(IN BRIEF) Alstom, SNCF Voyageurs and five French regions have begun commercial operation of France’s first two battery-powered regional trains as part of a national programme worth more than €41 million. Occitanie’s first battery train entered service on the Nîmes–Vauvert … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 1 September 2026, 20% energy savings, 28 July 2026, 31 August 2026, 80 kilometre range, AGC railcars, Alstom, Alstom Marks Commercial Launch of France’s First Two Battery-Powered Regional Trains, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Avignon, battery-powered regional trains, battery-powered TER, Carole Delga, Carpentras, commercial rail service, Delphine Couzi, direct CO₂ emissions, energy recovery, France, France Introduces First Battery-Powered TER Trains in Occitanie and Sud Regions, France Tests Battery Rail Technology on Non-Electrified Regional Lines, Frédéric Wiscart, Gaël Barbier, Hauts-de-France, hybrid train, hydrogen train, Jean-Luc Gibelin, liO train, lithium-ion batteries, Luchon, Montréjeau, Nîmes, non-electrified railway lines, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie Region, Olivier Delecroix, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, rail decarbonisation, rail innovation, regenerative braking, Régiolis, regional rail, Renaud Muselier, SNCF Voyageurs, SNCF Voyageurs TER Occitanie, SNCF Voyageurs TER Sud, Sorgues, Sud Region, sustainable mobility, Toulouse, Vauvert, €30 million regional funding, €41 million programme, €5.5 million Alstom, €6 million SNCF Voyageurs
(IN BRIEF) RWE has reached the halfway point in turbine installation for Nordseecluster A, the first phase of its 1.6 GW Nordseecluster offshore wind project in the German North Sea, after installing the 22nd Vestas turbine around 50 kilometres north … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Netherlands, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 1.6 GW offshore wind project, 110 MW PPA, 15 MW turbines, 2031 target, 22 turbines installed, 31 August 2026, 44 turbines, 6.5 terawatt hours, 60 turbines, 660 MW Nordseecluster A, 900 MW Nordseecluster B, Amazon, climate-friendly electricity, commercial operation, commissioning, customised energy solutions, DEME, Denmark, energy security, Essen, foundation production, German North Sea, Germany, grid connection, industrial decarbonisation, installation vessel, Juist, net 5 GW offshore wind capacity expansion, Netherlands, Nordseecluster, Nordseecluster A, Nordseecluster A Offshore Wind Farm Moves Closer to 2027 Grid Connection, Nordseecluster B, Norges Bank Investment Management, Norse Wind, offshore wind construction, offshore wind farm, offshore wind operation, offshore wind project, OranjeWind, Power Purchase Agreement, PPA, renewable electricity, renewable energy, RWE, RWE Installs 22nd Turbine at Nordseecluster A in the German North Sea, RWE Offshore Wind, RWE Offshore Wind Project in Germany Reaches Major Construction Milestone, Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, Thor offshore wind farm, Tobias Keitel, TotalEnergies, turbine installation, United Kingdom, Vestas, Vestas turbines, wind turbines
(IN BRIEF) Turner has released a case study on the installation of six escalators through temporary roof openings at the new Consolidated Rental Car Facility (ConRAC) at Gerald R. Ford International Airport, a facility designed to centralise rental car operations, … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Construction, Electronics & Machinery, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Real Estate, Spain, Technology
Tagged 31 August 2026, air traffic control, airport coordination, airport terminal, aviation constraints, building envelope, carbon emissions, climate-controlled skywalk, ConRAC, ConRAC Escalators Installed Through Roof in Turner Construction Case Study, Consolidated Rental Car Facility, construction efficiency, cost-saving measure, crane coordination, crane operation, Customer Service Building, decking, escalator installation, field verification, floor loading, framing adjustments, Gerald R. Ford International Airport, heavy-duty plastic protection, high-risk construction activity, installation sequencing, internal hoisting system, laser measurements, laydown space, lift planning, multilevel hoisting, on-site assembly, Operational Efficiency, preconstruction planning, QTA, Quick Turnaround Facility, Ready/Return Parking Garage, rental car facility, rental car operations, rigging, roadway congestion, roof installation, roof lift, roofing, roofing contractor, shop drawings, staging logistics, steel contractor, structural engineer, structural reinforcement, structural steel, temporary roof openings, tower crane height, traveller convenience, Turner, Turner Case Study, Turner Details One-Day Escalator Roof Lift for Airport Rental Car Facility, Turner Uses Roof-Lift Strategy to Install Six Escalators at Airport ConRAC Facility, weather protection, winter construction
