Spain is building the world

[Tietar]

while the ignorant masses continuous imagining the Spanish as contemplative life, parties and siestas, sun and beach, the reality is quite different. Spain leads by far the construction and maintenance of infrastructures in the world. Six of the 10 top transportation concession companies are based in Spain, constructing and/or managing About 40 percent of all major transportation Concessions in the world. literally one can say that Spain is building the modern world.

Here are some examples of this decade

Panama Canal expansion project
Company: Sacyr, budget: €5.450 (in millons)



High speed Mecca-Medina, Saudi Arabia
Adif, Talgo, Renfe, etc. €6,700



Light rail in Ottawa, Canada
Dragados, €1,600



Riyadh underground rail system, Saudi Arabia
FCC (35,8%), €6,000



world's largest hotel and leisure resort in Wynn Cotai, Macau China
ACS, €2.140



East Anglia One Offshore wind farm, UK
Iberdrola (50%), €5,000



Lima underground railway, Peru
ACS, FCC, €3,900



largest cable-stayed bridge in the United Sates, Texas
ACS, $983.4



407 ETR, Canada, world's first all-electronic, open-access toll highway.
Ferrovial, €3500



Heathrow Airport Terminal 2, UK (safety record with 3 million hours worked without a RIDDOR)
Ferrovial/Agroman, €1,050 M



Super sewer central section, London
Ferrovial, €1,050 M



longest railway tunnel in Scandinavia, Project Follo Line, Norway
Acciona, €1,000 M



largest desalinitation plant the world, Ashdod, Israel
Sadyt, €300 M



High Speed Fresno-Bakersfield section, California
ACS, €1.083 M



Light rail in Sydney, Australia
Acciona, 1.400 M



Site C Clean Energy Project, Canada's largest infrastructure project
Acciona (preferred proponent), €5,875 M



Bosphorus sub-sea tunnel, Turkey, World’s first three-level tunnel and Deepest Undersea
OHL (70%), €1,040 M



The Queensferry Crossing, Edinburgh, Scotland, bridge tallest in the UK
Dragados/Hochtief, €1100 M



Beckton desalination plant, first large-scale desalination plant in UK and Global Water Intelligence award for the Most Sustainable Project
Acciona Agua, €320 M



Wikinger offshore, the world's largest wind farm in deep waters, Germany
Iberdrola, €1,500 M

[Heinz]

Spain is also leading in unemployment in europe

[Tietar]

Spain is also leading in unemployment in europe

and despite that, no immigrant wants to leave, nor our authorities do nothing to expel them

[Ibericus]

Spain is also leading in unemployment in europe

Germany has mini-jobs of 400 euros, that's why you have lower unemployment. But these jobs would be be illegal in Spain.

[Julianos]

No one can match Germany bitches stupid Moors...

[Tietar]

Manhattan tunnels access, New York
Dragados, €1,200 M



Solana, the world's largest solar thermal plant (in 2013), Arizona
Abengoa, €1,500 M



High-Speed Railway in the Central Valley, California
Ferrovial, $347 M


Gotthard Base Tunnel, world's longest 57 km, switzerland
FCC (Alpine), €1,033 M



Abu Rawash wastewater treatment plant, Egypt, one of the largest in the world (5.5 million people)
FCC (Aqualia), €2,400 M




CAF awarded Arriva Rail North rolling stock £490 Million contract

Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF is to supply 281 new vehicles worth £490m for the next Northern franchise, leasing company Eversholt Rail announced on January 22.

The order comprises 31 three-car and 12 four-car electric multiple-units, and 25 two-car and 30 three-car diesel multiple-units. The 160 km/h units will be part of CAF’s Civity family, and all are scheduled to enter service by December 2018.

The new rolling stock will enable the fleet of 1980s Class 14x Pacer DMUs to be withdrawn from the Northern franchise, and potentially redeployed to other operators.

