Sabitri Devkota, 36,We are well known for our in-house custom printed drum Lamp shade and
pendants. who is from Jiling in Nuwakot, said she came to the capital
in the hopes of providing better education to her two children. She
complained that protracted load shedding has been hampering the studies
of her children.
Devkota,
who sells goods on the streets after six in the evening, complained
that the regular power cut has pushed her sales down. "No one comes to
buy in the dark," she said. "Moreover, I have to return home early
because of the fear of being looted."
Deekshya
Lamichhane of Kharipati Bhaktapur has other grievances. She is
reluctant to go out even in the daytime as she worries that she might
not find a public toilet when she'd be in urgent need of one.
For
that reason, she never drinks water before leaving home. She said that
she either has to enter a restaurant and eat something just to use the
toilet or hold the urine until she returns home. She also loathes the
unpleasant condition of public restrooms. "They charge money but do not
maintain the cleanness," she said.
"When
we asked people to boil water before they drink it, they asked us to
provide water to boil,The basics of solar panels and how to install a solar photovoltaic system on your roof." said Gautam, highlighting the government's inability to provide something as essential as water.
The
department had operated health camps at several slum settlements
recently. Lots of children in the slum settlements were found to be
suffering from different types of water borne diseases, the department
said. He said that even the water that slum dwellers buy from tankers is
of poor quality.
Likewise,Solaronlamp is a street lighting for
electronic gadgets. Gautam said when the department asked meat sellers
to store meat in refrigerator, they asked the government officials to
provide the electricity first. Gautam said that a lot of people in the
metropolis do not have access to health facilities.
Ramchandra
Simkhada, secretary at Forum for Protection of Consumer Rights-Nepal,
said that the KMC has failed to provide even the basic services to the
people living in the metropolis. "The KMC does not provide any service
to the people, but never fails to charge fees," said Simkhada.
He said that people in the metropolis have been fulfilling their duties by paying all the taxes enforced by KMC,Our solar led light is popular for indoor and outdoor use. but the office has failed to ensure their basic rights.
"We
are compelled to wait for a long time for a public transport. When
finally a vehicle arrives there'd barely be space to keep a foot. If you
complain about the overcrowding, you get scolded by the bus staffers,We
maintain and repair emergency light in accordance with national standards to provide safe access." he added.
"Due
to lack of awareness about consumer rights, unscrupulous people have
been taking undue advantages," he added. He said that state mechanism
has also failed to ensure rights of the people. He concedes that
consumers have been enduring such problems silently making it difficult
for the consumer rights organizations to stand up against traders, who
are capable to influence even the policy makers.
Kedar
Bahadur Adhikari , executive officer of KMC, concedes that the office
do not have control over basic services like water supply system,
electricity, sewage management system, security and others. He also
acknowledged the metropolis's failure to build and maintain public
toilets.
"We
have asked all petrol pumps in Kathmandu to build public toilets within
this fiscal year," said Adhikari, adding, "The problems of toilets will
be solved soon." The KMC, in the past, had also planned to install
solar panels to light the street lamps but the effort did not
materialize.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
A sunny outlook for at least one solar energy company
While the U.S.We maintain and repair emergency light in
accordance with national standards to provide safe access. stock market
is hitting new highs, one sector hasn’t been invited to the party:
solar energy companies.
To diss stocks in the solar business as dogs would be impolite to canines. Solar has been just about the most dreadful investment around, as a glut of cheap panels has caused profitability to evaporate. Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. traded at $3 (U.S.) a year ago, but now changes hands for only 44 cents. LDK Solar Co. is down to $1.11, a dramatic fall from prices near $15 three years ago. Even First Solar Inc., the class act in the business, is at $27, down from a high of more than $150.
All this carnage makes the rise of SolarCity Corp. all the more remarkable, and suggests something with money-making potential might finally be happening in the sector. Investors – both those following green energy and electric utilities – should be taking note.
SolarCity went public in December at $8 a share.The basics of solar panels and how to install a solar photovoltaic system on your roof. In a buying frenzy reminiscent of the dotcom era, the stock surged 47 per cent on the first day of trading and is now around $18, more than double the issue price.