(IN BRIEF) The German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) is calling for urgent expansion of charging and hydrogen refuelling infrastructure to support the market ramp-up of climate-friendly commercial vehicles, warning that inadequate infrastructure is now the key bottleneck for … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Czech Republic, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, France, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Poland, Sweden, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 000 fast-charging points, 000 hydrogen refuelling stations, 000 MCS charging points in Germany, 000 truck-suitable charging points, 1, 11 GW depot charging demand, 14 GW charging capacity demand, 2, 200 planned German charging points, 300 hydrogen stations in Germany, 31 August 2026, 35, 350-bar hydrogen stations, 355 German truck charging points, 400 CCS charging points, 50, 700-bar dispenser, 700-bar hydrogen stations, 730 EU truck charging points, 800 MCS charging points, 88 German charging locations, AFIR, Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation, battery-electric trucks, Berlin, CCS charging points, charging infrastructure, charging planning, climate-friendly commercial vehicles, Combined Charging System, CO₂ fleet regulations, CO₂-based truck tolls, cross-border transport corridors, Czech Republic, depot charging, EAFO, electric commercial vehicles, Energy Taxation Directive, EU Tolls Directive, European Alternative Fuels Observatory, European Union, Felicia Fullbrecht, France, freight forwarders, German Association of the Automotive Industry, German Auto Industry Warns Infrastructure Gap Is Slowing Climate-Friendly Commercial Vehicles, Germany, heavy duty vehicles, heavy-duty transport, high-capacity power grids, Hildegard Müller, hydrogen network, hydrogen refuelling infrastructure, hydrogen vehicles, MCS charging points, Megawatt Charging System, Milence, National Centre for Charging Infrastructure, NLL, Poland, power-grid expansion, Public Charging Infrastructure, road freight transport, route planning, Sweden, TCO, TEN-T Core Network, toll exemption, Total Cost of Ownership, truck charging points, VDA, VDA Calls for Rapid Expansion of Truck Charging and Hydrogen Infrastructure Across Europe, VDA Calls for Stronger AFIR Targets and Faster Grid Connections for Commercial Vehicles, zero-emission trucks, £4
(IN BRIEF) The DANISH-CRT trial, presented at ESC Congress 2026 in Munich and published simultaneously in The Lancet, found that targeted placement of the left ventricular lead did not improve outcomes compared with standard placement in patients with heart failure … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Education, France, Germany, Healthcare, Science, Technology
Tagged 000 patients, 1, 25.5%, 27.9%, 31 August 2026, 45.8 months median follow-up, 95% confidence interval, Aarhus University Hospital, biventricular pacing, cardiac resynchronisation therapy, cardiovascular medicine, conduction abnormalities, coronary sinus branches, CRT, Danish Heart Foundation, Danish Pacemaker and ICD Registry, DANISH-CRT, Death, Denmark, double-blind trial, electrical mapping, ESC, ESC Congress 2026, ESC Hot Line Trial Questions Routine Electrical Mapping for CRT Lead Placement, European Society of Cardiology, functional status, hazard ratio 1.10, heart failure, heart failure hospitalisation, Hot Line 10, Hot Line session, Independent Research Fund Denmark, investigator-initiated trial, latest electrical activation, LBBB, lead-related complications, left bundle branch block, left ventricular lead placement, left ventricular structural changes, Messe München GmbH, Munich, non-apical coronary sinus, Novo Nordisk Foundation, p value 0.45, pacemaker treatment, physical capacity, posterolateral coronary sinus, primary endpoint, Professor Jens Cosedis Nielsen, quality of life, randomised controlled trial, secondary endpoints, standard lead placement, targeted lead placement, Targeted Left Ventricular Lead Placement Fails to Improve CRT Outcomes in Danish Trial, The Lancet, The Lancet Publishes DANISH-CRT Results on Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Lead Placement, unplanned hospitalisation
