Sunday, September 19th, 2010
The Brazilian government plans to accept bids this year for licenses to build 10 hydroelectric power stations with a combined generating capacity of close to 4,000 MW, officials said. The president of the EPE energy research company, Mauricio Tolmasquim, said Friday the government already has submitted plans for three large hydroelectric projects to the Court of
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
MANITOBA HYDRO – Manitoba Hydro is offering you a way to save around 35$ a year and all you have to do, is ask . Manitoba Hydro is offering energy saving kits that will reduce your water usage and your water heating costs. Glen Schneider from Manitoba Hydro says water heating is the second largest user of
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
Bing Maps has added another nice feature, adding public transportation routes to 11 major U.S. cities. It’s a good first step for Bing, though there’s certainly a lot of work left to do to catch up to Google Maps — which covers more than twice that many in California alone and a total of 446 cities
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
ABS CBN – In a laboratory in northern China, technicians are breeding billions of micro-organisms in test tubes to create enzymes — proteins that can turn plant waste into clean-burning biofuels. The facility near the port city of Tianjin belongs to Novozymes, a Danish biotechnology company and one of a growing number of foreign firms in China
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
On 13 September 2010 the European Commission (DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries) presented the Marine Knowledge 2020 initiative which aims to improve knowledge of Europe’s seas and oceans. In line with the EU 2020 economic strategy, the initiative is one of the three cross-cutting goals of the EU Integrated Maritime Policy. The creation of marine knowledge
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
At the occasion of the General Affairs Council meeting that took place on 13 September 2010, EU Ministers adopted the proposal for a regulation on the European Earth observation programme (GMES) and its initial operations (2011-2013). The adoption, which follows the agreement reached with the European Parliament in first reading on 16 June 2010, is
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
A new, computer-based knowledge management system will help scientists collaborate more effectively while using their preferred modeling tools to conduct more comprehensive planning for safe, long-term underground storage of greenhouse gases.Under development at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the Geologic Sequestration Software Suite, or GS3, could help oversight agencies better define permitting
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
The University of Minnesota Libraries would like to learn more about the use and users of the four online UMN Forestry Databases produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries (Social Sciences in Forestry, Urban Forestry, Tropical Forest Conservation and Development, and Trail Planning, Construction, and Maintenance). Please take our short survey about the Forestry Databases: http//www.surveymonkey.com/s/NTYM2P7
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
NORWAY NEWS – Norway’s Ministry of Transport wants to introduce a universal public transport payment system that can be used by passengers on all modes of public transport throughout the country. The ministry hopes to have established a new company tied to the county’s transport companies that can administer a joint ticket scheme by 2011 and
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
Guatemala in the Central America has been seriously damaged due to floods and mudslides caused by heavy rain, which had occurred continuously since beginning of September 2010. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has performed the observation to monitor the state of the damage by the Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer type 2 (AVNIR-2)* onboard
