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JANUARY 2012
BRICS EDITION Future Power
Technology
Powering up:
THE EMERGING NATIONS ARE REACHING FOR WORLD
LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY GENERATION TECHNOLOGY
CONTENTS
January 2012
IN THE MIX
The state of energy production in the BRICs
BRAZIL'S WIND POWER REVOLUTION
Why wind is Brazil's rising renewable star
PROJECT: ALEGRIA WIND FARM
RISE OF A GIANT
How Russia plans to take nuclear leadership
RUSSIA'S REACTORS
An interactive map of Russian nuclear plants
LET THE SUNSHINE IN
India's hugely ambitious solar power plans
BIO: MASS APPEAL?
How China tackles the biomass challenge
CHINA'S IMBALANCED TRADE
We explore China's renewable sector policies
WELCOME TO THE CLUB
Can the BRICS power up South Africa?
PROJECT: KUSILE POWER STATION
FuturePower
Technology
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JANUARY 2012 BRICS EDITION
CONTENTS January 2012 IN THE MIX The state of en
In the Mix BRAZIL, RUSSIA, INDIA AND CHINA ARE SE
BRAZIL'SWIND POWERREVOLUTION WIND POWER GENERATIO
ALEGRIA WIND FARM, with a total installed capacit
105 mi PROJECT FINANCE The Alegria Wind Farm pr
HVDC technology is ideally suited for transmissio
The high-capacity power link comprises a single o
RISE OF A GIA T TO DOUBLE ITS NUCLEAR HOLD
NUCLEAR IS THE future of power – this idea seems
RUSSIA'S
LET INDIA HAS EMBARKED ON AN EPIC PROGRAMME TO B
` The ambitious plans will require a
POWER-GEN MIDDLE EAST & WATERWORLD MIDDLE EAST 20
BIO:MASS APPEAL? WHEN IT ENACTED A 2006 LAW O
ANALYSTS SUGGEST THAT China, whose biomass power
I CHINA'S MBALANCED TRADE AS DEMAND FOR RENEWABL
THE URGENT NEED to combat global climate change i
“THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE OF LOCAL PLAYERS HAS BEE
FuturePower Technology Whether you want t
THE THIS YEAR SOUTH AFRICA FORMALLY JOINED
CURRENTLY UNDER construction in Mpumalanga, South
Februa for desulphurisation and produces gypsum
Next Issue: Sunny Prospects? Although solar tec