(IN BRIEF) WinGD has published its latest Fuel Economics Report, finding that retrofitting existing vessels to use alternative fuels could help ship operators reduce emissions cost-effectively, although stronger policy support will be needed to make the deepest decarbonisation pathways more … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 000 TEU container vessel, 16, 1893, 31 August 2026, Alternative Fuel Retrofits study, Alternative Fuel Retrofits White Paper, alternative fuels, ammonia, bio-methanol, carbon costs, Carmelo Cartalemi, conversion investment, digital optimisation, Dual-fuel engines, Emissions Reduction, Envision Energy, five-year payback, fuel economics, Fuel Economics Report, fuel efficiency, fuel GHG intensity, fuel price, Global Service by WinGD, green ammonia, high-pressure dual-fuel engines, hybridisation, IMO Net Zero Framework, Kami Paulson Bartlett, lifecycle emissions analysis, LNG, low-GHG LNG, marine power, marine transportation, maritime decarbonisation, methanol, near-zero-emissions fuels, net present value, net-zero emissions, NPV, payback period, real bunkering prices, remedial units, retrofit CAPEX, retrofit pathways, ship retrofits, shipping decarbonisation, six-year payback, subsidy, Sulzer Diesel Engine, Switzerland, two-stroke low-speed engines, USD 126 to USD 330 per tonne CO₂ equivalent, very low sulphur fuel oil, VLSFO, WinGD, WinGD Fuel Economics Report Highlights Payback Potential for Alternative-Fuel Ship Retrofits, WinGD Fuel Economics Report Highlights Payback Potential for Ship Retrofits, WinGD Report Shows Alternative-Fuel Retrofits Could Support Cost-Effective Maritime Decarbonisation, Winterthur, X DF M, X-DF-A, X-DF-HP, zero-emissions fuels
(IN BRIEF) EQT AB has completed its combination with Coller Capital, which is now operating as Coller EQT, creating one of the largest dedicated secondaries platforms globally and expanding EQT’s private markets offering across LP-led and GP-led secondaries. The transaction … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged 22 January 2026, 31 August 2026, 360°, 7% shares outstanding, 80, 882 EQT ordinary shares, acquisition, Annual Shareholders Meeting 2026, assets under management, AUM, base consideration, carried interest, closed-ended funds, Coller Capital, Coller Capital Becomes Coller EQT Following Completion of Transaction, Coller EQT, Coller International Partners IX, combination transaction, contingent consideration, credit secondaries, EQT, EQT AB, EQT Completes Combination With Coller Capital to Expand Secondaries Platform, EQT Executive Committee, EQT Strengthens Private Markets Platform With Coller Capital Combination, EUR 10 billion evergreen platform, EUR 186 billion fee-generating AUM, EUR 341 billion AUM, evergreen products, FAUM, fee-generating assets under management, general partner entities, GP-led secondaries, individual investors, institutional investors, insurance clients, insurance-dedicated solutions, investment strategies, Jeremy Coller, liquidity solutions, LP-led secondaries, management company, March 2029, NAV, net asset value, ordinary shares, Per Franzén, private capital, private equity secondaries, private markets, private wealth clients, secondaries market, secondaries platform, transaction completion, USD 120 billion secondaries transaction volume, USD 3.2 billion, USD 389 billion AUM, USD 500 million
(IN BRIEF) Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure have brought the 913 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm into commercial operation, making it one of Germany’s largest operational offshore wind farms and a major contributor to the country’s domestic renewable energy … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Chemicals, Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, France, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, International Trade, Internet & Online, Investment, Netherlands, Retail, Technology