The new Northern franchise is scheduled to begin on April 1. Chris Burchell, Managing Director of Arriva’s UK Trains Division, said the rolling stock contract involved a ‘high specification and demanding timetable for delivery’, adding that he hoped that the announcement ‘once again makes clear our determination to deliver on our promises to passengers.’
http://www.railpage.com.au/news/s/ca...stock-contract





Ferrovial lands $1.09bn Slovak highway with Danube bridge

A consortium headed by Ferrovial has been named as preferred bidder for a Slovak highway project that includes a major cable-stayed bridge over the River Danube.

The scheme, which will create a ring road around Bratislava (D4) and a new radial road (R7), represents a total investment of US$1.09 billion.

Ferrovial was chosen by the Slovakia Ministry of Transport for the contract to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the new roads. Other consortium members include Australian group Macquarie and Austrian construction company Porr.

http://www.bridgeweb.com/MemberPages...e.aspx?id=3875






Spanish-made trams to run on Canberra's city to Gungahlin light rail line

The ACT government's announcement of the Canberra Metro consortium as the winning bidder for the city to Gungahlin tram line confirms new rolling stock will be built and maintained by Spanish firm Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, also known as CAF.

Each tram will include two dedicated wheelchair spaces, storage room for four bikes, 12 priority seats for passengers with special needs, handrails and grab rails for safety. Passengers will have access to free wireless internet on board.

Promotional materials describe the trams as "cheerful and suitable for this important city, making a positive impact on the city pride of all Canberrans". Designs could feature events such as Floriade, Summernats, and the Canberra Balloon Spectacular.

The trams are described and built for bi-directional operation, with climate control and a "full length open plan passenger saloon" for safety and visibility. Energy efficient electrical systems will be in place on board, including LED lighting.

Safety cameras will operate inside the trams and passengers will have access to emergency help points to speak to the driver or an operations control centre.

Secure free storage units will be available at the line's 13 passenger stops and same level boarding will allow for easy access. The stops are being designed to shield passengers from the capital's changing weather, including rain, sun and wind.

CAF's trams promise "avant-garde design and flexibility" to give city networks their own unique identity. Canberra's trams will include a design unique to the city.

The trams will include hybrid, regenerative technology that allows for kinetically developed energy from breaking to be stored in roof-mounted super-capacitors for wire-free services, as required by the National Capital Authority if the line is extended to the Russell precinct.

On-board energy storage captures braking energy, allowing trams to run without wires between stops and helping energy efficiency.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-...01-gmil36.html




Part of world's largest thermosolar plant comes online in Morocco

Yesterday the thermosolar plant NOORo was inaugurated, bringing together a range of politicians and business executives at the NOOR site in Ouarzazate which, once completed, will be the largest solar plant in the world. The proceedings were headed by King Mohammed VI of Morocco.

The construction consortium was made up of SENER, ACCIONA and TSK which were responsible for the project’s turnkey contract (EPC) for NOORo I. With 160 MWe of power and 3.5 hours of thermal storage it will supply 500 GWh of solar power per year, enough to meet the demands of 135,000 homes. NOORo I will avert annual emissions equivalent to 140,000 metric tons of CO2.

http://www.africanbusinessreview.co....ine-in-Morocco




Telefónica subsea cable to link US, Brazil

Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica will deploy an 11,000km-long fiber optics submarine cable connecting Brazil, Puerto Rico and the US.

The cable dubbed BRUSA will connect the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza with Puerto Rican capital San Juan and Virginia Beach, in the US state of Virginia. It will be installed by the company's infrastructure division Telxius and enter into operations in 2018, Telefónica said, without revealing investment amounts.

Telefónica has over 65,000km of terrestrial and submarine fiber optic infrastructure connecting the US, the Americas and Europe.

http://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/te...link-us-brazil



Cadagua has been awarded a new contract in Poland

Cadagua was chosen by the mayor's office of Warsaw, Poland, to execute the modernisation of the Wieliszew WWTP (wastewater treatment plant) which supplies the city of Warsaw, having a daily capacity of 100,000m3 and located in the outskirts of Warsaw. The contract was signed by the parties on Friday 18th March.



