Saturday, September 25th, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – The Russian Minister of Natural Resources believes the now delineated areas in the Barents Sea include up to ten “very big” and “unique” structures. Talking to journalists this week, Minister Trutnev called the Russian-Norwegian delimitation of the Barents Sea as “a truly historical event for the development of Russian geology”. –We get the
Friday, September 24th, 2010
PRAGUE POST – The government of the Czech Republic has banned Google’s Street View mapping system. The move to blocked image collection was reportedly made after the government expressed concerns over the height of the Street View images. Officials argue that the cameras were placed at an angle that was too high and threatened user privacy by
Friday, September 24th, 2010
EU – The European Commission’s own research body, the Joint Research Centre, publishes today, for the first time, an indicator-based map of potential threats to soil biodiversity, in order to guide decision-makers in protecting this crucial resource. The biodiversity within our soils plays a vital role in agriculture and in the water and carbon cycle. The atlas
Friday, September 24th, 2010
TEKES FINLAND – The main product of Eniram is the Dynamic Trimming Assistant (DTA) system, which collects real-time data on the status of the vessel and displays it in a user-friendly graphical format. The system helps the ship’s officers achieve optimum trim. When the water resistance of the hull is a small as possible, the energy
Friday, September 24th, 2010
GHANA GOV – The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has started transmitting electricity through the West Africa Power Pool (WAPP) sponsored transmission line. The Project is designed to fit into the proposed West African Transmission Grid, and is being funded jointly by the Kuwait Fund, European Investment Bank and the International Development Bank of the World Bank.
Friday, September 24th, 2010
NORWAY POST – The Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global, often called the National Oil Fund, will later this fall or by the end of the year be worth an estimated NOK 3000 billon, Aftenposten reports. Last Monday the Fund was worth NOK 2910 billion, or NOK 590,000 for each Norwegian. – It is just like a dream, says
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
ARAB NEWS – The Jabal Omar project, the second largest urban project undertaken in Makkah that is part of the development of areas west of the Grand Mosque and east of Ibrahim Khalil road, covers an area of 230,000 square meters. A landmark event in all this work is the implementation of the 20 km
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
L’MONDE FRANCE – Paris Habitat-OPH, the first European public office lessor with a fleet of 120,000 homes, is investigating the source of energy for a novel of its buildings in Paris. Drawing heat from the basement to cool the buildings on the surface, the technique is not yet widespread, but it is known: the principle
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
NATIONAL UAE – Work has begun on a Dh1.6 billion plan to stockpile vital supplies of water underground. The huge reservoir near Liwa could supply Abu Dhabi’s basic water needs for three months if desalination plants failed, offering a cushion to a system that today can store only two days’ supply. The reserve would be
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
GOV MONITOR – Plans for a new Local Sustainable Transport Fund have been announced today by Local Transport minister Norman Baker. It will challenge local transport authorities outside London to develop packages of measures that support economic growth and reduce carbon in their communities as well as delivering cleaner environments, improved safety and increased levels
