Friday, December 4th, 2009
WALL ST JOUR – RWE Innogy said Friday it has placed an order for a naval vessel specially designed to install large offshore wind power turbines, aiming to significantly reduce waiting periods for the limited global transportation capacities of this kind. Read More
Friday, November 27th, 2009
AFROL NEWS – The majority of the 1.5 billion people who live in the dark are in the least developed countries (LDCs) of South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, according to the new report, The Energy Access Situation in Developing Countries: A Review Focusing on the Least Developed Counties and Sub-Saharan Africa. Read More
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
NORWAY POST – The North Sea has the capacity to store EU’s total production of CO2. Storage of carbon dioxide may become a major industry for Norway, SINTEF chief researcher Erik Lindeberg believes. Norway has gained acceptance for a proposal to change international regulations so that CO2 may be exported to other countries. Read More
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
SWEDEN GOV – The proposals put forward by the Inquiry give a clearer international perspective to Sweden’s system of environmental objectives. They define more precisely the role of the Riksdag (the Swedish Parliament), the Government and government agencies in bringing about the changes in society that need to occur within a generation. The importance of
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
SCOTTISH GOV – Rural land makes up 97 per cent of the country, accounts for one in every six jobs and generates over £17 billion a year for the economy.Those key findings were among many to be found in new research published today at Scotland’s first-ever Land Use Summit. Read More
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
ONTARIO GOV – Ontario is supporting world-class clean energy research projects to help spark new, renewable energy options and clean power for families and create high-value jobs in Hamilton. In total, the province is investing $33 million at McMaster University to support more than 300 researchers. Read More
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
DER SPIEGEL – An aggressive rollout of intelligent electrical meters is saving Italy’s Enel 750 million dollars per year — and cutting customers’ bills After several false starts, 2010 finally could be the year when smart meters go global. The technology, which lets energy companies and consumers more closely monitor their electricity consumption, has many
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
NEW EUROPE – Armenia’s Energy Minister Armen Movsisian recently announced that Russia expressed strong interest in the construction of a new nuclear plant facility in Armenia that will have a projected capacity nearly three times exceeding that of the existing one, Armenia Liberty.org reported. We will openly announce that we are implementing such a construction
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
ESA – The highly indented and ruggedly mountainous coast of eastern Greenland, one of the most isolated habitations in the world, is featured in this Envisat image. Covering more than 2 000 000 sq km, Greenland is the world’s largest island. Read More
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
DUTCH NEWS NL – People using trams and buses in Rotterdam have ‘given’ the public transport company €40m by not checking out their smart cards when they get off, the Telegraaf reports on Friday. On one in five journeys, passengers forget to swipe their card when leaving a bus or tram, meaning they pay an