http://www.cadagua.es/en/news/cadagu...ract-in-poland


CLH begins operating the UK's largest fuel pipeline network

The CLH Group has taken over the ownership, management and operation of the Government Pipeline and Storage System (GPSS) network it acquired in March, after winning the bidding process organised by the UK Government. The GPSS will now be known as the CLH Pipeline System (CLH-PS) with immediate effect.

http://www.oilvoice.com/n/CLH-begins...5d8e0a963.aspx




Wind energy in China: Gamesa wind turbines for a wind farm at an altitude of over 3,200 metres

The company has been contracted to supply 32 MW for Concord New Energy, with whom it recently agreed another order for a project being developed at an altitude of 3,400 metres. In addition, Gamesa will deliver another 50 MW for phase three of the Senjitu II complex.



http://www.evwind.es/2016/04/08/ind-...0-metres/55850

[Tietar]

Santiago Calatrava’s Dubai Tower Will Surpass the Height of World's Tallest Building Burj Khalifa

It's official: A new tower by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava will become Dubai's new tallest building, surpassing the current tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa. New renderings and a detailed model were unveiled recently for a soaring observation tower, designed to rival Dubai’s existing architectural icons as the cultural epicenter of the city.



http://architizer.com/blog/santiago-...a-dubai-tower/




Prototype of an innovative solution by Gamesa company for “offgrid” facilities with installed capacity of over 2MW

Facilities that are remote from the grid can now significantly reduce the use of diesel generators by incorporating the power of sun, wind and battery storage into the system.



There is a conventional opinion that in order to ensure uninterrupted power supply of facilities that are remote from the main power grids (“offgrid”), precisely diesel generators are used as stand-alone sources of megawatt-class power.

The Spanish company Gamesa, one of the major manufacturers of wind turbines, on 10 May 2016 introduced an innovative solution for energy supply of “offgrid” facilities.

The system combines four elements:
- wind power;
- solar power;
- diesel generators;
- battery storage.

The introduced prototype of the system has become the first in the market, having a total installed capacity of over 2 MW, and providing the most environmentally friendly and cost-effective generation of electricity. Special software developed by Gamesa produces the optimal combination of each technology, establishing a balance in the project, depending on the specific requirements for the necessary volume of power generation, besides the diesel fuel consumption is minimized.

http://futurenergyweb.es/gamesa-inau...ccess/?lang=en




More New Trains For The North And Scotland

TransPennine Express (TPE), the intercity rail operator for the North and Scotland has announced the purchase of a further 126 brand new carriages.



TPE will deliver an investment of more than £230m in 25 brand new five-carriage trains which will be in service across the network by 2019.

Investment in new fleets will mean every train operated by TPE by will have; free Wi-Fi and media servers allowing customers to stream TV shows, films and entertainment, advanced on-board customer information, modern interior with spacious seating, air conditioning and power sockets at every seat.

The new trains will allow services to operate at speeds of up to 125mph, cutting the journey times between key towns and cities across our regions.

Councillor Liam Robinson, Chair of the Rail North Limited Board said: “To support long-term economic growth and prosperity, the North needs a modern, high-quality rail service connecting towns and cities.

Following a comprehensive procurement process, Spanish manufacturer, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF), was successful in securing the contract to build both the new EMU trains and the new loco-hauled carriages.

http://premierconstructionnews.com/2...orth-scotland/




Spanish technology for large tankers of the future

On April 26 Navantia began the construction of the first of the tankers Suezmax (those who can pass through the Suez canal, with a capacity of up to 200,000 tons) that the public shipyard signed with Ondimar transport maritime LDA (shipping company of the Ibaizabal group) of a total of four.



Contracts that translates into 3 million hours of work for the manufacturer and the industry side of the Bay of Cadiz and the ría de Ferrol shipyard. A landmark bearing in mind which is its return to the civil construction after 20 years focused only on civil business. Spanish technology sends as well in the large oil of the future. The introduction of these shipping meant a real revolution at the end of the 19th century, as many of the world’s economies are dependent on business known as ‘black gold’, and is the only way of transporting large amounts of crude oil. But, how is built a tanker? they are big words.