Investors are flocking to California-based SolarCity because it seems to have figured out a way to deliver solar panels to the masses, through zero-money-down leasing arrangements. The company will slap panels on a home’s roof at no cost, and sell the homeowner the electricity being generated at a price cheaper than that from the local utility.
In effect,Solaronlamp is a street lighting for electronic gadgets. SolarCity is a retail electricity provider, able to undercut the traditional utilities that run wires into homes and run power plants. It’s a technological development that potentially relegates utilities to becoming mere back-up power providers at night, or when the sun isn’t shining.
While most investor attention in the solar space has been on panel manufacturers, it now looks like the real money may be made from leasing, rather than making, the panels. SolarCity is the big name in the concept, but it isn’t the only one to have the same idea.We are well known for our in-house custom printed drum Lamp shade and pendants. Other publicly trade companies include Sunpower Corp. and more tellingly, mainstream electricity utility NRG Energy Inc., which has set up a unit to get into the retail panel leasing business.
NRG Energy’s CEO David Crane made waves last week in an interview with Bloomberg at the annual MIT energy conference, where he said consumers using the panels are figuring out that “they don’t need the power industry at all.”
In California, SolarCity’s main base of operations,Our solar led light is popular for indoor and outdoor use. retail electricity costs around 18 cent to 20 cents a kilowatt hour, or the amount of juice required to run 10 light bulbs each rated 100 watts for one hour.
SolarCity signs 20-year lease deals with homeowners for power at 15 cents kwh, producing immediate savings.
At the moment, this model works in jurisdictions with high electricity prices, including Arizona and Hawaii, and the panels are flying off the shelves. SolarCity installed 117 per cent more capacity in 2012 than in 2011. This year’s guidance is for a further increase of about 60 per cent, to about the same amount of capacity as a medium-sized generating station.
But the eventual reduction of the tax incentive may not be fatal to the business model. Panel prices have been dropping sharply, while retail electricity rates have been rising by a couple of percentage points a year. If these trends continue, solar panel leasing could become economic in additional jurisdictions, and possibly with minimal tax subsidies.
To diss stocks in the solar business as dogs would be impolite to canines. Solar has been just about the most dreadful investment around, as a glut of cheap panels has caused profitability to evaporate. Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. traded at $3 (U.S.) a year ago, but now changes hands for only 44 cents. LDK Solar Co. is down to $1.11, a dramatic fall from prices near $15 three years ago. Even First Solar Inc., the class act in the business, is at $27, down from a high of more than $150.
All this carnage makes the rise of SolarCity Corp. all the more remarkable, and suggests something with money-making potential might finally be happening in the sector. Investors – both those following green energy and electric utilities – should be taking note.
SolarCity went public in December at $8 a share.The basics of solar panels and how to install a solar photovoltaic system on your roof. In a buying frenzy reminiscent of the dotcom era, the stock surged 47 per cent on the first day of trading and is now around $18, more than double the issue price.
Investors are flocking to California-based SolarCity because it seems to have figured out a way to deliver solar panels to the masses, through zero-money-down leasing arrangements. The company will slap panels on a home’s roof at no cost, and sell the homeowner the electricity being generated at a price cheaper than that from the local utility.
In effect,Solaronlamp is a street lighting for electronic gadgets. SolarCity is a retail electricity provider, able to undercut the traditional utilities that run wires into homes and run power plants. It’s a technological development that potentially relegates utilities to becoming mere back-up power providers at night, or when the sun isn’t shining.
While most investor attention in the solar space has been on panel manufacturers, it now looks like the real money may be made from leasing, rather than making, the panels. SolarCity is the big name in the concept, but it isn’t the only one to have the same idea.We are well known for our in-house custom printed drum Lamp shade and pendants. Other publicly trade companies include Sunpower Corp. and more tellingly, mainstream electricity utility NRG Energy Inc., which has set up a unit to get into the retail panel leasing business.
NRG Energy’s CEO David Crane made waves last week in an interview with Bloomberg at the annual MIT energy conference, where he said consumers using the panels are figuring out that “they don’t need the power industry at all.”
In California, SolarCity’s main base of operations,Our solar led light is popular for indoor and outdoor use. retail electricity costs around 18 cent to 20 cents a kilowatt hour, or the amount of juice required to run 10 light bulbs each rated 100 watts for one hour.
