Friday, January 27th, 2012
Blom ASA (Blom) has signed an agreement to divest its Danish subsidiary BlomInfo A/S to the Danish engineering and consulting company NIRAS A/S. Blom will receive a consideration of DKK 19.4 million as compensation for the equity in BlomInfo A/S and working capital provided by Blom to BlomInfo A/S. After the completion date Blom may receive up to
Friday, January 27th, 2012
Russia will boost its coal production with 30 percent. A significant share will be taken from Arctic mines. The world´s sixth biggest coal producing country will boost its annual production by more than 100 million tons by year 2030. Visiting Kemerovo, the centre of the coal-rich Kusbass region, the country´s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said
Friday, January 27th, 2012
German Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen has said he wants to cut subsidies on installing solar panels sooner than planned as the number of people taking advantage of the incentives continues to soar. As do costs to electricity customers. Read More
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
The Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, visited Calgary today to discuss the government’s priorities for Canada’s energy future. The Minister spoke at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce about the importance of diversifying Canada’s energy markets. “Canada’s oil reserves are the most strategic of our energy assets, in particular the oil sands, which represent 170
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC) and Cotswold District Council (CDC) have entered into a ‘Shared Service’ agreement with Astun Technology. The Councils already have a number of shared working arrangements in place, including several joint senior manager posts. From 2012 they will start developing a single IT service for both councils with one of the
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Called soundings, these measurements are crucial for global weather models, which directly impact two- to seven-day weather forecasts in the U.S. The sounding accuracy of CrIS is well beyond the capabilities of previous operational sounders. CrlS enables weather forecasters to more accurately predict days in advance the path and severity of weather like tornados and
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
With HTML5 & WebGL it is possible to render 3D content directly in the Webbrowser without the need for Plugins or Applets. A demonstrator has been put online by the GIScience Research Group (http://giscience.uni-hd.de) at the University of Heidelberg, that shows how to stream large point clouds that have been derived from laser scanning with
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
The Environment Ministry has announced it is to cut 115 positions from three different agencies. The Environmental Protection Agency will lose 15 jobs, around 80 positions will be cut by the Nature Protection Agency and another 25 in the Mapping and Surveying Agency. Read More
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Lake monitoring is currently mainly based on on-site sampling and laboratory analysis of samples. In lake-rich regions, however, only a small proportion of lakes can be monitored using conventional methods. Kari Kallio, Senior Researcher at the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), has investigated how the remote sensing of lakes from satellites or aircraft can improve the
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
The completion of the Ilısu Dam will flood parts of the historical town of Hasankeyf in the southeastern province of Batman but will provide a significant boost for Turkey’s economy, according to an experts’ court report. “The Ilısu Dam is expected to provide significant contributions to the social, economic and cultural development of the region
