Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
In a bid to increase access to electricity among rural population, three micro-hydro power plants were last Thursday inaugurated in Rubavu and Rutsiro districts. The three plants of Keya in Rubavu district, and Cyimbili and Nkora in Rutsiro district, western province, constructed through a Belgian-Rwandese collaboration, have capacity to produce 3.2 Mw which are fed into
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
In parallel with the UK Pavilion at the Taipei World Design Expo, the British Trade & Cultural Office (BTCO) and British Council Taipei co-organised a “UK Creative Design Talk” today, inviting UK experts to share their experience of urban planning, architecture and design, and industrial and product design. Read More
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Russia plans five space launches in November 2011. “The Federal Space Agency intends to launch from Baikonur three Glonass-M satellites , the Phobos Grunt interplanetary research rover , the Soyuz TMA-22 manned spaceship and the AsiaSat-7 satellite ,” says a report posted on the agency website. A
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Norwegian oil and gas supplies to Europe were on the agenda when EU energy commissioner Gunther Oettinger visited the Troll A platform (photo) in the North Sea this weekend. Oettinger was accompanied by Norwegian Oil and Energy minister Ola Borten Moe and Statoil DPN head Øystein Michelsen. Read More
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Telecoms provider BT is accelerating its fibre broadband rollout. It now plans to offer “super-fast” internet speeds to two-thirds of UK premises by the end of 2014. The target is a year ahead of its original plan. The firm says its main product will offer maximum download speeds about 10 times faster than at present, at 70-100Mbps on average.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
The First Minister, Alex Salmond will tomorrow meet with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to discuss potential collaborative working on infrastructure development between the UAE and Scotland. Also attending will be Lena Wilson, CEO Scottish Enterprise; Ian Marchant, Chief Executive, Scottish and Southern Energy; Allan Macaskill, EDP/Repsol; and Ben Thomson, Inverleith Capital. This follows a productive
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Intermap today announces that its “Mapping the Basin: the Murray-Darling Basin Information Infrastructure Project” has been named winner of the Asian Geospatial Excellence Award – Environment Management. The award was presented during the 10th Annual Asian Conference and Exhibition on Geospatial Information, Technology and Applications on Oct. 17 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Monday, October 31st, 2011
David Cameron has promised an “all-out mission” to kick-start infrastructure projects and revive the economy. Writing in the Financial Times, the PM said he had given the go-ahead for two power plants in Yorkshire that would create 1,000 construction jobs. Read More
Monday, October 31st, 2011
The President of the Algerian Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika inaugurated the first metro line in the capital Algiers today. Siemens, as the consortium leader, delivered the complete rail system as a turnkey project. The Siemens scope of supply comprised the automatic train control system Trainguard MT CBTC, the radio communication system Airlink and the train location
Monday, October 31st, 2011
London Underground (LU) has invited technology suppliers to discussions aimed at helping it understand how to develop a communications infrastructure for its next generation of tube railway systems. The organisation says it wants to talk about trends and innovation, particularly in communications and networking technology, such as switching and routing, network processors and wireless technologies. The
