Saturday, December 31st, 2011
Vestas has received an order for 28 units of the V90-1.8 MW wind turbines. for a wind farm. Vestas has received an order for a total capacity of 50.4 MW, consisting of 28 units of the V90-1.8 MW wind turbines for a wind farm project in Nooriabad in the Jimphir region of Pakistan. The contract
Saturday, December 31st, 2011
A new EU funded scheme worth £7.7m (EUR 9m) is providing access for companies and researchers to specialist marine renewable energy testing centres across Europe. Led by the University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland, the scheme called the Marine Renewables Infrastructure Network, or MaRINET, offers free concept and device testing to participants – as well as
Saturday, December 31st, 2011
NOBLE Energy announced a natural gas discovery at the Cyprus Block 12 prospect, offshore the Republic of Cyprus in a press release issued on Wednesday. The Cyprus A-1 well encountered approximately 310 feet of net natural gas pay in multiple high-quality Miocene sand intervals. The discovery well was drilled to a depth of 19,225 feet
Saturday, December 31st, 2011
Chinese officials have published a new white paper detailing China’s aspirations in space for coming years. Most media have chosen to focus on Beijing’s vague aspirations toward deep-space and manned exploration, but in fact the concrete details given all point toward a primary emphasis on strategic advantage for China here on Earth. Read More
Sunday, December 25th, 2011
A Chinese company has bought a majority share in a Tasmanian wind farm. The deal, worth more than $88 million, saw Hydro Tasmania sell 75 percent of its stake in the Woolnorth Wind Farm to Chinese company Guohua Energy Investment. Read More
Sunday, December 25th, 2011
Det Norske Veritas (DNV) made its name in the 1800s as a ship inspector in Norway. This year it entered a more 21st-century sector: checking if bonds that call themselves green are really all that environmentally-friendly. The National spoke to Noel Peters, DNV’s manager of climate change and environmental services in Oceania. Read More
Sunday, December 25th, 2011
Russia’s recent poor launch record has continued with yet another Soyuz rocket failure. This time, a Soyuz-2 vehicle failed to put a communications satellite into orbit after lifting away from the country’s Plesetsk spaceport. Debris is said to have re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere near the western Siberian town of Tobolsk. Read More
Sunday, December 25th, 2011
Industrial challenges surround the development of new homes in Bradford South East. The total number of sites identified is 66 covering 107 hectares making up ten per cent of the new homes need-ed throughout the district. Read More
Sunday, December 25th, 2011
This year, the world’s largest agriculture research for development partnership, the CGIAR, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Carlos Pérez del Castillo, the CGIAR’s Consortium Board Chair, looks at the alliance’s history and achievements to illustrate the role of agricultural research in helping feed the world. Read More
Saturday, December 24th, 2011
For the first time in Europe a commercial scheduled airline is using an EGNOS based LPV procedure for landing. From December 21, the Trislander aircraft operated by Aurigny Air Services, a regional airline operating connection flights between the Channel Islands and the UK and France can use EGNOS when approaching the runways. This is possible after the
