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Growth for telecom cables until 2017

Lucintel, a management consulting and market research firm, has analyzed the global telecom cable industry and offers its findings in its latest research report, "Global telecom cable industry 2012-2017: trend, profit, and forecast analysis." According to the report, the industry experienced good growth during 2006–2011 and is expected to retain the same growth momentum over 2012–2017. The forecast is to reach an estimated $25.4 billion by 2017 at a compound annual growth rate of 6.7 percent over the next five years. Lucintel has identified that technologi- cal challenges, supply and demand market, government regulations, tight liquidity positions, and scarcity of skilled workforce are the major

industry growth challengers. Increasing budget allocation, positive trend in telecom sector, new technological advancements, supportive GDP growth, and high investments made by private companies are the drivers providing the industry with a competitive advantage. The research report provides an understanding of recent industry scope and overview, global macro- economic overview, relative market attractiveness by region, annual industry trend, emerging trends, industry forecasts, Porter's five forces analysis, product launches and merger and acquisitions that determine the regional and segmentary opportunities, competitive landscape, and profitability trend and analysis of the major industry players.

New research reveals that a well-designed combination of wind and solar power with energy stored in fuel cells and batteries could power the grid 99.9 percent ofthetimeby2030.Anarticle by scientists at the University of Delaware and Delaware Technical Community College, published in the Journal of Power Sources, estimates that the combi- nation would nearly always Renewables potential to power the grid 99.9 percent of the time

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exceed electricity demand and keep costs low. “These results break the conventional wisdom that renewable energy is too unreliable and expensive,” says co-author Willett Kempton, professor in the School of Marine Science and Policy at the University of Delaware. The researchers designed a computer model to consider 28 billion different combinations of renewable power sources and energy storage options, tested over four years of historical weather data and electricity demand. The calculations show, for example, that a large electric system

capable meeting demand of 72GW could be run 99.9 percent of the time on 17GW of solar power, 68GW of offshore wind and 115GW of onshore wind with hydrogen energy storage. When renewable energy fails to meet demand, additional energy is drawn from storage and, in the rare event of this not meeting demand, fossil fuel power would be called in. The researchers say that moving to such a heavy dependence on renewables could also reduce costs, compared to continued use of fossil fuels. of

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