilities across the United States and London. The company recently announced plans to open 400,000 of raised-floor data center space in a suburb north of Dallas - Houston Business Journal: Read More

01/17/12 Detroit, MI - The Detroit Medical Center’s long-awaited groundbreaking for a new heart hospital took place this morning. The $78 million, five-story cardiology building is expected to be open in 2014 - Crains Detroit Business: Read More

01/17/12 Marlborough, MA - Hospital officials will celebrate the official groundbreaking of a new $11.7 Million, Cancer Pavilion at Marlborough Hospital on Thursday - The Metro West Daily News: Read More

01/17/12 Misanapata, Peru, South America - Canadian exploration company Cuervo Resources has reached a three year agreement with the community of Misanapata to carry out advanced exploration activities on their lands - Andina: Read More

01/17/12 Norwegian Shelf, Norway, Northern Europe - Today, 17 January, Statoil was awarded ownership interests in eleven production licenses on the Norwegian shelf. Statoil will be the operator in eight of the licenses - Euro Pétrole: Read More

01/17/12 Offshore Norway, Northern Europe - Denmark's Maersk Oil, part of shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk, won seven new offshore licences, including two operatorships, in Norway's licensing round for mature areas, the company said on Tuesday - Reuters Africa: Read More

01/17/12 Pine Island, FL - About 500 feet from the charred remains of the Pine Island Chamber of Commerce sits a vacant lot with a sign that reads “Future Home of Matlacha Fire Station.” Bob Elder, former chairman of the Matlacha-Pine Island Fire Control District’s board of commissioners, said Tuesday if the district had kept its spending in line, the proposed station would already be open and Friday’s chamber of commerce fire, which officials have deemed a suspected arson, might have had a different ending - News-Press: Read More

01/17/12 Sofia, Bulgaria, Southeastern Europe -  Germany's EnviroChemie said it will deliver, install and commission by the end of 2012 a turnkey wastewater treatment plant for Aurubis Bulgaria - WaterWorld Magazine: Read More

01/17/12 Tallahassee, FL - The countdown has begun for College Town. This morning's groundbreaking ceremony for the facility officially marks the beginning of phase one for what is being called for the mixed-use entertainment district. The project is being headed off by the Seminole Boosters, Inc. It's something that has been in the works for about three years said Andy Miller, Seminole Boosters president. It will be a mixed-use building offering retail space on the ground floor and loft-style student living apartments upstairs. College Town is estimated to cost $17 million in its first phase, which will offer about 55,000 square feet of dining and entertainment space - Tallahassee Democrat: Read More

01/17/12 Tamuning, Guam, North Pacific - Governor Eddie Calvo announced the signing of a $7.5 million dollar contract with dck Pacific to expand and improve the Guam Memorial Hospital's emergency room today - Pacific News Center: Read More

01/17/12 Topeka, KS - A new fire station, money to improve Topeka streets, and funds to develop Downtown Topeka are all among $8.6 million dollars of improvements Topeka city council members discussed Tuesday night. The improvements include $2.4 million for a new fire station at S.W. 6th and Fairlawn - WIBW 13TV: Read More

01/17/12 Tunis, Tunisia, Northern Africa - Italian oil group ENI is planning to invest more than $600 million in Tunisia in 2012. "These investments are intended to develop oil fields, reinforce exploration activities and finance green development in the production centres," the official TAP news agency quoted ENI executive Franco Polo as saying - Reuters Africa: Read More

01/17/12 Zagreb, Croatia, Southeastern Europe - Russian state-owned oil group Zarubezhneft is set to invest 1 billion euros ($1.27 billion) over the next five years into energy projects in Croatia as part of its Balkan-wide expansion, its General Manager Nikolay Brunich said on Tuesday. As part of its plans, Zarubezhneft is seeking to build an oil and gas pipeline stretching from Slavonski Brod in eastern Croatia to the Adriatic island of Krk where the Croatian state-run pipeline operator Janaf has oil storage capacities, he told a news conference to announce the plans. He said the company may join Janaf in a future exploration of oil and gas in continental Croatia. Zarubezhneft set aside 100 million euros for those activities - Reuters Africa: Read More

01/17/12 Zhejiang, China - In order to exploit its massive “oceanic productivity potential,” the Chinese eastern coastal province of Zhejiang is looking to establish a special RMB1 billion fund for the development of its oceanic economy, and another separate RMB1 billion fund for the promotion of its oceanic industries. It is estimated that by 2013, the ocean-related production in the OEDDA will reach RMB520 billion, taking up 14.5 percent of Zhejiang’s provincial GDP. By 2015, the figure will increase to RMB700 billion, contributing to roughly 16 percent of the total provincial GDP - China Briefing: Read More

01/16/12 Findlay, OH - Hamlet Protein announced that healthy sales growth in North America and other business sectors in recent years has prompted the company to expand its manufacturing capacity and will hold a grand opening ceremony for its new manufacturing facility in Findlay, Ohio, on Jan. 27. The multi-million dollar investment in the U.S. facility supports continued sales growth of the company's soy protein products for young livestock in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, Hamlet Protein chief executive officer Soren Munch said - Feedstuffs: Read More

01/16/12 Offshore, Cote d’Ivoire, Western Africa - Rialto Energy has reached in principle agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), for a proposed investment of approx. US$20 million, via a non-brokered private placement. The funding, which is subject to the requirements set out below, will be used to support the Company’s impending drilling operations in Block CI-202, located offshore, Cote d’Ivoire scheduled to commence in February 2012 - MBendi: Read More

01/16/12 Offshore Sarawak & Sabah, Malaysia, Southeast Asia - Oil major Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) said Monday it has signed two production-sharing contracts with Malaysia’s state-owned oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Bhd. for enhanced oil recovery projects offshore Sarawak and Sabah. The two companies had agreed in November to jointly develop the oil fields in Malaysia using enhanced oil recovery techniques, in a project that was valued at $12 billion, Petronas had said then - Royal Dutch Shell/The Wall Street Journal: Read More

01/16/12 Superior, WI - Wisconsin has won a high-stakes competition to bring Kestrel Aircraft's new manufacturing plant with the promise of 300 to 600 jobs to Superior. The incentives, the television station reported, include $112 million in tax credits, allocations and loans from the state of Wisconsin, tax increment financing, land grants and a low-interest loan for $2.4 million from the city of Superior and a land transfer and $500,000 loan from Douglas County - WMTW 8TV: Read More

01/15/12 Cape Coral, FL - FSA + JKC Joint Venture One LLC of Tampa, FL has won a $10.6 million contract to design and build an Army Reserve training center in north Cape Coral - News-Press: Read More

01/15/12 Espinar, Southern Peru, South America - AXG Mining has entered into option agreements with TSX listed Lara Exploration on copper, gold, molybdenum porphyry projects in the prospective Andahualyas-Yauri mineral field of southern Peru. Recent reconnaissance exploration at Condoroma and Coporaque has defined multiple drill ready targets which will be the focus of the maiden drill campaign commencing April/May 2012 - Andina: Read More

01/15/12 Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Japan-based auto component maker Denso Corporation plans to invest Rs 300 crore to set up a new manufacturing facility at Gurgaon in Haryana as it looks to augment its production capabilities in India The Economic Times: Read More

01/15/12 Lubbock, TX - The City of Lubbock is laying the groundwork for a new fire station.  The City is asking firms to offer their qualifications to do the engineering and architecture - KCBD 11TV: Read More

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