Friday, February 4th, 2011
EU leaders meeting in Brussels are discussing the conditions for expanding Europe’s internal electricity market. In an interview, European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger of Germany discusses his vision for Europe and proposes what might be a surprising method for financing the ambitious project. Read More
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Ministers are expected to adopt a vision, goals and targets for Europe’s forests and address ways to strengthen cooperation on sustainable forest management in Europe. In this context, they will consider opening negotiations on a legally binding agreement on forests and their management in Europe. Read More
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Currently, centers of space monitoring are up and running at more than 30 universities in Russia. Operating as stand-alone entities these centers face the need to tackle similar problems. In particular, the universities have to address to the Russian Federal Space Agency to get licenses for data reception and processing. Read More
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Fresh on the heels of a series of crippling floods that began in December 2010, and a small tropical cyclone, Anthony, this past weekend, the northeastern Australian state of Queensland is now bracing for what could become one of the largest tropical cyclones the state has ever seen. Read More
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Warmer summers may paradoxically slow down the speed of glaciers flowing towards the sea, suggests new research. This investigation, using data from ESA’s oldest environmental satellite, has important implications for future estimates of sea-level rise. Read More
Monday, January 31st, 2011
The Sustainable Crop Production Research for International Development, or SCPRID, initiative is being supported by the UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Department for International Development; India’s Science and Technology Ministry and Council of Agricultural Research; and the US Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Read More
Monday, January 31st, 2011
The first point of the action plan is deducing the EU’s overall energy consumption. “If we do not act now, Europe’s industry will relocate to other parts of the world. Our first aim must be to reverse this trend; we must consume less energy. When looking at emission reduction and renewable energies we are on
Monday, January 31st, 2011
The use of solar power at schools in Japan has grown exponentially in recent years with the government’s “School New Deal” initiative, which aims to broadly enrich the nation’s educational facilities. As part of the economic crisis countermeasures set forth in 2009, the School New Deal initiative advocates for the fundamental reform of facilities to promote schools that have the appropriate
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
An electric utility in an area plagued by power failures caused by snow-laden trees falling on power lines, is considering the possibility of putting more electric cables underground. Overhead power lines are also susceptible to storm damage in the summer. Read More
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
A French naval submarine and nuclear technology group has paid €14 million for a stake in Irish tidal energy developer Openhydro. Openhydro, which designs and manufactures turbines for converting tidal power to electricity, said yesterday that DCNS, a French state-owned specialist in naval defence and nuclear energy systems, is taking an 8 per cent stake in
