To that can now be added burgeoning commercial interests in hydro-electricity, construction and telecoms.
And its businesses will include the distribution of water and electricity, as well as construction, metal refining, insurance, television, chemicals, property and consumer credit.
Server space, bandwidth, electricity, the actual design and construction of the doodle.
Boucher acknowledged that more needed to be done, but pointed out progress in construction of roads and electricity grids in parts of the country.
The production sector increased by 1.1%, primarily driven by growth in electricity and gas supply, and construction also grew by 0.6% following a period of contraction.
By 2013 one AP1000 will be pumping out electricity and 20 to 30 will be under construction, mostly in China.
Siemens AG, a German company, is expected to get a contract to manage construction of the power island where the electricity is produced.
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It is needed to make plastics, to fly planes, to propel construction equipment and to turn generators to make electricity that keeps the lights on and your computer humming in your home or office.
Specifically, he will use the Spanish presidency to promote better linking of European transport networks, the liberalisation of gas and electricity markets, the integration of financial markets, the construction of a more flexible labour market and better training for Europe's students.
Finland and France, which produces more of its electricity in nuclear plants than any other big country, each have under construction a plant of the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) design developed by AREVA, a French industrial group.
Karnchang, a Thai company based in Bangkok, would lead construction, with financing from four Thai banks, and 95% of the electricity will be sold to Thailand.
As construction proceeds, the difference between the price of gas and the price of electricity widens and narrows, giving Duke the opportunity to sell more of the expected output if the price rises or sell output in future years to lock in profits on electricity it has yet to generate.
As well, construction costs for LNG and coal-fired plants to be able to generate this additional electricity would be substantial.
Distrust of the GDP numbers has prompted Capital Economics, a research firm based in London, to create its own proxy of economic activity, which includes electricity output, domestic freight volumes, cargo traffic at ports, passenger transport and floor area under construction.
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