Hitachi and Volvo team up for zero emission construction sites

Volvo Construction Equipment and Hitachi Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote zero‑emission construction sites with electric machinery, clean power supplies, energy management and system integration. The… The post Hitachi and Volvo team up for zero emission construction sites appeared first on Global Construction Review.

Contractor fined £10k after worker injured in live cable strike

A contractor has been fined £10,000 after an employee suffered an electric shock and burns while working on a construction site. Paul Taylor was working for City Fencing Contractors Ltd on a site at Meade Hill Road, Manchester, on 21 May 2024 when he struck… The post Contractor fined £10k after worker injured in live cable strike appeared first on Construction News.

$1.6B Amtrak East River Tunnel Rehab Chugs Ahead in New York City

Crews with Skanska and E-J Electric toil deep under Manhattan and the East River to completely rebuild a pair of two-tube rail tunnels.

Fine for contractor after cable strike leaves worker with multiple burns

A fencing contractor in Liverpool has been fined after an employee suffered an electric shock and burns after striking a live underground cable on a construction site in Manchester. The post Fine for contractor after cable strike leaves worker with multiple burns appeared first on Construction Management.

Volvo, Hitachi partner on site electrification

Volvo Construction Equipment and Hitachi Energy have agreed to collaborate on ways to move from individual electric equipment to fully emissions free construction sites.

Fully Charged Show - Why Australia Will Be The World's New Energy Superpower, 27022023

Abundant sunshine, wind and various critical resources give Australia a distinct advantage when it comes to the green energy transition. So can it lead the charge and become a clean energy superpower? Australian correspondent Rosie (from "engineering with rosie") looks at how the country could be charting its path to 100% renewables from wind, solar, storage and interconnectors as well as creating a hotbed of minerals and resources needed for electric vehicles

Fully Charged Show - There's a Massive EV Battery Shortage. THIS is How We Fix It, 17112022

Electric Vehicle batteries are not perfect and are at risk of a supply chain crisis like we're currently experiencing for semiconductors. Substantial action is needed to address raw materials, mining, cell production, battery manufacturing to prevent an EV shortage. Imogen Pierce (Bhogal) delves into this topic. Importantly, there are ways batteries and their supply chain can be made better so that the transition to Electric Vehicles happens on time and as sustainably as possible.

Bloomberg - The Way We Get Everything Is Going Electric, 06052021

There’s a wide world of delivery logistics going on behind the scenes in the U.S., one that's become central to everyday life. And yet, most of us are completely oblivious to its environmental cost. But thanks to a handful of ambitious startups, there’s an electric revolution happening that may be perfectly suited to delivering us a cleaner future.

Neily Makes - Steel Making and Casting (Principles of Metallurgy)

Steel making is the first step in getting steel into a useful form. After steel making casting in a foundry enables a steel producer to get the steel into a useful form this can be done via sand casting in the foundry or in the melt shop via ingot casting or continuous casting. This video takes you through the science of steel making and casting, and look at the processing involved

How will the UK meet its EV ambitions? - Published by PlaceTech and Miriam Prothero

The future of transport looks set to rely largely on electric vehicles, with hybrid plug-in vehicles likely to play a useful role in this transition, writes Miriam Prothero. The UK’s Decarbonising Transport plan is ambitious, requiring all vehicles sold from 2035 to be 100% zero emission at the tailpipe (HGVs from 2040) – along with the already widely publicised prohibition of the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030.

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