Tagged 11 MW turbines, 18 GW offshore wind capacity, 2.5 GW installed offshore capacity in Germany, 2.5 million households, 31 August 2026, 72 kilometres offshore, 75 square kilometres, 786 MW offtake agreements, 8.1 GW construction programme, 83 wind turbines, 913 MW installed capacity, Amazon, BASF, Belgium, Borkum Riffgrund, Borkum Riffgrund 3, Borkum Riffgrund 3 Enters Commercial Operation, Borkum Riffgrund 3 Enters Commercial Operation to Support Germany’s Renewable Energy Supply, Chemical Industry, clean electricity, commercial operation, commissioned offshore wind farm, Corporate Power Purchase Agreements, corporate PPAs, Covestro, data centres, Denmark, Emden, Energie-Handels-Gesellschaft, Energiewende, energy autonomy, Energy Independence, energy security, European supply chain, Felix Gschnell, France, German companies, German energy transition, German households, German North Sea, Germany, Gode Wind 3, Google, home-grown renewable power, industrial decarbonisation, Jordi Francesch, Josche Muth, long-term offtake agreements, Lower Saxony, Netherlands, Norden-Norddeich, Nuveen assets under management, Nuveen Infrastructure, offshore wind construction, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farm, operation and maintenance, Patrick Harnett, renewable electricity, renewable energy, retailers, REWE Group, Strengthening Germany’s Renewable Energy Supply, USD 40 billion, Ørsted, Ørsted and Nuveen Bring 913 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 Offshore Wind Farm Into Operation
(IN BRIEF) Researchers at Delft University of Technology have shown for the first time that nano-antennas can enhance the fluorescence of proteins in living human and other mammalian cells, making voltage-sensitive proteins up to six times brighter and around ten … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Healthcare, Netherlands, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology
Tagged 31 August 2026, advanced materials, Advanced Materials Study Shows Nano-Antennas Can Speed Up Protein Responses, biological experiments, biological measurements, brain signals, Brinks Lab, cell membrane, cellular processes, chemistry, Chien Lab, Daan Brinks, Delft, Delft University of Technology, electrical signals, electrical voltage, Erasmus MC, eye signalling, fluorescence enhancement, fluorescent proteins, genetic engineering, gold nanostar, high-resolution imaging, laser light, learning, Liedewij Laan Lab, living human cells, mammalian cells, Marco Locarno, memory formation, metallic nanoparticles, microscopy, nano-antennas, Nano-Antennas Make Voltage-Sensitive Proteins Six Times Brighter in Living Cells, nanophotonics, nanotechnology, nerve cells, Netherlands, neurological disorders, neurons, Noemi Rosano, plasmonic nano-antennas, protein dynamics, protein fluorescence, protein function, Qiangrui Dong, rapid imaging, simulations, six times brighter, smart nanostructures, substance transport within cells, synapses, ten times faster, TU Delft, TU Delft Breakthrough Could Improve Imaging of Synaptic Brain Signals, TU Delft Reactor Institute, voltage-sensitive proteins, Wiley-VCH GmbH
(IN BRIEF) Skanska is investing NOK 270 million, or approximately SEK 260 million, in the second phase of the Lillebytunet residential project in Trondheim, Norway. The new phase will comprise 66 apartments and seven row houses and forms part of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Investment, Norway, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged 31 August 2026, 66 apartments, Andreas Joons, apartments, Audun Lågøyr, city centre, completion in third quarter 2028, construction start, housing construction, housing project, Lilleby, Lillebytunet, NOK 270 million investment, Norway, real estate development, residential development, residential neighbourhood, residential project, row houses, second phase, Second Phase of Skanska’s Lillebytunet Project to Be Completed in 2028, SEK 260 million, seven row houses, Skanska, Skanska AB, Skanska Continues Lilleby Transformation With New Residential Phase, Skanska Invests SEK 260 Million Equivalent in Norwegian Housing Project, Skanska Norway, Trondheim, urban transformation
