Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
In partnership with the National Geographic Institute (IGN), the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department of the Navy (SHOM), the Bureau of Geological and Mining Research (BRGM), the Institute of Development Research (IRD) and the National Library de France (BNF), the French mapping organizes the 25th International Cartographic Conference in Paris, Palais des Congres, the 3 to
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Europe’s forests can play a key role in helping mitigate the impact of climate change, a report described as the most comprehensive of its kind concludes. Europe is home to 25% of the world’s forests, which absorb about 10% of the EU’s annual emissions, it added. Read More
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Special motorway rush hour lanes should be open more frequently to deal with extra volumes of traffic, transport minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen said on Tuesday. In addition, new highways are to be made a standard two times three lanes wide and two times four-lane highways will be the new norm in the central urban belt
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
In the period leading up to 2020, Norway’s Statnett is planning to establish four new cable connections between Norway and continental Europe, with a total capacity of up to 4200 MW. Stanett says more international interconnectors will aid the development of tomorrow’s energy supply in Norway and Europe, based on renewable energy. The new projects
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
The Canadian province of Nova Scotia is aiming to be a leader in renewable energy by committing to generate 25% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2015 from a current level of 13%. Among the first steps to meeting this ambitious target is a new Community Feed-in Tariff (COMFIT) program to support community-owned projects
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
ABB is responsible for the design, engineering, erection, civil works and commissioning of the plants, as well as for connection to the local power grid and will deliver the turnkey electrical and control solution within an extremely short time span of thirteen weeks. Key products to be supplied include trackers, inverters, low-voltage equipment, medium-voltage switchgear,
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Swedish Ambassador to Indonesia HE Mrs Ewa Polano will tomorrow, Tuesday 14 June 2011, sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Construction Development Agency of the Indonesian Ministry of Public Works to share experiences and cooperate with Indonesia regarding environmentally sustainable planning and construction. This a field in which Sweden has a long and very
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
This spring a sea-gliding robot deployed by start-up Liquid Robotics to collect data in the Gulf of Mexico sent an alarming text message to its pilot ashore that something was wrong. The pilot, who remotely guides the robot on its mission — in this case to collect data on water chemistry, current information, and acoustics
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Alistair McPhee has been appointed VP of Thales UK’s transportation systems business. Alistair has worked within the rail industry for the past nine years, and previously was with Westinghouse Rail Systems, a subsidiary of Invensys. At Westinghouse, Alistair joined as Projects Director, and for the last three years of his career there he led the business
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Thales Alenia Space España has been awarded important contracts summing up to a value of more than 7.5 million Euros. These contracts are for the MUSIS program for Earth observation. The company will be entrusted with the design, development, manufacturing, qualification, supply of electronics for the focal plane of the optical instrument (FPPB), and the
