Monday, November 28th, 2011
Identified with nuclear energy, Areva is also in the wind. The company has been selected to supply 120 wind turbines in Germany. The contract value amounts to EUR 1.2 billion, subject to completion of financing by the customer, said on Monday with the French nuclear group, confirming a report in Les Echos . Read More
Monday, November 28th, 2011
Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro and the Powerhouse alliance are planning to retrofit old offices outside Oslo, turning them into the world’s northernmost energy-positive buildings. Planning for the project in Sandvika, just west of Oslo, has begun. Work is to begin in 2013 and be finished in 2014, dependent upon approval from the authorities. Read More
Monday, November 28th, 2011
With high per capita emissions and an urgent need to develop, South Africa straddles a spectrum of interests at climate talks. It’s hoping to leverage its status to overcome divisions between rich and poor countries. The nominal goal of the talks in the harbor city of Durban is to come up with a binding international
Saturday, November 26th, 2011
The head of the world’s largest wind energy company has questioned the Baillieu government’s rationale for giving households veto rights over turbines within two kilometres of their homes. Ditlev Engel, chief executive of Danish company Vestas, said he had ”no idea” where the policy had come from. Read More
Saturday, November 26th, 2011
Belfast Harbour is to invest £50 million (US$77m) to develop a new terminal for the assembly of offshore wind turbines. The project is the largest in the facility’s 400-year history and will create 150 jobs and provide a major boost for the Northern Ireland construction industry. Read More
Saturday, November 26th, 2011
Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation is set to enable the first mixed European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) Level 2 and conventional signalling operation, on one of the busiest lines in Europe. The line between Amsterdam and Utrecht in The Netherlands is equipped with the BOMBARDIER INTERFLO 450 mixed signalling solution and has had permission for
Saturday, November 26th, 2011
The European Commission is referring Poland to the Court of Justice of the European Union and asking for financial penalties to be imposed for two failures to transpose EU legislation into national law. Despite earlier warnings, Poland has failed to notify the Commission about the transposition of legislation on the Ambient Air Quality Directive, which
Friday, November 25th, 2011
The European Space Agency ESA and the police are joining forces to spot marijuana plantations hidden in sweet corn fields in Limburg, the Telegraaf reports on Friday. The experiment is due to begin in early 2012. Using high-resolution satellite imagery, researchers can now read a ‘spectral signature’ from a marijuana plant and distinguish it from other crops.
Friday, November 25th, 2011
The Centre would soon unveil a policy that would allow access to data, barring those of sensitive nature, to registered users for scientific, economic and social developmental purposes. Thirumalachari Ramasami, Secretary in the Department of Science and Technology (DST), made this announcement at a conference on ‘Geospatial Technologies for Good Governance’ organised by FICCI. Read More
Friday, November 25th, 2011
The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has earmarked an additional 15 550 square kilometres of land for conservation. The land will be brought under protected landscapes management arrangements under a new project which is designed to conserve biodiversity. The recently launched Namibia Protected Landscape Conservations Areas Initiative. Read More
