Friday, September 2nd, 2011
Extending Oracle’s smart grid capabilities, Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11 offers new modeling and analysis features to improve distribution-grid management for electric utilities. The new modeling enhancements provide real-time views of grid activity to help properly align electricity generation with demand. Understanding potential outcomes under multiple possible conditions, such as storms, extreme temperatures and fluctuations
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
A core commitment to restore 150 million hectares of lost forests and degraded lands worldwide by 2020 is launched today at a ministerial conference in Bonn. New analysis by IUCN estimates that restoring 150 million hectares would be worth US$ 85 billion per year to national and global economies.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
The Navigation Conference is being held as part of INTERGEO for the first time. The German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS) and the Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM) are staging their conference in conjunction with the international leading trade fair and conference for geodesy, geoinformation and
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
On Tuesday, Aug. 30, NASA’s next Earth-observing research satellite arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to begin preparations for an October launch. The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP) is the first of a new generation of satellites that will observe many facets of our changing Earth.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Cranfield University is offering a scholarship for a one year MSc by research in precision irrigation. Successful applicant will focus on the hydraulic engineering aspects, conducting field based research and computer simulation modelling to engineer and test a control system for variable water application. For more details please check the following link:http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/sas/postgraduatestudy/researchopportunities/page55093.html
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
The program for the 2011 UAV-g conference has been updated and is available online under http://www.geometh.ethz.ch/uav_g/program. From September 14-16, 2011 more than 60 international presenters will contribute to the conference during the technical sessions on Wednesday and Friday as well as the live demonstrations at the airfield Birrfeld on Thursday. In addition to the 3-day conference, a
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
This month saw Ordnance Survey reach a milestone as the 100th member joined the One Scotland Mapping Agreement (OSMA). NHS Shetland joined the agreement and also became the seventeenth Scottish health organisation to become a member.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Envitia is pleased to announce that as part of the MOSIA consortium, they have been accepted as an Associate Partner of the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) programme. This work aims to provide the technological dimension to the Single European Sky (SES) Initiative, a high-performance air traffic control infrastructure in Europe enabling the safe
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
The national forest certification systems of the Czech Republic and France have become the latest systems to seek PEFC endorsement for the third time. Stakeholders globally are invited to provide feedback on their compliance with PEFC International’s Sustainability Benchmarks by 28 October 2011.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
CARROT CITY’s collection of ideas promotes sustainable and healthy food production, and suggests dozens of ways to reintroduce urban agriculture to our cities. This book provides actionable examples of how to integrate local crops into dense urban neighborhoods and “food deserts” for cities and citizens accustomed only to their food arriving from hundreds or thousands of