(IN BRIEF) AFRY has been selected as the International Technical Advisor for the 1.5 GW Thai Binh LNG-to-Power project in Hung Yen, Vietnam, providing technical advisory services for offshore and onshore infrastructure as the country works to strengthen its power … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, International Trade, Investment, Sweden, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 1.5 GW power plant, 31 August 2026, AFRY, AFRY Strengthens Southeast Asia Energy Role With Vietnam LNG-to-Power Contract, AFRY to Advise on LNG Receiving Infrastructure and CCPP for Thai Binh Project, CCPP, combined-cycle power plant, complex energy infrastructure, design contract, electricity demand, energy infrastructure, engineering services, floating LNG terminal, gas infrastructure, Hung Yen, International Technical Advisor, ITA, liquefied natural gas, LNG, LNG terminal, LNG-to-Power, marine facilities, Natural Gas Supply, offshore infrastructure, offshore LNG receiving infrastructure, offshore surveys, onshore infrastructure, power generation capacity, project development, regional energy development, Rishi Agrawal, Southeast Asia, Submerged Yoke Mooring, subsea gas pipeline systems, technical advisory services., Thai Binh LNG Power JSC, Thai Binh LNG Power Selects AFRY as International Technical Advisor, Thai Binh LNG-to-Power project, Vietnam, Yasushi Kuno
(IN BRIEF) University of Groningen experts Aline Klingenberg and Evgeni Moyakine have warned that advanced AI systems capable of discovering software vulnerabilities are intensifying the cybersecurity “game of cat and mouse” between organisations and malicious actors. Their comments follow claims … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Education, European Union, Government, Internet & Online, Law, Netherlands, Security & Safety, Society, Technology
Tagged 31 August 2026, AI, AI misuse, AI Models That Detect Software Flaws Raise New Security and Legal Questions, Aline Klingenberg, Amazon, American market structure, Anthropic, Apple, artificial intelligence, Broerstraat 5, browsers, Canvas, Cisco, critical organisations, cyber resilience, cyber security, cyber threats, cyberattacks, Cybersecurity, digital infrastructure, digital products, digital security, Discord, Education, ENERGY, European Commission, European regulation, European Union, Evgeni Moyakine, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, generative language model, Google, government cyberattacks, Groningen, Groningen Experts Highlight Cyber Resilience Challenges as AI Advances, hackers, Healthcare, human rights, IT Law, Jurgen Tiekstra, learning management system, Microsoft, Mythos, Mythos Preview, National Cyber Security Centre, Netherlands, NIS2 Directive, NVIDIA, Odido, operating systems, Patch Management, privacy, Project Glasswing, SECURITY, servers, ShinyHunters, social consequences, software vulnerabilities, state accountability, technology regulation, TRANSPORT, University of Groningen, University of Groningen Experts Warn AI Is Changing the Cybersecurity Landscape, WhatsApp
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IPCC Invites Governments and Experts to Review Second Draft of 2027 SLCF Methodology Report
(IN BRIEF) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has opened registration for experts to review the Second-Order Draft of the 2027 Methodology Report on Inventories for Short-Lived Climate Forcers, which will undergo Government and Expert Review from 31 August … Read the full press release →
Posted in Business, Environment, Government, Non Profit, Science, Switzerland
Tagged 18 October 2026, 2027 Methodology Report on Inventories for Short-Lived Climate Forcers, 25 October 2026, 300 comments, 31 August 2026, 6, adaptation, Air Quality, Andrej Mahecic, anthropogenic emissions, AR7, Carbon monoxide, climate change, climate methodology, climate policy, COP28, Dubai, emissions reporting, Expert Reviewers, Final Draft, First Global Stocktake, First-Order Draft, Geneva, Government and Expert Review, Governments and Experts Invited to Comment on IPCC Short-Lived Climate Forcers Draft, Hangzhou, impacts and vulnerability, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, inventory compilers, IPCC, IPCC Seeks Expert Input on Emissions Reporting Guidance for Short-Lived Climate Forcers, IPCC Task Force Prepares Next Review Stage for 2027 SLCF Inventory Guidance, İstanbul, Lima, Mazhar Hayat, Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage, mitigation, Nairobi, national greenhouse gas inventories, Nitrogen Oxides, Overview Chapter, Rome, scientific assessment, Second-Order Draft, seventh assessment cycle, Seventh Assessment Report, short-lived climate forcers, SLCF, SOD, Sofia, Special Report on Climate Change and Cities, Switzerland, Takeshi Enoki, Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, TFI, UN, UNEP, UNFCCC, United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations General Assembly, Werani Zabula, WMO, Working Group I, Working Group II, Working Group III, World Meteorological Organization