Saturday, November 26th, 2011
Belfast Harbour is to invest £50 million (US$77m) to develop a new terminal for the assembly of offshore wind turbines. The project is the largest in the facility’s 400-year history and will create 150 jobs and provide a major boost for the Northern Ireland construction industry. Read More
Saturday, November 26th, 2011
Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation is set to enable the first mixed European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) Level 2 and conventional signalling operation, on one of the busiest lines in Europe. The line between Amsterdam and Utrecht in The Netherlands is equipped with the BOMBARDIER INTERFLO 450 mixed signalling solution and has had permission for
Saturday, November 26th, 2011
The European Commission is referring Poland to the Court of Justice of the European Union and asking for financial penalties to be imposed for two failures to transpose EU legislation into national law. Despite earlier warnings, Poland has failed to notify the Commission about the transposition of legislation on the Ambient Air Quality Directive, which
Friday, November 25th, 2011
The European Space Agency ESA and the police are joining forces to spot marijuana plantations hidden in sweet corn fields in Limburg, the Telegraaf reports on Friday. The experiment is due to begin in early 2012. Using high-resolution satellite imagery, researchers can now read a ‘spectral signature’ from a marijuana plant and distinguish it from other crops.
Friday, November 25th, 2011
The Centre would soon unveil a policy that would allow access to data, barring those of sensitive nature, to registered users for scientific, economic and social developmental purposes. Thirumalachari Ramasami, Secretary in the Department of Science and Technology (DST), made this announcement at a conference on ‘Geospatial Technologies for Good Governance’ organised by FICCI. Read More
Friday, November 25th, 2011
The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has earmarked an additional 15 550 square kilometres of land for conservation. The land will be brought under protected landscapes management arrangements under a new project which is designed to conserve biodiversity. The recently launched Namibia Protected Landscape Conservations Areas Initiative. Read More
Friday, November 25th, 2011
n the past three years tropical forested countries across the world have taken important institutional, policy, legal and piloting steps to become ‘ready’ for REDD+. Capacity building is a key component of this REDD+ readiness process and is backed by a huge investment of time and money from a large number of organizations, government agencies,
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
Europe’s natural biodiversity heritage is showing “an alarming decline,” according to new research published today by the European Red List, a part of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In this latest assessment of Europe’s native plants and animals, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, IUCN, found that a large proportion of
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
The Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) in Vardø plays a key role in the maritime safety cooperation with Russia. From its location in Norway’s north easternmost corner it is possible to see over the Varanger fjord to Russia’s Kola Peninsula. This is the main route for oil tankers from Murmansk to the markets in Europe. Worst-case
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
The huge potential benefits of a new electricity grid under the Irish Sea connecting power sources on Scottish, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland electricity networks have been highlighted in an exhaustive study published today. The Irish-Scottish Links on Energy Study (ISLES) study, funded by the EU’s INTERREG IVA Programme, has found that development of an
