Sunday, April 3rd, 2011
he German energy giant RWE on Friday became the first to legally challenge Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to temporarily shut down the country’s oldest nuclear reactors. The company filed a lawsuit in an administrative court in the German city of Kassel against the mandated shutdown of its Biblis A reactor. Read More
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011
Statoil, along with partners Eni Norway and Petoro, has made a significant oil discovery on the Skrugard prospect in the Barents Sea, estimmated to contain between 150–250 million recoverable barrels of oil equivalent (boe). Statoil calls it a breakthrough discovery, and one of the most important finds on the Norwegian continental shelf in the last decade. Read
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011
However, soils are subjected to many threats, so there is an urgent need to preserve this resource which is not renewable at the Human time scale. The European Commission wants to define a policy for the sustainable management of soils with a view to adopting a legally binding Soil Framework Directive, such as exists for
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011
Volunteers from various countries post updates on their neighbourhoods or travel to remote places to map the area before uploading their findings to Google Map Maker, the company said at a conference in Singapore. Contributors can add new roads and landmarks or debate with neighbours about the names of streets on the virtual map, which is
Friday, April 1st, 2011
Use of the high-speed train Fyra between Amsterdam and Rotterdam has more than doubled since the supplementary fee has been slashed, according to NS figures. In the last quarter of 2010, 215,000 people used the train, but that rose to 550,000 in the first three months of 2010. In January, the supplement was scrapped altogether and in
Friday, April 1st, 2011
Dummy barriers are to be erected at level crossings along with automated scanners which detect when pedestrians or cars are clear as part of a campaign to improve safety and cut costs. Network Rail, which operates Britain’s railways, is also due to fund new police detection vans which use number plate recognition technology to catch motorists
Friday, April 1st, 2011
We have all heard by now, how the world of tomorrow will be shaped by the recognised social ‘megatrends’ of urbanization and demographic change. But for the growing urban population, security will still, undoubtedly, be one of its most fundamental requirements. Larger companies, utilities and civil infrastructure are already demanding comprehensive security concepts that ensure
Friday, April 1st, 2011
The Soyuz site at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is now ready for its first launch. ESA yesterday handed over the complex to Arianespace, marking a major step towards this year’s inaugural flight. Construction of the Soyuz site began in February 2007, although initial excavation and ground infrastructure work began in 2005 and 2006, respectively. Read
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the Vorobyevy Gory (Sparrow Hills) ecological and educational center here on Wednesday. He will also hold a meeting on the measures for a better ecological situation in Russia. The prime minister was watching an interactive exposition in the ecological center, which is intended to shape a careful attitude to the
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Ministries of electricity in Egypt and Saudi Arabia decided to make a tender to erect Egyptian-Saudi power linkage project by the mid of April 2011, said Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younis. The project is to be carried out as of January 2012. Younis said that the project is a sort of power exchange between
