Friday, November 5th, 2010
GHANA NEWS – The Akosombo Hydro Electrical Dam yesterday experienced the highest water level of 277.33 feet since 1974. The rise is the highest as compared to 276.00 feet in 1974 and 275.20 feet in 1991 with the lowest level of 234.00 feet occurring in 2007. According to Mr. Kwesi Brenu Amoako, Director of the Hydro Generation Plant,
Friday, November 5th, 2010
Today, a Toronto development is receiving Government of Canada support for the planning and design of a healthy, energy-efficient and sustainable community in the Regent Park area. The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Minister Responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Natural
Friday, November 5th, 2010
The 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition will take place in Berlin Germany (Conference: 6-10 June 2011 – Exhibition: 6-9 June 2011). The Technical Programme is coordinated by the European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre. For over 30 years now, the European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (European BC&E) has combined a very renowned international Scientific Conference
Friday, November 5th, 2010
While the weather didn’t quite comply for attendees hoping to get some sunny warmth during their trip here to the Leica Geosystems user conference, held Oct. 25 through 28, few could say Leica didn’t pack plenty of content into the four-day event. Hosted by Leica Geosystems senior VP of strategic marketing Geoff Jacobs, the conference’s
Friday, November 5th, 2010
IGN and the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department of the Navy (SHOM) have developed the program Litto3D which maps continuously the coastal land and marine extension immediately. Read More
Friday, November 5th, 2010
SCOTLAND GOV – The buildings are 60 per cent self-sufficient, using renewable energy from two on-farm wind turbines, and include a public room where visitors can learn about Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF). Other developments on the farm include a mile of new hedgerows and the creation of species-rich grassland to improve local biodiversity, and water margins
Friday, November 5th, 2010
Vue 9 is the most efficient and advanced solution for creating, animating and rendering natural 3D environments. It offers a high-end 3D scenery solution for SFX studios, animators, illustrators, architects, matte painters and CG professionals. It is strongly focused on power, productivity and inter-operability with existing toolkits. Vue 9 naturally integrates and extends all major 3D applications
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Earlier today, the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure announced changes to the Ontario micro Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program, the program guaranteeing the price paid to renewable energy generators. The proposed changes are designed to address the backlog of microFIT applications, and to ensure Ontario builds a strong solar manufacturing sector, and electricity ratepayers are protected
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced industry-first capabilities in the next generation of its FloTHERM® 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software for electronics cooling applications. The patent-pending technology in the FloTHERM software provides Bottleneck (Bn) and Shortcut (Sc) fields so that, for the first time, engineers can now identify where heat flow congestion occurs in the electronic
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
The new Alibre Design 2011, the easiest, lowest cost, highest value 3D design software on the market, is now available for review at www.alibre.com. Please tell me if you’d like to try it out and we’ll send you a review download code. Priced thousands less than competitors, starting at only $99 for Personal Edition (PE), $699 for
