Saturday, November 6th, 2010
NORWAY POST – SN Power, owned by Norway’s Statkraft (60%) and Norfund (40%), has inaugurated two hydro power plants in Chile, which will contribute with more than 310 MW of clean energy. This is enough to supply more than 900 thousand Chilean households with renewable electricity. Read More
Saturday, November 6th, 2010
RELIEFWEB – The analysis has been conducted over a period of years, and it brings into light new aspects of pirates’ behavioural patterns. The output of this particular activity of UNOSAT consists of periodical updates and maps including statistical analyses as well as evidence based conclusions that in some cases challenge common perceptions concerning the security
Saturday, November 6th, 2010
Engineers at Microsoft Research Asia are analyzing GPS data culled from 30,000 Beijing cab drivers, hoping to find faster and shorter routes. They built a software program called T-Drive that uses real cabbies’ trajectories gathered over a period of three months. On average, the cabbies’ routes shave off 16 percent of a trip, saving 5 minutes
Friday, November 5th, 2010
ESA – Once the world’s fourth-largest inland body of water, the Aral Sea has been steadily shrinking over the past 50 years since the rivers that fed it were diverted for irrigation projects. By the end of the 1980s, little water was reaching the lake causing it to split into two sections: the Small Aral
Friday, November 5th, 2010
BUSINESS NEWS – Russian regions will be see a network of service centers. These centers will check and provide services, maintenance and repair of the GLONASS / GPS-equipment. Read More
Friday, November 5th, 2010
BRICKHOUSE SECURITY – The two German satellites, TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X, will fly slightly apart in a helix motion and record how long it takes for a signal to reach earth and then bounce back to the satellite. The satellites don’t invade anyone’s privacy and only capture geographical data such as where there are mountains, ditches, oceans,
Friday, November 5th, 2010
PHYSORG – Using Google Earth, Bing Maps, and active fieldwork, a UCD Geography PhD student has catalogued the trees between the Grand and Royal Canals in Dublin’s city centre. This is the first time a comprehensive survey of trees in the city centre has been completed. The survey findings published in Irish Geography show over 10,000 trees
Friday, November 5th, 2010
GHANA NEWS – The Akosombo Hydro Electrical Dam yesterday experienced the highest water level of 277.33 feet since 1974. The rise is the highest as compared to 276.00 feet in 1974 and 275.20 feet in 1991 with the lowest level of 234.00 feet occurring in 2007. According to Mr. Kwesi Brenu Amoako, Director of the Hydro Generation Plant,
Friday, November 5th, 2010
SCOTLAND GOV – The buildings are 60 per cent self-sufficient, using renewable energy from two on-farm wind turbines, and include a public room where visitors can learn about Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF). Other developments on the farm include a mile of new hedgerows and the creation of species-rich grassland to improve local biodiversity, and water margins
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
DER SPIEGEL – Even as Berlin demands that developing countries preserve their rainforests, the country is doing little for biodiversity back home. Bogs and marshland in Germany are increasingly yielding to corn farming — resulting in the release of huge quantities of CO2. Read More
