Friday, April 1st, 2011
We have all heard by now, how the world of tomorrow will be shaped by the recognised social ‘megatrends’ of urbanization and demographic change. But for the growing urban population, security will still, undoubtedly, be one of its most fundamental requirements. Larger companies, utilities and civil infrastructure are already demanding comprehensive security concepts that ensure
Friday, April 1st, 2011
The Soyuz site at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is now ready for its first launch. ESA yesterday handed over the complex to Arianespace, marking a major step towards this year’s inaugural flight. Construction of the Soyuz site began in February 2007, although initial excavation and ground infrastructure work began in 2005 and 2006, respectively. Read
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the Vorobyevy Gory (Sparrow Hills) ecological and educational center here on Wednesday. He will also hold a meeting on the measures for a better ecological situation in Russia. The prime minister was watching an interactive exposition in the ecological center, which is intended to shape a careful attitude to the
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Ministries of electricity in Egypt and Saudi Arabia decided to make a tender to erect Egyptian-Saudi power linkage project by the mid of April 2011, said Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younis. The project is to be carried out as of January 2012. Younis said that the project is a sort of power exchange between
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
A chunk of England’s publicly owned forest will still be sold off, Caroline Spelman, the Environment Secretary has admitted, despite the public outcry over plans to privatise woodland. In an embarrassing admission earlier this year, the minister was forced to back down from plans to change the law so the government could sell all the
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
More than one third of Germany’s 21,500 wind turbines are located in the nation’s east. This concentration of generating capacity regularly overloads the region’s electricity grid, threatening blackouts. German Economics Minister Rainer Brüderle recently warned that Germany faces frequent power blackouts because too much ‘green electricity’ is being pumped onto the grid. While this is a problem
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
The situation on the European energy marked makes it more important to keep the Shtokman project on schedule, said Gazprom’s Alexey Miller and Statoil’s Helge Lund on Tuesday. Chairman of the Gazprom’s Management Committee Alexey Miller and Chief Executive Officer of Statoil Helge Lund met at the Gazprom headquarters to discuss the situation in the European
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
These are among the 10 ideas now in line to win a share of £150,000 as part of Ordnance Survey’s GeoVation Challenge aiming to improve transport in Britain. The GeoVation Challenge is an innovation programme run by the mapping agency with support from Ideas in Transit, a five-year project funded by the Technology Strategy Board, the
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Pigs rootle fastidiously through the foothills of the mountain of rubbish dumped at Tuol Sen Chey on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital. A few metres away, cross-legged amid the clouds of flies and shaded from a fierce sun by a broad-brimmed hat, Tim Chan Tha is sifting and flattening used plastic bags for
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Even though Taiwan is a hi-tech country, it relies heavily for its electricity on coal-fired power plants. But it is slowly making the switch to hydropower, with one plant in the south-west of the country already supplying some 13,000 households with clean energy. The project is made possible by the international carbon emissions trade, with
