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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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This artificial tree captures air pollutants 275 times more efficiently than a normal one
It was developed by a German start-up in order to fight air pollution It was developed by a German start-up in order to fight air pollutionAir pollution is an issue gaining a lot of attention, as it...
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These are no ordinary popsicles! They are made of polluted water samples from Taiwan
Created by a trio of students to highlight the problem of water contamination in Taiwan Created by a trio of students to highlight the problem of water contamination in TaiwanThree students of the Na...
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World's longest pedestrian suspension bridge just opened in Switzerland
On Saturday, July 29th, the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge opened to the public in Switzerland. Having a length of 1621 feet, a width of just over two-feet and rising as high as 279...
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