News
News
Dubailand: the world’s largest collection of theme parks
‘Dubailand’, an entertainment complex currently being built in Dubai, is a vivid example of the city’s vision to not only attract millions of tourists, but also offer its residents a world-class recre...
Read More
A new circular economy concept for textiles and chemicals
An innovative textile recycling plant could recycle 500 tons of waste per year An innovative textile recycling plant could recycle 500 tons of waste per yearDid you know that the EU textile industry...
Read More
Freshkills Park NY: Transforming the world’s biggest landfill site to a flourishing green space
This newly thriving ecosystem may become a model for other places that have been irrevocably changed by human interference This newly thriving ecosystem may become a model for other places that have...
Read More
Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor: the world’s largest infrastructure project is under construction in India
The aim is to develop the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) as a “Global Manufacturing and Trading Hub”, featuring 24 industrial regions, 8 smart cities, 5 power projects, 2 airports, 2 Ma...
Read More
World’s largest single-tower solar thermal power plant to be built in South Australia
The massive AUD $650 million installation will have a proposed output of 150 MW The massive AUD $650 million installation will have a proposed output of 150 MWIn the past few years, Australia has mad...
Read More
The world’s first hybrid hydro and floating PV power plant opens in Portugal
- Sep, 08, 2017
- News On Projects / Industry Dam Engineering Hydraulic Engineering
- Portugal
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Α 220-kW PV installation has been deployed on a hydroelectric dam on Portugal’s Rabagão River. This is the first time the two technologies have been used in tandem at utility scale. The world's first...
Read More
London's Crossrail: the largest construction project ever undertaken in Europe
This massive upgrade of the existing Underground system involves 40 Crossrail stations including 10 new ones, connected via brand-new tunnels. It will start its service in late 2018, and be fully oper...
Read More
The world's longest sea bridge will also be ‘green’, featuring electric vehicle charging stations
The first major combined bridge and tunnel sea-crossing project in China is the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge project. Consisting of three cable-stayed bridges and one 6-km sea crossing tunnel, it wil...
Read More
World’s longest immersed road and rail tunnel also features remarkable design solutions
The Fehmarnbelt fixed link in the Baltic Sea will connect the Danish island of Lolland with Germany's Fehmarn island and is expected to boost transportation between central Europe and Scandinavia. Spa...
Read More
The Chinese South–North Water Transfer Project: a gigantic and complicated engineering approach to water management
The South-to-North Water Diversion Project (SNWDP), also called the South–North Water Transfer Project, is an ongoing Chinese effort to channel 45 billion m3 of water annually from the Yangtze River i...
Read More