Intended for the loading of crude oil or byproducts, currently requires its double hull construction. More than one lesson was the experience of the Prestige, sunk off the Galician coast on November 13, 2002. The reason is none other than the monocoque design presents a greater sensitivity to damage in accidents and, in consequence, to cause devastating spills from the environmental point of view.

Many are the guidelines used in this type of construction for your design. A job that requires special planning by the team of engineers responsible for the initial phase of the project, as each of the pieces shaped by computer should be classified in detail to then play is life-size. Given its size, this type of ships are built by blocks which are then assembled with cranes in dry dock.

http://www.allisnews.com/news/spanis...ankers-future/




Scientists in Spain make giant leap in accuracy with industrial robots

The world’s purportedly biggest robot has been constructed in a research centre near Zaragoza, Spain. Engineers have used lasers to make a record-breaking industrial robot – with amazing levels of accuracy.



The robotic platform measures 20-metres long, six metres wide and five metres high and is mounted on a simple structure controlled by computers.

A laser track allows a continuous monitoring of the position of the robot.

Laser beams create 1,000 scans per second to achieve high levels of accuracy in the robot’s performances.

José Antonio Dieste, an industrial engineer at AITIIP, says:Average classical machines base their accuracy on mechanical systems. So whenever the temperature changes, for instance, these machines are prone to making mistakes.

“And the bigger these machines are, the more mistakes they can make. What we have tried to do here is to substitute that mechanical approach [with lasers].

“So we are able to monitor in real time where the bit [of the machine] always is and correct also in real time the robot´s position.”

Researchers think the robot can be accurate within minus 0.4 mm when working on 100-metre long parts

That would make the robot suitable to perform extremely challenging and technical operation on big surfaces; This would be an ideal working tool for the factories of the future, scientists believe.

http://www.euronews.com/2016/04/21/s...strial-robots/




Toowoomba Second Range Crossing wins gong in London

THE Toowoomba Second Range Crossing project has been named the Partnership Awards' Best Road Project of the Year.

ACCIONA, a construction, engineering, infrastructure management and R&D company involved in the project, was given the award.



ACCIONA Concessions is part of the Nexus Infrastructure joint-venture that was awarded the contract to design, build, operate and maintain the crossing in August 2015 through a Public-Private Partnership contract valued at $1.6 billion.

Construction is expected to create around 1800 jobs and be completed in 2018.

After completion, ACCIONA Concessions will participate in the operation and maintenance of the highway under a 25-year concession.

http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/...on/3030759/#/0




Facebook, Microsoft, Telefonica Team Up for new Mid-Atlantic Cable

On what do Facebook and Microsoft agree? Apparently, on the need for a new transatlantic cable between Spain and Virginia. The MAREA cable system was announced yesterday, with the software and social networking giants working with Telefonica's Telxius subsidiary to make it happen.



MAREA will supposedly feature 8 fiber pairs and have an initial theoretical capacity of a whopping 160Tbbs. It will stretch 6,600km and land in Bilbao in northern Spain and in Virginia Beach. That route takes a less popular southern route to Europe a bit north of the one taken by the aging Columbus system.

The Virginia Beach landing can be better understood if one recalls that Telefonica's BRUSA cable hooking up North and South America will also be landing there. Just last week we learned that Telefonica has already bought a 3.5 acre site there for a 20,000 square foot building for its cable landing station and data center there. In addition, fiber operators like SummitIG and Lumos Networks have been adding fiber infrastructure throughout southern and central Virginia that will surely help with the backhaul.

http://www.telecomramblings.com/2016...tlantic-cable/




Spain agrees to cooperate with Cuba to improve transport in the island

Spain tries to increase its economic presence in Cuba to other sectors beyond tourism, which, until now, has been the one allowing it to become the island’s main and third business partner. Yesterday, the Minister of Public Works and Development, Ana Pastor, signed an agreement with the Cuban Minister of Transports, Adel Yzquierdo, which will allow carrying out cooperation in infrastructures.



