If the bite is too large, in the form of taxes and regulatory fees, purchasing and investment power is reduced for individuals and companies.
Indeed these SE Asian nations are now ripe to take the high ground in world economics with low debt, high investment power and now knowing that innovation is the golden key to capturing economic supremacy.
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Limited private investment in power generation itself has been allowed for seven years already.
For a year Faisal shuffled between the ministries of investment and power, the Federal Board of Revenue and the prime minister's office.
Other Latin American countries can offer no solution: Venezuela, Chile and Mexico are also struggling to attract investment in power generation and transmission without a politically explosive rise in tariffs.
David Crane, chief executive of NRG Energy, made news last week when he announced that the New Jersey-based power producer would abandon further investment in a Texas nuclear power project.
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Mr McCain favours some subsidies, but places more emphasis on private investment and nuclear power.
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Like their American counterparts, Chinese tycoons are increasingly directing their investment into renewable power.
To replace the energy demands, the government is proposing to boost its already considerable investment in wind power.
Cameco also runs four Canadian nuclear reactors through its investment in Bruce Power.
This is the third significant solar power investment in a little more than a year for the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffet, The Telegraph noted on Wednesday.
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The club has been looking for fresh investment to boost spending power in the transfer market.
It is a joint venture between tidal technology provider Atlantis Resources Corporation, International Power and investment bank Morgan Stanley.
Four utility companies have revealed a multi-billion pound investment in water and power networks across Yorkshire and the North East.
While the delay continues, investment decisions on new power stations and on the supply chain for new generation are being put off.
And by the way, the investment to fix our power infrastructure might be large, but overall it will save money, if you account for the costs to everyone (not just the power company).
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Stephen Leeb, president of Leeb Capital and editor of the Complete Investor newsletter, recommends taking advantage of a pullback in shares of Wuxi, China-based Suntech Power Holdings to buy into two investment themes at once: China and green power.
These should include replacing ageing power stations, investment in rail and Heathrow's third runway.
Foreign investment in India's power sector is still paltry, even though foreign companies are allowed to control 100% of Indian ventures.
Despite huge investment in designing chips to power mobile phones and tablets, Intel has had little success in penetrating the mobile market.
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Many of our apartment buildings do not have the space and sunlight needed for current solar technologies to provide enough power to warrant investment.
The market as a whole is dominated by a relatively small number of big power companies and investment banks, raising worries about asymmetry of information.
On the table are an investment tax credit for solar power and production tax credits for solar, wind, geothermal and other renewables, set to expire at the end of the year.
The composite rate can never go below 0%, so even if we experience a prolonged period of severe de flation, the I Bonds will still help protect the future spending power of your investment.
In a Commons statement on 12 July 2011, Mr Huhne said that new investment was needed in nuclear power, renewable energy, and carbon capture and storage to "keep the lights on" despite Britain's rising demand for electricity.
That, in turn, would give companies like Ocean Power Delivery the necessary investment to develop the technology further.
Yet the benefits also promise to be huge: power savings, reduced investment in electricity generation and lower carbon emissions.
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But the manufacturing sector has little spare capacity, and high interest rates and scarce power may deter the investment needed to raise production.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the long-term cost of solar power (including capital investment and maintenance) comes to 25 cents per kilowatthour.
Under current market conditions and uncertainties an investment in CCS technology for a power plant seems to be unprofitable and will therefore be postponed indefinitely.
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