Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Turkey expects to consume 229 billion kilowatts of electricity by the end of 2011, according to Deloitte Turkey’s Energy and Natural Resources Industry Partner Sibel Çetinkaya. This exceeds the anticipated 225 billion kilowatt figure. There was a 9.5 percent increase in Turkey’s electricity consumption in the first 11 months of 2011 compared to last year,
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
To better predict the health of ocean fish stocks, a team from the University of Malta and the European Commission Joint Research Centre statistically compared ocean color values from satellites with values collected in the field. Surface runoff from land can affect ocean fish stocks by inhibiting the vitality of chlorophyll in phytoplankton – the basis
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
Vestas has received a wind power order for 17 wind turbines V112-3.0 MW turbine for a wind farm in Poland. Vestas has received an order for 17 units of the V112-3.0 MW wind turbine for Poland. The wind power contract comprises supply, installation and commissioning of the wind turbines as well as a 12-year service
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
This work deals with the applicability of a star photometer to retrieve precipitable water vapor (W) at night-time by means of direct irradiance from stars using a 940 nm narrowband filter. Retrievals are assessed with simultaneous data from a Raman lidar system and linked with day-time values from a sun photometer using measurements taken from
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
With no success despite making reforms in the existing public bus transport system, all eyes are set on the day the proposed metro rail project — approval of which is pending with the union government — would kickstart in the city. With all other cities going ahead with the implementation of the Metro rail project,
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
First year students of the Department of Sustainable Tourism and Regional Development (STRD) at the German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech), along with two of their professors, recently made a three-day field trip to the Dhofar region. “Students in our department study the regional development options with a special focus on tourism. The main objective of the
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
To enhance coastal resources and develop livelihood of coastal communities, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) region 2 has institutionalized the implementation of the integrated coastal resources management project (ICRMP) to 12 participating local government units of Cagayan. The project was implemented in the marine corridor of Cagayan, which was identified by the Philippine
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
These reports, part of the Spatial Data Infrastructure for Development (SDI4MDGs) project supported by the Korean Trust Fund on ICT for Development, explore the role of spatial data infrastructure in Uganda. Read More
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
The creation of Rural Growth Networks will help rural areas overcome barriers to growth, such as a lack of suitable premises, and poor provision of infrastructure, such as superfast broadband and mobile networks, as outlined in Defra’s Rural Economy Growth Review. The Government is investing around £15 million in the pilots, including up to £2.3 million
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
Real-time monitoring by technological tools, such as smart meters and sensors, can help big cities save up to Rs 27 lakh a day and at least 15 per cent of water that’s lost owing to leakages and pilferage. Unaccounted for water (UFW) is high at 20-50 per cent in urban India, indicative of inefficient management. The
