Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Four companies that run German nuclear power plants said they have stopped payments to an environment fund as a result of a government moratorium on nuclear power extension plans. EON, RWE, Vattenfall and EnBW have all been contributing to a fund since January that was designed to support renewable energy. The payments were a condition
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
A Swedish firm has become the first known foreign company to use Russian positioning technology GLONASS, in a sign that the system could become a credible challenge to established U.S. rival GPS. Sweden’s Swepos, a national network of satellite reference stations which provides data for real-time positioning with meter accuracy, said GLONASS was better than
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
The world’s largest atlas made its debut at an appropriate venue—the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest trade fair for books, held each October in Germany. The atlas, created by Sydney, Australia, publisher Millennium House and named Earth: Platinum Edition,measures 183 by 137 centimeters (6 x 4.5 feet), weighs 120 kilograms (264 pounds), and sells for
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
The Minister for Industry and Energy, Eric Besson , has reported a possible emergency discussion on 10 May at the Assembly, a bill to prohibit the exploration and exploitation Gas and oil shale in France. That while several bills were filed to that effect and that a report on the issue “will be delivered shortly”
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Russian transport infrastructure construction specialist, Mostotrest, has posted a FY 2010 adjusted net profit of 4.4 billion roubles under IFRS. The adjusted net result is up 17.2% year on year, with EBITDA rising 10.4% year on year to 9 billion roubles, as FY 2010 revenues fell 5.2% to 74.9 billion roubles. The company noted that
Monday, April 11th, 2011
What do the energy industry, leaders of Canada’s top enterprises, environmental groups, leading academics and policy think tanks all have in common? They have all gone on the public record in calling for a new set of energy and environmental policies for Canada. Canada faces a broad set of energy and environmental challenges. The common
Monday, April 11th, 2011
TomTom Business Solutions, the division dedicated to commercial fleets, today unveiled a new navigation solution for the North American market designed to help businesses improve their productivity. The PRO 9150 is a portable fleet management solution that requires no installation and can be moved easily among vehicles in a fleet. With improved route guidance and
Monday, April 11th, 2011
Federal law provides for the ratification of the Treaty between the Russian Federation and the Kingdom of Norway on the delimitation of maritime areas and cooperation in the Barents Sea and Arctic Ocean, signed in Murmansk on 15 September 2010. Contract concluded which lasted from 1970 the process of delimitation of the disputed sea area covering
Monday, April 11th, 2011
Supplying the world with sustainable energy stands as a key challenge for business, policy makers and civil society alike. This is why the European Union cannot tackle the global energy crisis, reduce carbon emissions and achieve its sustainable growth objectives by engaging in half measures . Never before has the case for greater energy savings been so strong. The
Monday, April 11th, 2011
The Russian envoy was addressing reporters in Riyadh on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel into space, on April 12, 1961. “We regard Saudi Arabia as one of the major partners in space cooperation, because the Kingdom became the first country to be directly engaged in
