...Chapter 4 Concentrating Solar Power Clean energy for the electric Grid Gary Gereffi and Kristen Dubay Jess Robinson and Yuber Romero Contributing CGGC researchers: by Summary Concentrating solar power (CSP), also referred to as concentrating solar thermal power, represents a powerful, clean, endless, and reliable source of energy with the capacity to entirely satisfy the present and future electricity needs of the United States. Concentrating solar power plants produce no carbon dioxide (CO2), thus reducing carbon emissions from electricity generation by approximately 600 pounds per megawatt-hour (BrightSource Energy, 2008).4 The evolution of CO2 emissions regulations, the pressure of international fossil fuel prices, and the experience, knowledge, and technological readiness amassed during several decades of CSP research have launched the technology into a new era of commercial reality. The United States and Spain have integrated CSP into their national electricity supply grids through large-scale commercial plants. Eight of the 13 biggest planned CSP projects in the world will be located in California and Arizona. The Sun Belt region of the United States, particularly the Southwest, is one of the largest areas in the world for CSP exploitation because of its abundant sunshine. In addition to generating a new clean source of energy, expansion of the industry promises to create economic opportunity for many different businesses along multiple stages of the value...
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...well as the concessionaire of London Luton Airport. Abertis is divided in: parkings (administrating about 100,000 parking spaces), telecommunications infrastructures (they own Retevision), logistics spaces and airports (administrating partially o totally airports in England, Stockholm, Orlando and Belfast. Its president of the board, Salvador Alemany i Mas, was licensed in the University of Barcelona and coursed a MBA in the IESE. Before being de president of Abertis he was adviser in Aucat and vicepresident of Iberpistas (both of them filials of Abertis). He also was the president of Cruz Roja Barcelona and vicepresident of Cruz Roja Cataluña. He turned down being adviser of Economy of la Generalitat de Catalunya ABG, Abengoa ([pic] Sevilla). It is multinational corporation, which includes companies in the domains of telecommunications, transportation, but mainly the environment and the energy. It was created the 4th of January of 1941 by Javier Benjumea Puigcerver y José Manuel Abaurre Fernández-Pasalagua. Its objective firstly was make electricity meters but the economic situation didn’t allow them so they started elaborating projects, technical studies and electric installations. Between 1941 and 1950 they spread to rest of Andalucia and then the rest of Spain and finally in the 70s they become internationals. Nowadays they’re present in more than 70 countries. Javier Benjumea Puigcerver (Sevilla, 1915 - 2001), marquis of Puebla...
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...Think Strategically This page intentionally left blank T H I N K STRATEGICALLY Xavier Gimbert Associate Professor, Business Policy Department, ESADE Business School © Xavier Gimbert 2011 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2011 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and...
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...FACULTAD DE GESTIÓN Y ALTA DIRECCIÓN TDC TALENT DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING CONSULTORA DE RECURSOS HUMANOS Tesis presentada para obtener el Título Profesional de Licenciado en Gestión Empresarial por Diestra Mejía, Miguel Ángel 20058040 Espinoza Delgado, Lizeth Maryuri 20023064 Liao López, Remo Alonso 20051160 Portocarrero Guerra, Cinthya Lissette 20064665 Lima, 16 de Julio de 2012 i Esta tesis TDC – Consultora de Recursos Humanos ha sido aprobada. ___________________________________ [Presidente del Jurado] ___________________________________ [Asesor de la Tesis] ___________________________________ [Jurado] ii FACULTAD DE GESTIÓN Y ALTA DIRECCIÓN A mi madre por su amor y paciencia, a mi padre por su motivación y consejos, a mi hermano Marco por su carisma, a Heffer por su compañía, a mi familia por su apoyo y a mis amigos por las alegrias. Miguel Ángel Diestra Mejía A Dios por permitirme llegar a este momento tan especial en mi vida. A mis padres Lorenzo y Manuela por su abnegacion y amor. A mi hermano Alex y a toda mi familia por su apoyo incondicional. A Fernando con amor por su apoyo y compañia. Lizeth Maryuri Espinoza Delgado A Dios, a mi madre, a mis tios Manuel, Gloria, Teresa y José Luis y a mi familia, por su amor, su apoyo, su esfuerzo, su sabiduría y la confianza que depositaron en mí. Remo Alonso Liao López A Dios por brindarme la fortaleza para seguir adelante. A mis padres Jaime y César ...
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...Connecting customers to opportunities for 150 years HSBC Holdings plc Strategic Report 2014 Overview 1 1 2 3 4 7 t Who we are Our purpose Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements Highlights Group Chairman’s Statement Group Chief Executive’s Review Strategic objectives 9 Value creation and long-term sustainability 10 HSBC Values 11 Our strategy Business model 12 Market presence 13 Organisation 15 Governance 16 Global businesses 18 Employees 21 Risk overview Strategic priorities 26 Grow the business and dividends 26 Implement Global Standards 28 Streamline processes and procedures Outcomes 28 Financial performance 34 Remuneration 36 Sustainability Directors 40 Directors Supplementary information 42 Status of the Strategic Report 2014 42 Copies of the Annual Report and Accounts 2014 42 Shareholder enquiries and communications 43 Report of the auditor The Strategic Report 2014 forms part of the Annual Report and Accounts 2014 for HSBC Holdings plc and is not the Group’s statutory accounts. It does not contain the Report of the Directors and it does not contain sufficient information to allow as full an understanding of the results and state of affairs of the Group and of its policies and arrangements concerning Directors’ remuneration as would be provided by the full Annual Report and Accounts 2014. Additional information, including commentary on 2013 compared with 2012, may be found in the...
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