Thursday, January 5th, 2012
AeroMetric has hired James R. Murray, as vice president of business development, leading AeroMetric’senergy infrastructure solutions team. Murray brings over 30 years of experience to this position, including the development and execution of strategic planning and sales for energy markets.
Thursday, January 5th, 2012
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Statoil for the engineering, procurement and construction of a subsea production system for the Svalin project on the Norwegian continental shelf. The contract value is approximately NOK 400 million. Read More
Thursday, January 5th, 2012
The renewable energy share of Bulgaria’s gross final energy consumption was 12.9% in 2010, ranking the country 12th among the EU member states, according to estimates published by EurObserv’ER. The Balkan country’s renewable energy share was 11.6% in 2009. Sweden tops the list with 46.9%, followed by Latvia (34.3%) and Finland (33.6%). The United Kingdom (3.3%), Luxembourg (2.6%) and Malta (0.3%) occupy the last three spots. Read More
Thursday, January 5th, 2012
Researchers from countries across the European Union have compiled a synthesis of data distilled from the findings of hundreds of EU reports into climate change and its impact on marine systems. They also conducted a survey of 10,000 people in ten different European countries to establish exactly how much information from previous studies has entered
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Rising energy prices and concerns about carbon emissions are making us all increasingly conscious of how much we spend on gas and electricity. A lot of organisations are ready to provide advice for reducing the bill, but now a city council is ready to use geographical information systems (GIS) to give people guidance in response to information
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
China has made substantial progress in boosting its burgeoning offshore wind power by launching its largest intertidal wind farm at the end of 2011. On December 28, Longyuan Power, China’ s largest wind power developer, connected 99.3 megawatts (MW) of wind turbines to the grid in a pilot intertidal wind farm in Rudong county in eastern
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Director Veli-Pekka Nurmi of the Accident Investigation Board is calling on electric utilities to be better prepared for major problems in electricity distribution. “The Accident Investigation Board emphasised the preparation of electric utilities after the storms of the summer of 2010”, Nurmi points out. “The companies should consider if their capacity – electricians, supervisors, tree cutters, and machinery –
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation has recognised the efforts of the tribal community of Koraput to conserve biodiversity and develop climate resilient farm practices as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS). Mentioning this at the inauguration of the 99th Indian Science Congress here, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lauded the Koraput tribals for the achievement.
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Russia plans to launch 4 more rockets in 2012 than last year. The launch program for 2011 ended with a crash. 31 launches will be conducted from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan while 5 will be launched from the Plesetsk space center in Arkhangelsk Oblast. Read More
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
EuroGeographics has announced that Julius Ernst from Austria’s Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying is the new Chair of its Cadastre & Land Registry Knowledge Exchange Network (C&LR KEN). Mr Ernst succeeds Professor Bengt Kjelsson who has become Director General of The Swedish Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registry Authority.
