06.12.2022

Webuild consortium signs contract for sections B2 and C of Pedemontana Lombarda Highway in Italy

Project foresees smart road applications to ease traffic flow in Varese-Como-Bergamo-Milan quadrant

• Contract signed for execution of works in project awarded in 2021
• Strategic project involves construction of approximately 30 kilometres of highway and related routes to improve east-west axis along TEN-T Corridor 5
• Project to be completed for 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games
• Webuild to lead consortium with Pizzarotti
• Innovative solutions to install smart road applications to reduce air and noise pollution  
  
  

05.12.2022

POWTECH 2023: A flying start with new themes and technologies

POWTECH is getting off to a flying start. The Leading International Processing Trade Fair will take place in Nuremberg from 26 to 28 September 2023 – almost exactly a year after POWTECH 2022. Once again, more than 700 exhibitors from many countries will draw a large attendance of regional and international visitors. It is already clear that the official expansion of the themes at the event from just powder and bulk solids processing to include all fluid technologies has attracted new exhibitors.  

05.12.2022

Teledyne FLIR launches compact Thermal Camera for use in hazardous Environments (ATEX)

Teledyne FLIR has announced the launch of the FLIR Cx5, a new pocket-portable thermal camera for condition monitoring in hazardous environments. The FLIR Cx5 has a rugged ATEX-compliant case, which allows users of this camera to safely monitor electrical or mechanical assets in hot working zones.  

05.12.2022

Lack of Energy Storage makes Renewables-only Grids a Pipedream

Lack of Energy Storage makes Renewables-only Grids a Pipedream (credits: Global Warming Policy Foundation)

A new paper published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation warns that renewable energy policies being pursued around the world are unrealistic.

That’s because renewables-only grids require large amounts of electricity storage to make them viable. However, the world currently lacks any power storage technology that is both affordable and scalable.

As the paper’s author, Francis Menton explains: “The amount of storage required is very large – perhaps as much as two months’ of average demand. The cost then becomes absurd: you could spend all of your GDP on batteries every year, and it would still not be enough. Hydrogen is better, but is still astonishingly expensive, because it’s so inefficient”.

In one of Mr Menton’s estimates, the cost of providing lithium ion batteries for a grid could be more than ten times GDP. Moreover, because the batteries wear out, the expenditure would need to be repeated every few years.
Despite this, policymakers are ploughing ahead with deployment of wind and solar, hoping that scientists will come up with something to save the day.  

GWPF Director, Dr Benny Peiser said: “The skyrocketing prices in UK electricity markets in recent days are a warning. Without economic forms of electricity storage, a drive for renewables is going to end very badly for consumers.”

Source: Global Warming Policy Foundation

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05.12.2022

Glencore reaches Agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo over past Conduct

Glencore has reached an agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”) covering all present and future claims arising from any alleged acts of corruption by the Glencore Group in the DRC between 2007 and 2018.