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<title>NEWS - South East England plugs in to Electric Vehicles</title>
<description><![CDATA[Today sees the grand unveiling of the Source East Electric Vehicle Charging Network in South East England The charging scheme will provide a network for the whole of the East of England for electric vehicles delivering 1200 accessible charging points by 2013 from the M25 to the north Norfolk coast and from the M1 to Felixstowe Ecotricity will ensure that electricity comes from renewable sources further lowering the carbon footprint]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - Solar powered tunnel opens</title>
<description><![CDATA[Today saw the first trains run through the Belgian high speed rail tunnel which has been fitted with 16000 solar panels on its roof equating to 34 kilometres  The Solar Tunnel project backed by Enfinity is so far unique and is the only project to generate green energy from railway infrastructure]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - ISS hit by cooling fault</title>
<description><![CDATA[Both the on and offboard crew of the International Space Station have been working hard all weekend to fix a very serious cooling fault NASA stress the crew are not in any danger however attempts to fix the fault have so far proved unsuccessful A spacewalk has been given the goahead for Thursday ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - Spain calls for a Single European Sky after volcano fiasco</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jos Blanco the Spanish Minister of Public Works has announced that a special meeting of the Transport Council is to take place in order to establish what he calls a 39Single European Sky39 ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - Latest ESA images of Icelandic volcano show ash cloud waning</title>
<description><![CDATA[The latest European Space Agency ESA images of the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano in Iceland show that the volcanic ash cloud produced by the recent eruption has reduced dramatically since the weekend when most of the northern European airspace was closed due to fears over aircraft safety]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Securing the worlds supply chains</title>
<description><![CDATA[The SMARTCM Smart Container Chain Management project is a research project that is cofunded in the context of the seventh research framework programe of the EU by DG RTD and by partners from freightrelated industries It deals primarily with the possibility of using stateoftheart technologies for enhancing security and the efficiency of global supply chains as well as attaining agreement among all relevant actors as to how this should be achieved]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Improving inspection to keep trains on track</title>
<description><![CDATA[Despite better inspection procedures and standards for railways  over the past few years  accidents resulting from train derailments still happen The SAFERAIL project is looking to make a real difference by implementing new trackside and manual inspection systems for detection of faulty wheel sets]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Keeping the worlds superships safer</title>
<description><![CDATA[More and more ships are sailing the worlds oceans as trade becomes increasingly global This has led to larger and larger ships being built to cope better with this increased demand for cargo capacity  but with bigger ships come bigger structural problems that can lead to disasters like the sinking of MSC Napoli in 2007 TULCS is a project that has spent three years investigating these structural challenges and now has the models available to avoid them at the design stage]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Niche solutions for a global impact</title>
<description><![CDATA[With the amount of people in cities growing all the time innovative solutions for increasing the efficiency of transport are becoming crucial in allowing these cities to function smoothly Ivo Cr and his team have been working on a project to try and formulate and spread the best solutions in this sector]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - The fuels good now give us the engines</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bioethanol offers the potential of a more efficient less polluting fuel but limitations in current engine platforms prevent it from being fully exploited Fiats Andrea Gerini explains how a collaboration between universities and industry is developing new technologies to overcome these obstacles]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>OPINION - Improving rail safety in Europe</title>
<description><![CDATA[The European rail industry is in a state of rapid transformation aimed at meeting the increasing safety environmental societal and economic demands set for modern rail transport Efficient transport and mobility are the lifeblood of the European economy and an indispensable factor in European competitive and sustainable growth enhancing communication economic growth and social stability]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>OPINION - Why the Icelandic volcano could herald even more disruption</title>
<description><![CDATA[The unprecedented nofly zone currently in force across much of Europe has already caused the greatest chaos to air travel since the Second World War  Thousands of flights have been cancelled or postponed with millions of travel plans affected]]></description>
<guid>http://projectsmagazine.eu.com/opinion/why_the_icelandic_volcano_could_herald_even_more_disruption</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>OPINION - Haiti Beyond the conventional redevelopment paradigm</title>
<description><![CDATA[At the request of President Rene Prevals Strategic Advisory Group several members of Delft Universitys Urban Emergencies Centre are now working with the Haiti authorities to assess how postdisaster urban redevelopment can support the rebuilding process in Port au Prince]]></description>
<guid>http://projectsmagazine.eu.com/opinion/haiti_beyond_the_conventional_redevelopment_paradigm</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - First licensed autonomous car drives through Berlin</title>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers from Freie Universitt Berlin have developed the autonomous car MadeInGermany and test driven it safely on an 80km journey through full Berlin traffic  The VW Passat has been modified so that electronic commands from the controlling computer are passed directly to the accelerator brakes and steering wheel of the vehicle ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - Nissan EV does it</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nissan is about to bring the worlds first massproduced electric vehicle to the mainstream car market in Europe marking the start of a process that will eventually see its entire range powered by batteries William Davis talks to Andy Palmer Senior Vice President of Nissans Global Planning and Programme Management Division about the process involved in bringing such an innovative machine from the lab into the showrooms of Europe]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - The house that EREC built</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the heart of Brussels the European Renewable Energy Council EREC have created a headquarters that functions solely through a mix of renewable energies It can 
be seen as a statement of intent and a working model of how a building can function through selfsustaining energies
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - Transport vs the World   The escalating effect of transport on world climate</title>
<description><![CDATA[The transport sectors influence on global temperature is likely to increase strongly in the years to come according to a new study This raises a need for considerable cuts in European transport emissions By Silje Pileberg and Ragnhild B Skeie from CICERO Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - Connecting for Construction</title>
<description><![CDATA[Director of the Henri Tudor Public Research Centre Eric Dubois describes a new IT service called CRTIWeb that has been created to make construction projects run smoothly and efficiently]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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