Not exact matches
7th October 2016 With challenging
economic conditions causing many South African chrome producers to ramp down their furnace operations and shift their focus to maintaining their plants and equipment as best as possible within their financial
constraints, high -
capacity furnace specialist Tenova Pyromet has seen... →
The increase over the past year has reflected the strength of housing activity and the emergence of
capacity constraints in the industry, as discussed above in the chapter on «Domestic
Economic Activity».
Although
capacity constraints are an issue in some parts of the resources sector, they are expected to ease in time, given the high level of investment intentions in the mining sector (see the chapter on «Domestic
Economic Conditions»).
However, he warned: «Beyond that we will need to bring forward longer term projects to tackle the
capacity constraints that are hindering both
economic development and the kind of modal shift that will be needed to help our battle against global warming.»
The call for tenders specifies the total amount of
capacity required, the time lines for
capacity establishment, the fuel options as defined in the Government's power plant establishment plan, the type of plant (base load, load following, peaking
capacity), possible transmission
constraints that have to be taken into account, and in certain cases a price cap, i.e. maximum average price that the new plant can be expected to earn throughout its
economic life.
Based on a series of scenarios produced by consultants GL Garrad Hassan, it concludes that the amount of renewable
capacity the UK can build is determined by
economic constraints - not available resources.
There is also a need for a considerable commitment of time and resources beyond the usual time - span of agency funding cycles: «Planning to date, be it social, community,
economic or infrastructure development is severely inhibited by funding and time
constraints, which in turn impacts on the planners»
capacity to apply sound planning methodology to the task.»