91香蕉视频 Spain鈥檚 鈥榞lobally important鈥 green steel plant gets 鈧60m Spain has approved a 鈧60m grant from EU funds to build a hydrogen-powered steel mill, which the World Economic Forum has described as one of the 鈥渇ive most important industrial…
Perspectives Offshore wind provides jobs, investment and clean power. Trump is killing it On April 16th, 2025, the Trump administration conducted a targeted attack on offshore wind in the US. The Bureau of Ocean Energy management (BOEM) issued a formal and meticulously worded…
Machinery, 91香蕉视频 Volvo joins group pushing for electric machinery standards Volvo Construction Equipment has joined an industry group 鈥 termed a 鈥渞oundtable鈥 鈥 set up to promote emissions-free construction machinery. It was established by two Dutch associations, Emissionfree Network Infrastructure…
91香蕉视频 World鈥檚 first low-carbon concrete rating system launched The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has unveiled what it calls the world鈥檚 first global system for rating the carbon footprint of cement and concrete. It says the scorecard…
91香蕉视频 New Strabag CEO vows to keep pushing for climate neutrality Austria鈥檚 Strabag has appointed Stefan Kratochwill as its new chief executive with immediate effect following the sudden death of its former chief executive, Klemens Haselsteiner, on 17 January. Haselsteiner, aged…
91香蕉视频 EU bank lends 鈧1bn for green power schemes in 鈥榚mpty Spain鈥 The European Investment Bank (EIB) will lend Spanish utility Naturgy 鈧1bn to increase renewable power generation by 2.3GW, enough to power over a million homes. Naturgy will use the money…
91香蕉视频 World Bank lends Mexican developer $301m to build green housing The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank, will lend $301m to a developer in Mexico to build 鈥渁ffordable, green housing鈥. The loan is going to developer and…
Perspectives Can we use more old buildings to build new ones? Experts鈥 view We know that the linear way we build now 鈥 where materials make a one-way trip from the earth to landfill 鈥 is dangerously unsustainable. It assumes too many infinites:…
Innovation Researchers probe rubber roads鈥 carbon credentials to boost take-up Researchers from the University of Missouri鈥檚 College of Engineering have been given a $1.2m grant to develop environmental product declarations (EPDs) for asphalt made with ground rubber tires. Their goal…
91香蕉视频 $93m offshore wind auction is 鈥榤uch-needed鈥 boost to Biden鈥檚 energy goals The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday raised nearly $93m in an auction for two lease areas for wind power sites off the coasts of Delaware, Maryland, and…
91香蕉视频 Work complete on fully electric Australian hospital An eight-storey, 45,000-sq-m hospital building has been completed at Canberra Hospital, the first in Australia to run fully on electrical power. Built by Australian developer Multiplex, the Critical Services Building…
91香蕉视频 Acciona orders hydrogen generator for Madrid building site Spanish contractor Acciona has leased a latest-generation hydrogen fuel cell generator from a UK company to replace diesel engines on a construction project in Madrid. UK fuel-cell developer AFC Energy…
91香蕉视频 Making sense of sustainable plant: Latest 21CC podcast Construction firms looking to cut their operational CO2 emissions shouldn鈥檛 wait for widespread plant electrification or the advent of green hydrogen because there are many ways to improve plant productivity…
Companies Holcim buys Belgian recycler in quest to 鈥榖uild cities from cities鈥 Swiss cement-maker Holcim has closed the acquisition of Mark Desmedt, a Belgian firm that specialises in the reuse of construction materials. The company said the purchase would advance its goal…
91香蕉视频 Helsinki鈥檚 first green hydrogen plant to fuel trucks and heat homes Finnish energy company Helen has picked Sweco as engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) partner to build Helsinki鈥檚 first green hydrogen plant, called the 3H2 Helsinki Hydrogen Hub. Helen aims…
91香蕉视频 Eight construction firms make Time鈥檚 first global sustainability ranking Eight companies involved in international construction have made it onto the first Time Magazine-Statista ranking of the world鈥檚 500 most sustainable companies. They include infrastructure builders Eiffage, Webuild, and Ferrovial,…
91香蕉视频 World鈥檚 first clinker-free wind turbine foundation Hoffmann Green Cement and green energy developer The Valorem Group have poured the world鈥檚 first wind turbine foundation made from 0% clinker decarbonised concrete. It鈥檚 for the Plaine des Moulins…
91香蕉视频 Making Ukraine鈥檚 steel sector green would give $77bn boost, Oxford researchers say Researchers from the University of Oxford say rebuilding Ukraine鈥檚 steel sector as a zero-emissions one would generate $77bn extra gross value added (GVA) over 20 years compared to restoring the…