The summit, that will be celebrated in The International Centre in Toronto, will gather the main experts of Smart Cities during two days During two days Toronto will be the hotpoint of Smart Cities thanks to the Smart Cities World Forum, that will be celebrated from the 7th to the 8th in The International Centre of the city. The event, that will combine expert conferences with different workshops and activities, has the aim on "educating people towards smart cities and urban planning techologies, strive for innovation ,promote business and connect thousands of smart city experts from around the globe", as they announce on their website. Conference Topics During the conference, some trendy issues like Smart Grids, Smart Agriculture, Smart Transportation, Industrial IoT, Smart & Green Buildings, Smart Health, Smart PAyments, Smart Governance/E-Government,...
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Dubai will spend $22 Billion in an energy infrastructures plan
The arabic emirate has announced an ambitious project to boost its energy infrastructures during the next 5 years As Bloomberg has informed recently, Dubai Electricity & Water Authority is planning a energy infrastructures plan that will need, at lest, an investment of $22 Billion. This huge effort, that is expected to be developed during the next five years, will be focused in three main necessities: gas turbines, solar power and storage plants, as Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, CEO of Dubai Electricity & Water, said.Furthermore, DEWA awarded last week a contract for a 815 megawatt gas turbine project in Dubai, in particular in Al Aweer, suburb. Meanwhile, DEWA is also building the world´s largest solar energy park. These new energy infrastructures investments have the aim on reducing the dependency of Dubai in the oil and gas energy...
France opens the world’s first Solar Road: see how it works
The first solar road has opened this December in a little village of the French region of Normandy Far away from that song of the Australian band AC DC called"Highway to hell" nowadays we can say that we have a "highway to sustainability". Althought it´s only 1-km (0,6 milles) long, not enough to be considered...
Velatia is leading the Nautilus project
Companies such as Astilleros Murueta, Tamoin, Vicinay Marine and Tecnalia Technology Centre are participating in the NAUTILUS project, which is included within the “Collaboration Challenges” programme of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO)The NAUTILUS project, led by Velatia and funded by the “Collaboration Challenges...