Monday, January 31st, 2011
The first point of the action plan is deducing the EU’s overall energy consumption. “If we do not act now, Europe’s industry will relocate to other parts of the world. Our first aim must be to reverse this trend; we must consume less energy. When looking at emission reduction and renewable energies we are on
Monday, January 31st, 2011
The use of solar power at schools in Japan has grown exponentially in recent years with the government’s “School New Deal” initiative, which aims to broadly enrich the nation’s educational facilities. As part of the economic crisis countermeasures set forth in 2009, the School New Deal initiative advocates for the fundamental reform of facilities to promote schools that have the appropriate
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
An electric utility in an area plagued by power failures caused by snow-laden trees falling on power lines, is considering the possibility of putting more electric cables underground. Overhead power lines are also susceptible to storm damage in the summer. Read More
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
A French naval submarine and nuclear technology group has paid €14 million for a stake in Irish tidal energy developer Openhydro. Openhydro, which designs and manufactures turbines for converting tidal power to electricity, said yesterday that DCNS, a French state-owned specialist in naval defence and nuclear energy systems, is taking an 8 per cent stake in
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
When we talk about infrastructural development, what generally comes to mind are road construction, water supply, power grids, sewers, telecommunications, schools, hospitals etc. Those are regarded as basic necessities for continuous survival of any society. This is to say that infrastructure is the basic physical and organisational amenity needed for the operation of a society. Read
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
Arctic research institutions want to buy a former submarine base in Northern Norway and make it into a center for research in the High North. The Norwegian Ministry of Defense supports the plans of the Norwegian Polar Institute and the Institute of Marine Research to buy the huge Olavsvern Naval Base outside Tromsø. Read More
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
Roads built to the same standards as the scorching south of France; fish moved from the overheated Lake District to cooler waters in Scotland; lighthouses threatened by rising seas. From measures in use already to seemingly far-fetched scenarios for the future, these are some of the findings in the first batch of climate adaptation plans
Friday, January 28th, 2011
The Finnish Meteorological Institute is coordinating a project that demonstrates new methods for mitigating climate change in the Arctic. The project begins in January 2011 and is co-financed by the EU LIFE09+ programme. Read More
Friday, January 28th, 2011
The European commission’s emergency suspension last week of trading in carbon allowances to put a halt to rampant theft of credits by hackers has been extended indefinitely until countries can prove their systems are protected from further fraud. While the suspension had been expected to end last night, Brussels now says that the freeze in
Friday, January 28th, 2011
Not so in Italy, where politicians seem to be much more committed to the idea. At the beginning of this year, ambitious projects aimed at creating citywide W-LAN launched in two locations. Now, both Rome and Florence are wired with wireless. Capital city Rome has taken on the role of pioneer. In mid-January, politicians from the