SolarCity signs 20-year lease deals with homeowners for power at 15 cents kwh, producing immediate savings.
At the moment, this model works in jurisdictions with high electricity prices, including Arizona and Hawaii, and the panels are flying off the shelves. SolarCity installed 117 per cent more capacity in 2012 than in 2011. This year’s guidance is for a further increase of about 60 per cent, to about the same amount of capacity as a medium-sized generating station.
But the eventual reduction of the tax incentive may not be fatal to the business model. Panel prices have been dropping sharply, while retail electricity rates have been rising by a couple of percentage points a year. If these trends continue, solar panel leasing could become economic in additional jurisdictions, and possibly with minimal tax subsidies.
Return of glam interiors
So
far, Aussies haven’t emulated uptown New York where many walls are
“dressed” in timber paneling, padded fabric, top-to-toe wallpaper,
treated to special painted finishes or filled with salon-hung artworks,
yet there is a distinct swing away from the minimalism that’s been
popular for so long.
Interior Designer Tania Handelsmann recently returned from a three year stint in the Big Apple where she established an office for leading Australian architectural and design practice BKH (Burley Katon Halliday). “New York clients would see photos of Australian interiors and ask, where’s the rest of the furniture?’,” she laughs.
“But now I’m finding that people back home are increasingly becoming more adventurous and are leaning towards a vintage and opulent aesthetic, using layered and textured fabrics for instance.”
Tapping into this zeitgeist is renowned crystal-ware brand, Waterford. Just this month they launched Waterford Interiors within the swish Cult Showroom in Sydney’s Chippendale.
Their homewares collection - by acclaimed designers Jo Sampson, John Rocha and Billy Canning – ranges from sparkling lighting to dramatic, illuminated mirrors and console tables.
But the idea isn’t to go back to the past. The concept is to mix the decor up; even one wow piece incorporated into an otherwise contemporary scheme can create a luxe mood. And modern technology isn’t forfeited: there’s low energy LED lighting, with touch-free sensors, to magnify the ornate, beveled, cut crystal.
To really evoke that 1920s feeling of exuberant decadence, Waterford champagne saucers are back in vogue; their tinkle and sparkle guaranteed to transform any soiree into an extravagant roaring twenties bash.
Also dipping its toes into local waters is celebrated Italian brand, Boffi. Recently it unveiled its Boffi Studio range of glam and timeless bathrooms, kitchens and dressing rooms billing them as “artworks”. Located in Sydney’s Darlinghurst,We maintain and repair emergency light in accordance with national standards to provide safe access. Boffi’s point of difference is that even the smallest detail can be customised.
One Queensland-based interior designer acclaimed for putting on the glitz is Mark Gacesa of Ultraspace. Gacesa creates wonderfully OTT, high-end interiors for well-heeled clients around Australia plus LA. Agreeing with Handelsmann,We are well known for our in-house custom printed drum Lamp shade and pendants. he comments that “People are tiring of minimalism and wanting [their homes] to be bolder”.
Brass and bronze, he says, are getting a re-run in place of chrome and stainless steel especially for lighting and balustrading.The basics of solar panels and how to install a solar photovoltaic system on your roof. And Gacesa favours marble flooring – slabs rather than tiles so that the continuity of veining can be appreciated.
Expensive? “Yes, but a less costly option is to use one of the new porcelain or glazed ceramic tiles that mimic marble,” he suggests.
For a different splurge flooring choice there’s the hand-knotted rugs from the spectacular Deco range by Academy Award-winning designer Catherine Martin for Designer Rugs.
Martin says that inspiration for the collection drew on the romance and the “forward-looking energy of Art Deco” that surrounds her in her second home of New York.
Movie director Baz Luhrmann comments that for the past few years the couple has been steeping themselves in the world of The Great Gatsby and, as the rugs were a “perfect fit” for the ambience being created, three from the collection are included in the film, albeit they were modified in colour, shape and scale. Black Pearl features in the Buchanan’s salon, Night Bird in their dining room and Westchester appears in Jay Gatsby’s bedroom. This rug was subsequently gifted to actor Leonardo DiCaprio by the production company.Solaronlamp is a street lighting for electronic gadgets.
