Friday, August 5th, 2011
Revolution Analytics, the leading commercial provider of R software, services and support, today released survey findings on the state of “Big Data” analytics. The company polled attendees this week at the Joint Statistical Meeting, the largest gathering of statisticians and data scientists in North America. The survey revealed nearly 97 percent of data scientists believe
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Following the 23-minute film, Heather Deese, the Institute’s vice-president of programs, will give a brief overview of the potential for offshore wind-energy development in Maine, which will include an excerpt on floating wind-turbine technology from Compass Light Productions’ new film “OceanEnergy Innovators,” co-produced with the World Ocean Observatory. Read More
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Rebates for Los Angeles solar panel installations are 32% lower under the newly relaunched Solar Initiative Program, which will start accepting applications next month. The program was put on hold in April as the demand for incentives hovered around $112 million, far outpacing the program’s $30-million budget. During the hiatus, the Department of Water and Power was able
Friday, August 5th, 2011
A number of developing countries are taking steps to build their own national satellite programs, seeking more control over remote-sensing data to map and forecast disasters, monitor crop yields and track environmentally driven diseases such as malaria. In a paper published recently in the journal Acta Astronautica, Danielle Wood, a PhD candidate in MIT’s Engineering Systems
Friday, August 5th, 2011
The platform for the Danish – Chinese cooperation is the Ministry’s “STRATEGY – knowledge-based collaboration between Denmark and China”. The vision of the strategy is ”… that Denmark and China will grow to be close partners in the knowledge area in the coming years. This will lay the groundwork for adding value to the Danish and
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Chairman Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Shakeel Durring has said that 12 new hydro power projects were discussed in Pakistan-China Joint Energy Working Group (JEWG) meetings that concluded on August 2. Out of the 12 projects, WAPDA has six, while the remaining three will be setup by the private sector, Durrani said in an
Friday, August 5th, 2011
The notion that climate change can present business opportunities is old news. The debate is moving on. With unprecedented private and public sector funds pouring into environmental projects around the world, business leaders are asking which country is leading the green economy race and which markets offer the most attractive returns at least risk. While the
Friday, August 5th, 2011
A committee of experts from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has agreed that five German beech forests should be declared World Heritage Sites. The committee said they were of “outstanding universal value.” The forests are in the states of Mecklenburg-Pomerania (Jasmund and Müritz National Parks), Brandenburg (Grumsiner Forest), Thuringia (Hainich National Park) and
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
As per report, ThyssenKrupp, French naval shipyard DCNS and the two governments plan to hold talks after the summer break to revive the idea of creating a pan-European military shipbuilding alliance. ThyssenKrupp said that its marine systems division was not holding any talks currently with DCNS on the merger of their marine shipbuilding operations. It added
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
NYSE Euronext announced today that it is making the entire company carbon neutral. Building on its existing energy efficiency and conservation efforts, the company announced today that it has purchased renewable-energy certificates and carbon offsets that together neutralize the remaining environmental impact of the company’s global operations, making it the only global exchange operator and
