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Friday, November 4th, 2011
The UK Forestry Standard (UKFS) is the practice code for forest management, and details the conditions that must be met when felling trees, carrying out woodland operations and receiving grants. It has been developed by the Forestry Commission and the Northern Ireland Forest Service in consultation with a wide range of interests. It applies to all woodland,
Friday, November 4th, 2011
Carnegie Wave Energy is gearing up to announce the location of its first commercial demonstration wave energy project within 90 days as the company sizes up government funding opportunities and five sites around the globe. Carnegie managing director Michael Ottaviano told yesterday’s annual meeting in Fremantle that the WA company had set an “aggressive” timetable and
Friday, November 4th, 2011
The map was made in the style of the Florentine mosaic and it was beautiful. It had a weight of 3.5 tons and contained over 4.5 thousand precious and semiprecious stones. It took 667 workers just 11 months to create it, which shows how much they all worked. Read More
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
For Q3, the company reported revenue of $667 million, down 4% from a year ago, but well above the Street at $618.1 million. Pro forma profits of 71 cents a share crushed the Street consensus at 50 cents. Gross margin improved to 52%, from 48% in Q2 and 50% a year ago. Operating margin was
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Beginning next year and running for four years, some 2,000 residents and business on the Danish island of Bornholm will be the subject of an experiment. The goal: To determine how to develop a grid powered by at least 50 percent renewable energy sources, such as wind power, solar energy and biogas. In announcing its
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
The city and county of Honolulu, Hawaii, Olathe, Kan., Roseville, Calif. and Eden Prairie, Minn. received first place rankings in the 2011 Digital Cities Survey, according to the results announced on Wednesday, Nov. 2. The 11th annual survey spotlights the municipalities that best show how information and communication technology are used to enhance public service. The
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®), a strategic partner of EuroGeographics announced a Business Value Survey for the period 1st November – 18th December 2011 to support the study on standards effectiveness. The OGC Business Value Committee will use a summary of the results to help the OGC better understand the value of the OGC’s open standards and
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Lukoil plans to acquire a 20 MW wind turbine park in Bulgarian a deal worth EUR 50 M, according to reports of Russian media. The acquisition of wind power plants is to be wrapped up by end-2011 or the beginning of 2012, the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA) announced, citing RIA Novosti. A representative of Lukoil’s
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Russia’s Proton-M carrier rocket with three Glonass-M navigation satellites will be launched on Thursday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a spokesman for the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) said. “The launch is scheduled for 16:55 Moscow time . The separation of the satellites is slated for 22:45 Moscow time ,” the spokesman said. By
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates’ (MDA) latest foray into space on behalf of the Canadian military involves work on earth with the construction of two mobile satellite receiving stations that will download imagery for use in tactical mapping and civilian disaster relief. The stations go by the technical description of unclassified remote-sensing situational awareness systems, and Richmond-based