In the pipeline is a range of wallpapers and fabrics designed by Martin for Mokum Textiles based on elements from the film such as the Gatsby home’s front gates. Included are printed velvets,Our solar led light is popular for indoor and outdoor use. embroidered linens and taffetas in colours ranging from ebony and soft golds through to ruby reds and emerald greens. The wallpapers are in a similar palette, some with a slight metallic sheen. They will be available from affordable retailers such as paint shops from July.
Interior Designer Tania Handelsmann recently returned from a three year stint in the Big Apple where she established an office for leading Australian architectural and design practice BKH (Burley Katon Halliday). “New York clients would see photos of Australian interiors and ask, where’s the rest of the furniture?’,” she laughs.
“But now I’m finding that people back home are increasingly becoming more adventurous and are leaning towards a vintage and opulent aesthetic, using layered and textured fabrics for instance.”
Tapping into this zeitgeist is renowned crystal-ware brand, Waterford. Just this month they launched Waterford Interiors within the swish Cult Showroom in Sydney’s Chippendale.
Their homewares collection - by acclaimed designers Jo Sampson, John Rocha and Billy Canning – ranges from sparkling lighting to dramatic, illuminated mirrors and console tables.
But the idea isn’t to go back to the past. The concept is to mix the decor up; even one wow piece incorporated into an otherwise contemporary scheme can create a luxe mood. And modern technology isn’t forfeited: there’s low energy LED lighting, with touch-free sensors, to magnify the ornate, beveled, cut crystal.
To really evoke that 1920s feeling of exuberant decadence, Waterford champagne saucers are back in vogue; their tinkle and sparkle guaranteed to transform any soiree into an extravagant roaring twenties bash.
Also dipping its toes into local waters is celebrated Italian brand, Boffi. Recently it unveiled its Boffi Studio range of glam and timeless bathrooms, kitchens and dressing rooms billing them as “artworks”. Located in Sydney’s Darlinghurst,We maintain and repair emergency light in accordance with national standards to provide safe access. Boffi’s point of difference is that even the smallest detail can be customised.
One Queensland-based interior designer acclaimed for putting on the glitz is Mark Gacesa of Ultraspace. Gacesa creates wonderfully OTT, high-end interiors for well-heeled clients around Australia plus LA. Agreeing with Handelsmann,We are well known for our in-house custom printed drum Lamp shade and pendants. he comments that “People are tiring of minimalism and wanting [their homes] to be bolder”.
Brass and bronze, he says, are getting a re-run in place of chrome and stainless steel especially for lighting and balustrading.The basics of solar panels and how to install a solar photovoltaic system on your roof. And Gacesa favours marble flooring – slabs rather than tiles so that the continuity of veining can be appreciated.
Expensive? “Yes, but a less costly option is to use one of the new porcelain or glazed ceramic tiles that mimic marble,” he suggests.
For a different splurge flooring choice there’s the hand-knotted rugs from the spectacular Deco range by Academy Award-winning designer Catherine Martin for Designer Rugs.
Martin says that inspiration for the collection drew on the romance and the “forward-looking energy of Art Deco” that surrounds her in her second home of New York.
Movie director Baz Luhrmann comments that for the past few years the couple has been steeping themselves in the world of The Great Gatsby and, as the rugs were a “perfect fit” for the ambience being created, three from the collection are included in the film, albeit they were modified in colour, shape and scale. Black Pearl features in the Buchanan’s salon, Night Bird in their dining room and Westchester appears in Jay Gatsby’s bedroom. This rug was subsequently gifted to actor Leonardo DiCaprio by the production company.Solaronlamp is a street lighting for electronic gadgets.
In the pipeline is a range of wallpapers and fabrics designed by Martin for Mokum Textiles based on elements from the film such as the Gatsby home’s front gates. Included are printed velvets,Our solar led light is popular for indoor and outdoor use. embroidered linens and taffetas in colours ranging from ebony and soft golds through to ruby reds and emerald greens. The wallpapers are in a similar palette, some with a slight metallic sheen. They will be available from affordable retailers such as paint shops from July.
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