Sunday, August 14th, 2011
Scotland plugged the first commercial scale tidal-power turbine into the central power grid earlier this week. Atlantis Resources, a Singapore-based marine renewables developer, installed the 1-megawatt tidal-power turbine at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, Scotland. Read More
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
The new program for 2012-2016 is a continuation of earlier joint programs, the Roscosmos chief said. In his words, the document has passed virtually all harmonization procedures in both Belarus and Russia. The finance ministries of the two countries are set to study them soon. Vladimir Popovkin asked Mikhail Myasnikovich to raise this issue at
Saturday, August 13th, 2011
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Saturday, August 13th, 2011
Britain is unlikely to experience another giant volcanic ash cloud like the one from the Iceland volcano in 2010 for at least another 50 years, a study says. The ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano disrupted air travel across Europe and cost businesses more than $3.2 billion, the BBC said Friday. Read More
Saturday, August 13th, 2011
Finnish regional daily Turun Sanomat reported on Friday that weather forecast accuracy has fallen in recent years. The Finnish Meteorological Institute told that the accuracy probability of temperature forecasts fell to below 80 per cent in Finland last year. Read More
Saturday, August 13th, 2011
First Minister Alex Salmond today renewed the Scottish Government’s pledge to drive forward Scotland’s renewables industry as he met representatives of Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd. (“MORL”), the joint venture company owned by EDP Renewables and Repsol to develop offshore wind energy in the Outer Moray Firth. Mr Salmond discussed their plans to develop up to 1,500
Friday, August 12th, 2011
Russia’s Space Forces have started ground tests of a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket, which will orbit a Glonass satellite at the end of August, spokesman Lt. Col. Vitaly Vyatkin said on Thursday. “The rocket has not been assembled yet but its systems and ground equipment are connected together by electric wires for preliminary testing,” Vyatkin said. “If
Friday, August 12th, 2011
The European Commission has extended the deadlines for the execution of 4 projects in Bulgaria under the ISPA pre-accession funds, for the water and sewerage systems in Varna and Kyustendil. 4 more ISPA water and sewerage projects – in capital Sofia, Shumen, Kardzhali and Smolian – are expected to be extended. Bulgaria requested the extension end 2010, when the duration of ISPA for the country expired, after managing to absorb only
Friday, August 12th, 2011
A wind farm mega-project is slated for the island of Chiloé. Plans include the installation of 56 turbines, each capable of generating 112 megawatts (MW) of energy. The Environmental Evaluation Service (SEA) of the Los Lagos Region approved the Chiloé win. Read More
Friday, August 12th, 2011
Russia will allocate about 250 billion rubles ($8.4 billion) to build the Vostochny space center in Far East, the head of the country’s space agency Roscosmos said on Thursday. Russia currently uses two launch sites: Baikonurin Kazakhstan, which it has leased since the end of the Soviet Union, and Plesetsk in northwest Russia. Read More
