Saturday, December 25th, 2010
Leader Kim Jong Il of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has lately called for a “great offensive” to boost the country’s infrastructure construction. The general secretary of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) made the appeal when inspecting a power station under construction in the northern city of Huichon, leading daily Rodong
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan has created a set of 13 topographic maps of the northern territories, the first time such maps have been produced in 88 years. The authority, which created the maps using satellite pictures, started selling them this month. As the islands have been illegally occupied by Russia since the end of World
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
A collection of scientists is claiming that 1.5 billion hectares of land—or roughly the size of Russia—could be reforested with a combined effort. When you follow the news on a daily basis, it can be easy to surrender yourself to the gloom of the future being presented. Wars rage around the world, fossil fuels are
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
To help authorities and emergency services plan for the risk of flooding in the unlikely event that a reservoir failed, maps showing areas that could flood have now been published online. Dam breach and flood modelling techniques were used to produce a national set of reservoir flood maps for England and Wales. The maps were created
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
A recent study by Helsinki Region Transport (HSL) seeks to restore the maligned reputation of local trains in a situation in which rail transport has suffered from the recent severe winter weather. Local trains have proven to be the most energy-efficient form of public transport in the Helsinki region. A local train will take a passenger three
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
The Ministers of Education and Research of the Nordic states (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) and the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) have met to discuss present and future co-operation in the fields of education and research. Read More
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Britain could save up to £30bn over the next decade on infrastructure spending if it improves project planning, commissioning and procurement, a Government report has found. A study published on Tuesday by Infrastructure UK, an offshoot of the Treasury, estimates that the cost of building power, water and transport schemes could be cut by at
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
The launch of Russia’s new-generation Glonass-K satellite has been postponed until 2011, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. The satellite atop a Soyuz-2.1.b carrier rocket was to blast off from the Plesetsk Space Center on December 28. “Preparations have not been completed for the ground complex to navigate the Glonass-K spacecraft,” the ministry’s statement said. Read More
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
Turkey still lacks a road map or target for increasing energy efficiency in buildings, Orhan Turan, board chairman of the Turkish Building Material Producers Association, or İMSAD, said Monday. A delegation from İMSAD visited Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan in Ankara to present an incentive report about the energy efficiency in buildings. Read More
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB), on Tuesday, 14 December 2010, closed the financing agreement to provide € 45 million to design, construct and operate onshore wind farms on four islands in the Cape Verde archipelago. This will be one of the largest wind projects in Africa and first renewable
