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Article: Asia goes green.(Editorial)
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- Control Engineering
- Article date:
- July 1, 2009
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Bob Gill, Control Engineering Asia
The developing economies of Asia have been recognized for their manufacturing prowess. They have not, however, been known for adoption of sustainable, efficient practices. Recent actions indicate that this stance is changing.
It has to be said that Asia has never exactly been on the cutting edge of the green movement. And with many of parts of the region-most notably India-still striving for a solid electrical supply infrastructure, it is Asia which will be seeing the bulk of deliveries of very un-green, coal-fired power stations in the next few years.
So on the evening of March 28, 2009, when 88 countries ...