Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
This report evaluates the European Commission’s (EC) proposal to calculate Member States’ targets for emissions not included in the Emission Trading System (ETS). It is concluded that, for the Netherlands, the non-ETS emission caps as proposed by the EC would result in an emission cap of 105 Mt CO2 equivalent by 2020. Emission caps have
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
The Reims Aviation F406, a twin-turboprop aircraft, is particularly well-suited to light airborne surveillance missions, with integration of the latest generation systems: cartography, the fight against pollution, surveillance of fishing grounds, borders, passenger and freight transport, etc. The F406 can handle many types of missions and is appreciated by operators and pilots for its robustness, ease of operation and
Monday, July 4th, 2011
France became the first country in the world to ban the production of shale gasthrough the so-called hydraulic fracturing, lawmakers give the final vote on new piece of legislation. In hydraulic fracturing, liquid chemicals are injected under high pressure into the ground to let out gas dissolved in a special type of rock known as shale, in order fornatural gas to
Monday, July 4th, 2011
Zorlu Doğal Elektrik, a sister company of Turkish energy producer Zorlu Enerji, will construct the country’s largest geothermal power station in Kızıldere in the southwestern province of Denizli. Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation and Fuji Electric, both world-renowned companies, won the tender to build the power station, which will provide 60 megawatts of electrical power and 50 megawatts
Monday, July 4th, 2011
The EU ‘green’ market has taken a battering recently after consistently performing well over the previous five years to become a $142bn entity. It has been accessed by Gulf industries seeking funds to invest in projects designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions, writes Farah Halime. EU carbon prices have fallen to their lowest point in more
Monday, July 4th, 2011
A new augmented reality program recreates the Berlin Wall and provides renderings of the Cold War structure at the exact site where it used to exist using GPS coordinates. The application is just one of many demonstrating the consumer application of technologies that, only a few years ago, were still the exclusive domain of science
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
The National Geochemical Survey of Australia (NGSA) project has just completed the first geochemical atlas of Australia based on the multi-element analysis of transported regolith samples collected at the outlet of large catchments covering most of the continent. The project, which commenced in January 2007, was funded under the Onshore Energy Security Program and the geological surveys
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
Russia and Norway may start granting licenses to develop offshore deposits in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean in 2013-2014 under a bilateral sea border agreement, Russia’s Natural Resources Ministry said. The Russian-Norwegian agreement on delimiting the sea border and cooperation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean will come into force on July 7,
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
An international gathering on climate change opened in Berlin to prepare the ground for a UN summit on the issue in Durban in December. The meeting, attended by representatives from some 35 countries, was opened by Germany’s Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen and South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashbane. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was due to address the
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
The West Coast Main Line is facing a ‘capacity crunch and a new high-speed line could well be the best solution’, a Network Rail report suggests. The report, the West Coast Main Line Route Utilisation Strategy (RUS), predicts the line will be running at full capacity at the southern end of the route by 2024 as demand is
