infrastructure

Enthusiasm Grows for Curbside EV Charging

December 16, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

For city denizens who’d love to buy an electric vehicle—but live in buildings with no driveway or garage—the lack of practical charging options remains a daunting barrier. For charging companies, pricey urban real estate and prohibitive installation costs can make DC chargers a non-starter. Voltpost is among companies who see…

September 18, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Since 5G began its rollout in 2018 or 2019, fifth-generation wireless networks have spread across the globe to cover hundreds of millions of users. But while it offers lower latency than precursor networks, 5G also requires more base stations. To avoid installing unsightly equipment on more and more shared spaces,…

May 22, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.Many people around the world cross bridges on a daily basis without a second thought–but behind the scenes, engineers are conducting a battery of tests to ensure bridge safety. To support these efforts, one group…

03 Apr 24

Satellite Radar Sharpens Ukraine Dam Collapse Questions

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

New analysis of the former Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine shows that it may have been deteriorating long before it collapsed in June 2023, amid credible reports of explosions.An international team of researchers has been studying synthetic aperture radar (SAR) archival data of the dam and evaluating the larger context behind…

17 Feb 24

CERN’s Future Collider Would Be an Engineer’s Dream Job

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Earlier this month, CERN released a preliminary vision of a proposed particle accelerator that, as currently envisioned, would be one of grandest science facilities ever constructed: the behemoth Future Circular Collider (FCC).The last time CERN took on a project of FCC’s magnitude, the decade was the 1980s, and the object…

07 Nov 23

20GW of green energy projects fast-tracked for grid connection

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The new energy infrastructure will start with 19 battery projects amounting to around 10GW that will be given the option of connecting to the grid about four years earlier than they otherwise would have done. A further 10GW will be unlocked in the Midlands, South West of England and South…

06 Nov 23

UK faces £615bn shortfall in infrastructure spending by 2030

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

According to a report by the ABI, the UK will need around £1.3tn to meet its infrastructure goals, but only £700bn in funding is currently secured from a mixture of public and private sources, leaving a £615bn shortfall. The areas most in need of additional investment include onshore and offshore…

31 Oct 23

Network Rail to spend an extra £600m on infrastructure upgrades

Civil, Structural & Architecture, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) called for the extra money during its response to NR’s proposed £43.1bn spending plans for the five-year period from 1 April 2024. NR said the previous spending period was especially tumultuous due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which saw a 95 per cent drop-off…

10 Oct 23

Labour promises railway and energy reforms if it wins the next election

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Speaking at the party’s conference in Liverpool, shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh confirmed that plans announced under former leader Jeremy Corbyn to return the UK’s train system to public ownership have not been dropped under Keir Starmer. “There is no point offering infrastructure announcements of investment unless we radically reform…

04 Oct 23

Sunak axes northern leg of HS2, but promises billions for transport links

Civil, Structural & Architecture, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

After weeks of speculation, Sunak confirmed the scrapping of “the rest of the HS2 project” during his closing speech at the Conservative Party conference, held in a former train station in Manchester. Sunak explained his decision to scrap any HS2 connection that is not in the London–Birmingham leg as a…

Enthusiasm Grows for Curbside EV Charging

Glass Antenna Turns Windows Into 5G Base Stations

3D Radar Reveals Defects Within Bridges

Satellite Radar Sharpens Ukraine Dam Collapse Questions

CERN’s Future Collider Would Be an Engineer’s Dream Job

20GW of green energy projects fast-tracked for grid connection

UK faces £615bn shortfall in infrastructure spending by 2030

Network Rail to spend an extra £600m on infrastructure upgrades

Labour promises railway and energy reforms if it wins the next election

Sunak axes northern leg of HS2, but promises billions for transport links

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