Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
Not far from the Malomozhaiskoye village (Kaliningrad Region) the Baltic nuclear power plant is being constructed. The first power unit is to be put into operation in late 2017. REGNUM information agency reports that stress tests of all designed and erected by “Rosatom” power units have been performed and of all them were successful. Also, after
Monday, March 12th, 2012
CryoLand is aimed at developing, implementing and validating a standardized and sustainable service on snow and land ice monitoring as a Downstream Service within GMES in a value added chain with the Land Monitoring Core Services. The service will provide geospatial products on the seasonal snow cover, glaciers, and lake / river ice derived from Earth
Monday, March 12th, 2012
A dual-use technology is one that has both civilian and military applications. Enriching uranium is a good example. A country may legitimately do so to fuel power stations. Or it may do so illegitimately to arm undeclared nuclear weapons. Few, however, would think of concrete as a dual-use technology. But it can be. And one
Monday, March 12th, 2012
The first involves the orbit of “sentinel satellites” in 2012-2015. It aims to acquire an ability to perform fast mapping disaster (earthquake, flooding, oil spills …) to facilitate the organization of relief by providing a view of the situation on the ground within hours. It is a goal ” extremely ambitious at this stage given the current shortfall
Monday, March 12th, 2012
Höegh LNG has entered into a ten year time charter for a floating LNG storage and regasification unit to be used as an LNG import terminal in Lithuania. The agreement is subject to the approval of the shareholders of AB Klaipedos Nafta. The Lithuanian state owns 70.63% of Klaipedos Nafta’s shares. Read More
Monday, March 12th, 2012
The City of Helsinki is experimenting for the first time with a new way of visualising what the planned 33-storey tower hotel in the Jätkäsaari former docklands neighbourhood would look like from various directions. Before their Tuesday meeting, the members of the City Planning Board will pay a visit to the area. They will tour on a
Sunday, March 11th, 2012
The Chinese company CSOT launched its 110-inch 3D TFT-LCD screen in Beijing Friday, the world’s largest screen of its kind. The 3.34 square meter screen is a display with a resolution of 4,000 x 2,000 pixels and 800 nits of brightness that allows consumers to better enjoy high definition videos. Read More
Sunday, March 11th, 2012
China is planning to launch “100 rockets, 100 satellites” by 2015 as part of its ambitious space expansion programme. China has set a target of completing a space mission of “100 rockets, 100 satellites” between 2011 and 2015, according to a space official. On average, China will complete about 20 launch missions each year before
Sunday, March 11th, 2012
A local developer has been booked for allegedly grabbing two acres of government land reserved for a school by making forged land documents and extracts. The plot is situated near the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation headquarters. Two aides of the builder, Ram Wadhwa, have also been booked. “I had received a complaint from a local alleging
Sunday, March 11th, 2012
The new fee of up to $150 per habitable building applies to rural homeowners where the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection provides wildland fire prevention services. About 800,000 rural property owners in the state will receive bills around mid-2012. Read More
