The Soufflet Group recently built a new malt house in Addis Ababa. The project, which aims to serve the local beer market, was managed from start to finish by a consortium comprising Actemium Maroc and Actemium Vitry Energie & Environnement. It seeks to boost local employment while complying with environmental requirements. The east African country […]
Cable car systems emit no CO2, have a low impact in terms of land take and can be built at a reasonable cost. As such, they are of growing interest to urban areas, which see them as a relevant way to renew their mobility mix. One of the cleanest modes of transport, fully electric cable […]
Installing a fleet of offshore wind turbines involves meeting a number of technological challenges and ensuring compliance with key stages. Europe has big ambitions when it comes to offshore wind energy. The roadmap set out by the European Commission plans to increase wind capacity from its 2020 level of 12GW to 60GW by 2030 and […]
There are three ways for a country to measure greenhouse gas emissions. For a business in France, Ademe’s GHG Balance is the benchmark. In 2019, the last recorded year before Covid-19, French people had a carbon footprint of 9 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person per year, according to the most recent data from the French […]
Head of innovation strategy at utility EDF, this forty-something AI specialist is working to bridge the gap between business goals and technological solutions. This cooperative role requires a healthy dose of agility from Aude, a former French team-acrobatic gymnastics champion. Exploring innovative services for heavy equipment like construction plant and trucks, or opening up new […]
The use of robots can meet safety, productivity and recruitment needs in the building and civil engineering sectors. There a just a few obstacles, mostly regulatory, left to remove. Construction has the highest accident rate of any professional sector, with 56 work accidents recorded annually per 1,000 employees in France, where the average across all […]
An autonomous water taxi will soon be operating in Amsterdam’s canals. Fully electric, the Roboat provides a solution to new urban mobility and logistics challenges. Urban mobility is becoming increasingly diverse thanks to self-service electric cars, bikes and scooters. And indeed new solutions are continuing to emerge, aimed at rounding out the range of public […]
A network of hydrogen refuelling stations is to be installed in Greater Paris between now and the 2024 Olympic Games. France Ingénierie Process (VINCI Energies) is carrying out the facility at Porte de Saint-Cloud in Paris, which is set to offer greater capacity than the rest of the network. The new hydrogen filling station at […]
Hospitals and healthcare facilities in general use Private Mobile Networks (PMN) to facilitate communication between professionals and ensure greater security for enhanced patient care. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of efficient healthcare systems. Cyberattacks on establishments in France and elsewhere in Europe exposed weak spots in IT systems, many of which were old and […]
