Thursday, November 11th, 2010
EEA – The impacts of unwanted noise can range from mild disturbance to serious disease. At a prestigious ceremony in London last night, the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the Noise Abatement Society (NAS) announced a new European noise award, which will recognise innovative solutions to noise problems. Today, the EEA also publishes a set of
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
POWER GEN – The six dams have a total cost of 2.9bn reais ($1.72bn) and will have a combined capacity of 645 MW, according to official figures. During the inauguration, Mines and Energy Minister Marcio Zimmerman said hydroelectric energy “is much more than a renewable energy” source because it also “brings progress and development to the region.”
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
MONTREAL GAZETTE – The Quebec government unveiled its long-awaited new plan for the Turcot Interchange on Tuesday morning. The new plan is to cost $3 billion, double the price tag of Transport Quebec’s original project, unveiled in 2007. Read More
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
RIA NOVOSTI – The temperature in Moscow reached 11.9 degrees Celsius (53.4 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday setting the first record in the fall of 2010, the Fobos meteorological center said. “The record of 1952 when the temperature reached 11.7 degrees Celsius was beaten at 7.00 p.m. Moscow time,” the center’s spokesman said. Read More
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
EU- The European Commission launches today the first call for proposals for the world’s largest programme of investment in low carbon and renewable energy demonstration projects. The initiative, known as NER300, will provide substantial financial support for at least eight projects involving carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies and at least 34 projects involving innovative renewable
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – Part of the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP), the new railway designs are to connect some of the major cities of Ethiopia. From Mekelle up North; Galafi and Djibouti in the East; Awash and Sebeta; and Jimma down South, the 1,833.6km-long railway will be providing service to these locations. The Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC)
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
GUARDIAN UK – Gas plants will be eligible for the government’s £9bn carbon capture demonstration programme, Chris Huhne, the energy and climate change secretary, will announce tomorrow. The programme had only been open to coal plants, which in future will be required to fit the technology to capture and store emissions rather than release them into
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
VOICE OF RUSSIA – Russian polar explorers are due to get quite a present for the New Year, given that the Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg is going to launch a new research vessel by that time. Thus far it has been the Polar Fleet flagship The Academician Fyodorov that has been continually sailing to both
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
HELSINGIN SANOMAT – The Finnish government is taking a close look at administrative problems afflicting the various municipalities of the Greater Helsinki area. With decision-making affecting the whole region in the hands of competing municipalities, the government feels that the current disparate systems are not functioning well together. This applies to the cities themselves, their existing systems
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
ARAB NETWORK – The ministry and the WB have recently signed an agreement to finance a 1,500-megawatt North Giza power plant with 600 million dollars. The WB also offered 220 million dollars to fund a project on developing the national power grid, Younis said. The WB will also offer 270 million dollars in contribution to a 100-megawatt
