Friday, September 24th, 2010
GHANA GOV – The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has started transmitting electricity through the West Africa Power Pool (WAPP) sponsored transmission line. The Project is designed to fit into the proposed West African Transmission Grid, and is being funded jointly by the Kuwait Fund, European Investment Bank and the International Development Bank of the World Bank.
Friday, September 24th, 2010
NORWAY POST – The Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global, often called the National Oil Fund, will later this fall or by the end of the year be worth an estimated NOK 3000 billon, Aftenposten reports. Last Monday the Fund was worth NOK 2910 billion, or NOK 590,000 for each Norwegian. – It is just like a dream, says
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
ARAB NEWS – The Jabal Omar project, the second largest urban project undertaken in Makkah that is part of the development of areas west of the Grand Mosque and east of Ibrahim Khalil road, covers an area of 230,000 square meters. A landmark event in all this work is the implementation of the 20 km
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
L’MONDE FRANCE – Paris Habitat-OPH, the first European public office lessor with a fleet of 120,000 homes, is investigating the source of energy for a novel of its buildings in Paris. Drawing heat from the basement to cool the buildings on the surface, the technique is not yet widespread, but it is known: the principle
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
NATIONAL UAE – Work has begun on a Dh1.6 billion plan to stockpile vital supplies of water underground. The huge reservoir near Liwa could supply Abu Dhabi’s basic water needs for three months if desalination plants failed, offering a cushion to a system that today can store only two days’ supply. The reserve would be
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
GOV MONITOR – Plans for a new Local Sustainable Transport Fund have been announced today by Local Transport minister Norman Baker. It will challenge local transport authorities outside London to develop packages of measures that support economic growth and reduce carbon in their communities as well as delivering cleaner environments, improved safety and increased levels
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
RIA NOVOSTI – Satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space signed a three-party agreement with two Russian space enterprises to supply electronic components for three communications satellites, the company said Wednesday. The space enterprises are the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) and Information Satellite Systems – Reshetnev Company (ISS – Reshetnev). Read More
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
HONG kONG gOV – “The Government has invested heavily in water infrastructure to ensure their effective operation to provide a stable water supply for Hong Kong people. To cater for uncertainties such as drastic climatic changes and low rainfall, we have formulated a Total Water Management (TWM) Strategy for the period up to 2030, with
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
JAPAN TIMES – The subway system now known as Tokyo Metro began as a private entity in 1927, when it was just one line between Ueno and Asakusa. It eventually morphed into the Eidan subway system, which was a public company. Then it went back to being private in 2004, though 53.4 percent of its stock
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
VIET NAM NEWS – DOFICO , an industry and agriculture complex, would play an important role in helping agricultural products of Dong Nai Province and other provinces in the region penetrate the international market, said Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai at the ground-breaking ceremony for the complex yesterday. The complex will be one of
