Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
Updated maps published by the Environment Agency yesterday put an extra 360 Witney properties at risk of flooding for the first time. Standlake, Northmoor, Crawley and Swinford are also affected. Oxford will be re-examined in future map revisions. Witney’s Moorland Road – including Marriotts Walk shopping centre, Witney Community Hospital and Witney Police Station – is at
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
Germany is one of the first countries in Europe that will be allowed to resume trading emission certificates. The European Commission had suspended all national and international transactions on January 19th in the wake of security incidents at some European registries. Read More
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
South Korea is planning to vote on whether to start an emissions trading market beginning sometime between 2013 and 2015. It could become the second largest scheme in the region following New Zealand. While the United States and Japan have delayed their plans for carbon emissions trading, South Korea seems to be moving ahead with a
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
When ATV Johannes Kepler is lofted into space on 15 February, an ESA tracking station on Portugal’s Santa Maria island will watch closely, gathering crucial data as Ariane 5 streaks overhead. In 2008, the Santa Maria station, located five kilometres from the town of Vila do Porto on the Portuguese island of Santa Maria, in the
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
The document sets out actions that will be taken by a strong network of business organisations who are keen to promote the job opportunities a low carbon Scotland can bring. What people can do in their daily lives to save energy and contribute to Scotland’s climate change targets are also highlighted. Read More
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Belfast Harbour and the Danish renewable energy company, Dong Energy, have signed a letter of intent to transform a 50-acre area of the harbour into a offshore wind turbine manufacturing complex. The Harbour is looking to fund the construction of a 450m quay at a cost of GBP40m, creating 150 construction jobs and 300 full-time
Monday, February 7th, 2011
In order to offer Danish builders a certified quality process to ensure that their buildings meet the owners’ operational requirements in terms of functionality and energy consultant firm Grontmij | Carl Bro is now certified according to American Standard for Commissioning. Commissioning, which in Danish is often called ‘concerted commissioning’ is a documented process that
Monday, February 7th, 2011
This publication contains a selection of papers that result of the seminar ‘Management of massive point cloud data: wet and dry’ on Thursday 26 November 2009 at Oracle, De Meern, the Netherlands. This seminar was jointly organized by the subcommissions ‘Marine Geodesy’ and ‘Core Spatial Data’ of the Netherlands Geodetic Commission (part of the Royal
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Some €21.1 billion has been earmarked for urban development between 2007 and 2013, representing 6.1% of the total EU cohesion policy budget. Of this, €3.4 billion is targeted at the rehabilitation of industrial sites and contaminated land areas, €9.8 billion for urban and rural regeneration projects, €7 billion for clean urban transport, and €917 million
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Bulgaria was again granted the right to participate in international carbon trading. This decision was taken at the12th Meeting of the Implementation Committee considering the obligations of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol held in Germany. The reinstatement of this accreditation will make Bulgaria eligible for inclusion in EU trading with quotas and units under
