In a context of global competition, budget constraints and environmental concern, cities must adapt and enhance their communities.
Faced with rising world demand for electricity, the need to control consumption, the depletion of fossil energy sources, and the growing call for renewable energy, power grids will have to adapt. Olivier Monié, Managing Director of Omexom, part of VINCI Energies, discusses the environmentally-friendly opportunities offered by smart grids to consumers and agile companies, with […]
Preventing segregation in major metro centres is the challenge facing sustainable and resilient cities.
The municipality of Longlaville has signed an energy-performance contract with VINCI Energies that will enable it to develop public lighting in accordance with the needs of the population.
UK industry is primed to capture the benefits of electricity storage, and the time to move is now, says VINCI Energies’ Chris Hutchinson We have all heard now that electricity storage is critical to the future sustainability of the UK’s energy supply. It offers vast potential for grid stabilisation and black start capacity. It can […]
A dashboard is a collaborative instrument that enables users to manage smart-city data effectively.
All buses in large French cities will have to be “clean” by 2025. Argenteuil has already taken the step of investing in a smart charging system. 100% electric buses are being rolled out in urban public transit systems. Paris launched its first all-electric line in May 2016. The mass transit fleet of Argenteuil in France’s Val-d’Oise […]
In Eindhoven in the Netherlands, residents may decide not to take their children out of doors on days when the air-quality index is poor. Thanks to sensors located across the city, air quality is analysed in real time and pollution readings are available on smart phones. This is one of the AiREAS project’s tangible accomplishments, resulting from a collaboration […]
Sweden has emerged as a champion of innovation in Europe. And this has not been by chance. With strong R&D investment and the necessary political will, the country has given innovators a warm welcome, with particularly strong positions in energy transition and electric mobility. What do the spanner, the pacemaker, the Tetrapak packaging system, ball […]