Saudis use nine times more electricity than fellow Arabs | Arab News

Saudis use nine times more electricity than fellow Arabs

 Published Wednesday Feb 19 2014

 Saudi individuals use on average nine times more electricity than their
fellow Arab counterparts in Egypt, Algeria, Sudan and Morocco, according
to a report published on Tuesday.

These countries have 185.6 million
people, seven times more than Saudi Arabia. Egypt has a population of
79.39 million, Algeria 37.76 million, Sudan 36.43 million and Morocco
32.06 million. Saudi Arabia has a population of 28.4 million.

The report by the economic reporting unit of Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper stated
that an individual in Saudi Arabia consumed on average 8,161 kilowatt an
hour in 2011, compared to 951 kilowatt an hour by individuals in the
four largest Arab countries.

A previous report by Al-Eqtisadiah
stated that Saudi consumption of electricity rose by 3 percent in 2011
and 9 percent in 2012. The housing sector consumed 50 percent of the
Kingdom's total electricity production.

 The energy sector is subsidized by the state, with the Kingdom using an
estimated 4 million barrels of oil a day to power the country.

In the Kingdom, air conditioners consume 51 percent of all electricity
production. This is also because local air conditioners have a low
energy efficiency ratio (EER). The EER is the ratio of the cooling
capacity, in British thermal units (BTU) per hour, to the power input in
watts. The higher the EER rating, the more efficient the air
conditioner.

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Hot jobs: Future for electricians is wired for growth -Indianapolis Star

“You can join the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
(IBEW) Apprenticeship program, or you can get training through
Associated Builders & Contractors Inc.,” he said. “You can also get
on-the-job training through a private employer.”

For those with the skills and the training, electrical work offers job security as well
as many opportunities in a number of environments, including
communications, residential, commercial, industrial and motor controls.
“There isn’t much you can do without electricity in one form or another,” Davenport said.

Question: What does your job entail on a daily basis?

Answer:
“I work in residential, so it can change with the weather. It’s pretty
strong from spring to fall, then it slows sometimes in the winter. Being
a residential electrician means not having a typical day. You could be
installing lights to begin your day and be troubleshooting or upgrading a
panel by the end of it. It’s rarely monotonous. The hours vary. A lot
of times, you have to work with the client’s schedule. You might be at
work from dawn to dusk some days. I’ve taken service calls at 3 or 4 in
the morning.”



Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: “Being able to help someone when they need it most, and enjoying what I do for a living. I love my job.”

Q: What do you enjoy least about your job?

A: “Taking too long to diagnose or repair a problem.”

Q: What skills and characteristics are needed to be successful in your line of work?

A:“You definitely have to be mechanically inclined, be a good problem
solver and be able to think on your feet and outside the box. You also
have to be sociable and be able to read people and adjust accordingly.”

Q: What advice would you give someone who’s considering going into the electrician field?

A: “Take pride in your work and do it correctly the first time.”

Q: What do you think is the employment outlook for electricians?

A:“I think the need for good electricians will continue to grow. With the
continuing development of alternative energy sources, I think there
will be a lot of opportunity in that field.”


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Hot Jobs: Electrician MaryJo Walker is wired to detail -source Democrat & Chronicle

Precision is key when you’re installing wires.

“Electricians need to have a strong attention to detail, because you need to make sure
you’re not mixing them up,” said MaryJo Walker, who entered the trade
because she wanted to work with “both my hands and my brain.”

The 34-year-old from Greece added: “They can be as small as a human hair to
the size of an arm. You need to be accurate because it makes a big
difference.”

Employment prospects for electricians are growing
faster than the average for all occupations, the result of homes and
businesses increasingly requiring more wiring. In the Finger Lakes
region, they’re projected to grow 8 percent between 2010 and 2020, with
70 annual openings, according to the New York State Department of Labor.

 In addition to knowing how to install lights, switches, plugs and other devices, electricians must have foresight, said Walker, who does contract work for Rochester’s International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 86. “If you’re going to run a pipe through a building, you need to know where it’s going to go and what it’s going to look like when it’s done, and you need to take measurements and do calculations for that,” she explained


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A New Website elekrikersverige.com Launched For Finding Best Electricians In Stockholm, Gothenburg, And Malmo - Press Release - Digital Journal

Elektrikersverige.com

Elektrikersverige.com is a new website that has been launched
recently in order to assist people in Sweden to find and locate the best
of the elektriker (electricians) in three of the major cities of Sweden
namely Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmo.



Electricians are one of those service providers which are most often
required by people all around. But since electricity and issues related
to it require a highly experienced person to handle it and who is an
expert, it is a must for everyone to find and locate the best
electrician around them. With so many service providers available, it
does become somewhat tricky to find the best of them. For the people of
Sweden’s Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmo though, things are expected to
get easier as a new website named elektrikersverige.com has been
launched that will assist them in finding the best elektriker in and
around their locality in just a few seconds.



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Austria uses 100 percent renewable electricity: Facts you should know : Did you know?

The 100 percent electricity in Austria's largest state is
generated using renewable sources of energy. This was announced by the
State's Governor Erwin Proell on November 5, 2015.

Here are some facts you might find interesting about the project:

• A
  total of 63 percent of Lower Austria's electricity now comes from
  hydroelectric power. Another 26 percent is from wind energy, nine
  percent from biomass and two percent from solar energy

• Lower
  Austria ranks fourth with regard to population density even though it
  contains Vienna's suburbs; this is due to large areas of land being
  predominantly agricultural. Lower Austria includes the country's capital
  Vienna, which has a population of 1.6 million

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Piedmont Tech HVAC Instructor Finds Enjoyment in Teaching - GwdToday - Greenwood, SC

Electricity has always been in Wade Smith’s blood. It’s been passed down in his family over three generations. And he is sharing that knowledge with the
heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) technology students at
Piedmont Technical College. 

Smith is the third-generation owner of Cullum Electric and
Mechanical. He never had any questions of what he wanted to do. He holds
a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Clemson University.

“Electricity has always interested me,” Smith said. “I toyed with the
idea of fiber optics because of a class I took at Clemson, but I like
volts and amps.”

 A help wanted ad in the newspaper caught his eye 10 years ago. Piedmont
Tech’s HVAC department was looking for an adjunct instructor to teach
electricity in the program. Smith knew David Kibler, HVAC program
director at the time, through the program’s advisory committee. The idea
of teaching interested him, so he applied.

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