Monday, March 19th, 2012
Only two weeks ago, Prime Minister Julia Gillard was talking up her government’s commitment to a renewable energy future. Launching the $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation in Sydney, the Prime Minister said the funding agency – which is scheduled to begin operating next year – ”is going to be a part of making sure that
Monday, March 19th, 2012
Transition from fuel oil to natural gas as the main heating source is gaining speed in Arkhangelsk. Fuel oil is a major source of pollution in the region and a more use of natural gas is expected to help the situation. Read More
Monday, March 19th, 2012
News of what is believed to be Ireland’s first commercial oil well sent shares surging yesterday in Aberdeen-based SeaEnergy, one of the investors behind the project. SeaEnergy – which was founded as oil explorer Ramco in 1977 and has since diversified into renewable energy – owns a 25 per cent stake in Lansdowne Oil & Gas,
Monday, March 19th, 2012
The Prime Minister will reveal later that the Government is to look into the possibility of using private companies to invest in England’s road network. David Cameron will announce he has asked the Department for Transport and the Treasury to carry out a feasibility study of new financing models. Read More
Saturday, March 17th, 2012
Going into space may be a dream out of reach for us mere mortals, but here’s the next best thing: You can develop an app using data sets from NASA. The International Space Apps Challenge will be held in Jakerta, Indonesia from 21st to 22nd April to attract developers to collaborate together and create app
Saturday, March 17th, 2012
India will produce navigation equipment for the Russian GLONASS satellite navigation system. M2MTelematika Director Alexei Smyatskikh, who is in charge of the project to set up the production of the GLONASS equipment in India, says that this will bring down the costs. Read More
Saturday, March 17th, 2012
The House of Representatives has approved a bill mandating the Land Management Bureau to conduct a fresh survey of land titles to separate the bonafide landowners from fake land claimants. The House approved on second reading House Bill 5870 or the “Cadastral Survey Act of 2012″ requiring the implementation of a nationwide cadastral survey aimed at
Saturday, March 17th, 2012
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will OK 1,298 new eastern Utah gas wells proposed by Gasco Energy, according to a final environmental study released Friday. Once drilled, the expanded Uinta Basin field would represent a significant boost to a gas industry that already has sunk more than 6,000 wells in the state, and Gov. Gary
Friday, March 16th, 2012
Deep in the African rainforest and three days from home, a tribal hunter, punting down a backwater, puts aside his spear and takes out a GPS handset. He doesn’t need the Global Positioning System to know where he is. He is intimate with every inch of his tribe’s forests. But he taps an icon on
Friday, March 16th, 2012
Yesterday Industry Minister Christian Paradis emerged from the secret invisible fortress he’s been hiding in since his appointment to announce the new rules that will govern the upcoming auctions of wireless spectrum. He revealed a number of conditions designed to foster competition and extend services to rural areas, chief among them being the welcoming of
