Schlieren-Zurich (ots) - An innovative new test is now available to detect TSE (scrapie and mad cow disease) in sheep and goats. With the Prionics®-Check PrioSTRIP SR, Prionics brings to the market the first test to achieve high diagnostic sensitivity on preclinical TSE cases. The test was approved today by the European Commission for use in TSE testing in small ...
Bern (ots) - Since it was first commissioned in early November 1972, Mühleberg nuclear power plant (KKM), owned by BKW AG, has produced more than 108 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity reliably and cost-effectively. This corresponds to almost twice the volume of electricity consumed annually by the whole of Switzerland. Successful operation coupled with the ...
Bern (ots) - Samuel Leupold, member of the Executive Board and Head of the Energy International and Trading division, is leaving BKW mid-February next year, to take up a position as member of the executive board of Danish energy company Dong Energy, where he will be responsible for the off-shore wind division. Samuel Leupold joined BKW on August 1, 2006, as Head of Production. Since April 1, 2008, he has been a member of ...
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Bern (ots) - BKW is lodging an appeal with the Federal Administrative Court against the decision issued by the Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom) at the end of September 2012 concerning the value of the transmission grid. The appeal concerns an objection to the method defined by ElCom for determining the value ...
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Lyon, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Vaccine submitted to European Medicines Agency for licence review Sanofi Pasteur MSD plans to licence and commercialise an innovative 6-in-1 paediatric vaccine in its European territories. The new hexavalent vaccine, developed by Sanofi Pasteur, is the only fully liquid, ready to use ...
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Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Proven biologic is first therapy available in both subcutaneous and intravenous formulations for adults with moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis Bristol-Myers Squibb announced today that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for the subcutaneous formulation of ORENCIA(R) (abatacept), in combination with ...
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Zürich-Oerlikon (ots) - Qnective AG ( http://www.qnective.com/ ) is looking back on a very successful first 6 months of 2012. The Swiss based company, founded in 2006, offers services in communications security and secure Voice over IP solutions to customers all over the world. The business development pipeline is ...
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Basel (ots) - The annual meeting of the directors of Europe's largest ethnology museums will take place in Basel, Switzerland from 20 to 22 September 2012. The EEMDG conference (European Ethnology Museums Directors Group) brings together the 'heavy weights' among Europe's ethnologists to discuss current issues, trends and future demands on their museums. Four ...
Bern (ots) - The Board of Directors of BKW Inc. has appointed Dr. Suzanne Thoma as the new CEO of BKW Inc. Effective 1 January 2013, she will take over as Chief Executive Officer of BKW from Kurt Rohrbach, who was elected as full-time second Vice Chairman at the Annual General Meeting on 11 May 2012. Suzanne Thoma has been Head of the Networks Division and a member of the Group Executive Board since 1 August 2010. She ...
Bern (ots) - Despite a challenging economic and regulatory environment, the BKW Group recorded a better result for the first half of 2012 than in the prior-year period. Consolidated operating revenue rose from CHF 1,346.4 million in the prior-year period to CHF 1,368.1 million, corresponding to an increase of 1.6%. Operating profit before depreciation, amortisation and ...
Bern (ots) - Following the annual revision, BKW FMB Energy Ltd. (BKW) has restarted Mühleberg (KKM) nuclear power plant. The 2012 annual revision lasted from 5 August to 2 September 2012. During the revision, fuel elements were replaced, repeat tests and maintenance work were carried out, and renovations made to the plant. This year, 32 of the 240 fuel elements were ...
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Bern (ots) - BKW Inc. has completed its ultrasonic tests on the reactor pressure vessel at Mühleberg nuclear power plant (KKM). No anomalies were detected. The safety of the plant is assured. Towards the middle of August, suspected manufacturing faults in the base material of the pressure vessel of Reactor 3 at Belgium's Doel nuclear power plant were reported. This ...
Bern (ots) - In keeping with its policy of safety first and based on the information currently available on the Doel 3 nuclear power plant in Belgium, BKW Inc. has decided to conduct ultrasonic tests on the reactor vessel at Mühleberg nuclear power plant (KKM). The test conditions have been defined by the Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI). The work will be performed as part of the current revision. Towards the ...
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Bern (ots) - On 9 August 2012, BKW Inc. submitted to the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC) an application for extension and a comprehensive maintenance concept for the long-term operation of Mühleberg nuclear power plant. This complies with a requirement stipulated ...
Bern (ots) - BKW AG has shut down Mühleberg nuclear power plant (KKM) on August 5, 2012, as scheduled, for refuelling and annual revision work. The work is due to take roughly four weeks. BKW is carrying out a range of important renewal and maintenance work with a view to long-term operation of the plant. During the operating period from the end of September 2011 to early August 2012, KKM fed a gross volume of 2,935 ...
Bern (ots) - BKW AG (BKW) acknowledges the Swiss Federal Court ruling that the reduction in chargeable costs demanded by the Swiss Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom) is only partly admissible. The Swiss Federal Court ruling provides greater legal certainty. On 6 March 2009 ElCom made a decision on 2009 transmission grid costs and tariffs. This decision reduced the ...
Bern (ots) - In its recently published "2030" strategy, the BKW Group (BKW) once again confirmed its sustainability targets. These can be summed up as corporate agility and responsible interaction with the environment, the economy and the community. Despite difficult operating conditions, BKW is able to record ...
Bern (ots) - BKW Inc. has decided not to make any general adjustment in its electricity prices effective from 1 October 2012, despite difficult boundary conditions such as regulatory intervention and rising costs. Minor individual increases may be introduced within the different customer segments due to energy pricing adjustments in the ratio between high and low ...
Bern (ots) - The Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom) has reviewed BKW's costs and energy tariffs for 2009 and 2010. In ElCom's opinion the energy costs for basic energy provision tariffs are reasonable. As part of this review, ElCom approved higher energy costs than BKW had set for its basic provision customers. Overall, therefore, the 2009 and 2010 energy tariffs were justified. In keeping with its pricing policy and ...
Bern (ots) - The question of the time limit imposed on Mühleberg nuclear power plant (KKM) owned and operated by BKW AG, as pending before the Federal Supreme Court, remains open. In its capacity as a lower court, the Federal Administrative Court had lifted the time limit applicable until the end of 2012 and had ...
Olten (ots) - President Bill Clinton delivered the keynote speech at the Inspire for Excellence conference co-organised by Swiss Marketing and IMD on May 20. In his speech, titled "Embracing our Common Humanity," President Clinton discussed the challenge of globalization and indicated the way toward a common future based on shared goals and values. "There is a growing recognition that although sharp conflict makes for ...
Bern (ots) - Groupe E has this morning submitted an application to the municipal au-thorities for approval to construct a power plant at Cornaux (NE). With an output of 420 MW, the planned facility should produce between 2 and 2.5 terawatts of electricity a year, together with between 50 and 100 MW of heat. The site is located in an industrial zone near the gas-fired ...
Bern (ots) - BKW Inc. today signed an agreement to acquire a wind farm in Castellaneta (Apulia, Italy) with a total capacity of 56 MW. The acquisition will expand BKW's position as a leading Swiss operator of wind farms in Switzerland and abroad. To date, BKW has invested close to CHF 1 billion in wind power: with an installed capacity of close to 400 MW, BKW generates ...
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