Thursday, April 28th, 2011
The city of Warsaw continues to expand its network of free wifi hotspot across the city, with coverage in several new locations starting by the beginning of June. Currently, Warsaw’s free wifi internet is available to use in much of the centre, particularly those areas popular with tourists. The Old Town is nearly completely covered with
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
To mark the International Noise Awareness Day on 27 April, the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the Noise Abatement Society (NAS) seek submissions for the new European Soundscape Award which will recognise innovative solutions to noise problems. Read More
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
New customer information screens at a Lincolnshire railway station are providing improved service details for passengers. The improvements are part of a wider £2.2 million project being delivered by East Midlands Trains and Network Rail to improve customer information at Skegness. Read More
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Norway has the most expensive diesel fuel in Europe, and the high fuel costs affect both the Norwegian transport industry and the nation’s farmers, the newspaper Nationen writes. Last week the cost of diesel at the pumps was on average NOK 14.00. Minus taxes the cost was NOK 11.20 per litre. Only Germany has higher basic
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Our analysis of current data centre investments has found that despite significant advances in making data centres more energy efficient, the sector as a whole is largely ignoring the importance of using renewable energy. Instead, the IT sector is fuelling its expansion, and the storage of your data, with dirty energy sources, like coal and
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
The security agency Sub S.A., which former Detective Hynek Vlas for three years co-owned with the new Interior Minister Jan Kubice, won a tender three weeks ago that was organised by the Ministry of Transport, according to an interview Vlas gave daily Mladá fronta Dnes (MfD). Kubice announced on April 21 that he would give up his
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Twenty-five years on, the disaster at Chernobyl casts a long shadow over the nuclear industry, which has been compounded by recent events at Fukushima in Japan. Nuclear power had a rapid rise in the decades after World War II, but the growth in reactor numbers has levelled off. Use the map and audio commentary below
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF), Spain’s leading train manufacturer, and the only listed company in the sector, may have company soon in the Spanish stock exchange. Its rival Talgo, which years back made an aborted attempt to list, is once again considering tapping the bourse for funding. Deliberations on the issue have got to the
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Any industry that mislays 25-30% of its product in the process of delivering it might reasonably be thought to have a problem. Yet that, according to the World Bank, is the case for the world’s water companies. Though water is cheap, it is not free. According to a report published by the Bank in 2006,
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Oikos East Africa has assigned a young Leo Mongandre (26 years old) of Arusha to lead a team of engineers from Italy, Arusha Technical College and from the University of Dar es Salaam to promote use of small rivers, streams and water falls to produce hydro electric power for rural areas. Mr. Mongandre works for