The agreement includes the possibility of cooperating in the management of road transport, the joint design of regulations of maritime transport, the management of railway services or the maintenance of trains, as well as the implementation and exploitation of airport management services.

http://thediplomatinspain.com/en/spa...in-the-island/




Sener, Acciona and TSK built solar power plant in south africa sets record for round-the-clock electricity supply

Bokpoort Concentrated Solar Power Plant delivers six days of continuous, full-load electricity – an African record Johannesburg, June 8, 2016 – A SENER, ACCIONA and TSK built Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant in South Africa has set a new African record for the continuous, round the clock supply of electricity. Within the first month of commercial operation, the newly-inaugurated 50 MW Bokpoort CSP plant, produced electricity for a continuous period of 161 hours, equivalent to almost six days.



CSP technology is considered an intermittent source of power which supplies electricity during daylight hours, when demand is highest. Nevertheless, Bokpoort’s design enables it to continue supplying electricity long after the sun has set thanks to a molten salt energy storage facility that can accumulate 9.3 hours of electricity production, the highest power storage facility on the African continent.

Round the clock electricity supply from a solar power plant is a significant milestone for South Africa and for the renewable industry as a whole, as it allows CSP technology to approximate the continuous power supply of conventional technologies such as hydroelectric, thermal or gas-fired power plants.

http://www.tsbreview.com/sener-accio...ricity-supply/




Spanish electric car production leading in Europe

The Spanish automotive sector rose by 25% (5721 units) in the first trimester of 2016. This sector is strategically very important for the country’s economy, as it accounts for 10% of the Spanish industry sectors´ share of GDP and 9% of employment. It also accounts for 12% of Spanish exports an 4.9% of imports. Spain is still the second largest car manufacturer in Europe, behind Germany, and ranks number 8 globally.



The outlook for the remainder of 2015 remains optimistic in 2016, given the expected Spanish GDP growth rate of 2.7% this year and forecasts for further acceleration of economic growth in the Eurozone (1.7% in 2016). Spanish car production is forecast to increase to about 3 million units in 2017. Furthermore most of the Spanish citizens are inclined to buy electric cars, according to the latest statistics.

Key figures automotive Spain

• Spain is the 2nd larger car manufacturer in Europe and 8th worldwide.
• 1st Industrial Vehicle Manufacturer in Europe.
• The most reputed car makers are established in Spain.
• 9 multinational brands and 17 manufacturing plants all over the territory.
• 83% of the vehicles manufactured in Spain are shipped abroad to over 100 countries.
• 1,000 Companies from International groups to SME’s in the Componente Industry.

Electric cars have become popular in Spain

The Spanish urban landscape is changing, as more and more residents are exchanging their old cars for new electric ones. According to the latest data, the sale of electric motor vehicles rose by 213% in February 2016 alone, compared to the same month of 2015. In February, automotive dealerships in Spain reported a total of 254 units sold. Most of the buyers came from large cities, such as Madrid, Seville and Malaga.

Spain’s automobile domestic market has reached nearly 50 million consumers during the last few years, which have turned the country into one of the largest car manufacturers and exporters in Europe and in the world. Among European countries, Spain also leads in the production of industrial and light vehicles. At the moment, some of the largest German car producers have established 17 plants.

http://transfer-lbc.com/en/1512/span...in-europe.html

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Indra wins Skyguide contract to deliver surveillance radars at two Swiss airports

Indra has received a €6m contract from Swiss air navigation services provider (ANSP) Skyguide to install primary S band surveillance radars at Switzerland’s Geneva and Zurich international airports.



Under the terms of the deal, Indra will deploy its surveillance systems to support approach and landing manoeuvers.

The new surveillance radars will also enhance safety, ensuring high passenger capacity and seamless traffic flow at the airports.

Indra will replace existing airport equipment with the radars, which feature the latest developments to help eliminate interference caused by wind energy turbines.

The new technology also enhance identification of adverse climatological conditions.

In a bid to bag the current contract, Indra successfully demonstrated the high quality and effective performance levels of its systems.

Since early 2000, Indra has been working in collaboration with Skyguide to implement its NOVA advanced surface movement guidance and control systems (A-SMGCS) in Geneva and Zurich international airports.

The company has recently deployed a second surface movement radar in Geneva, while the major runway in Zurich is equipped with Indra’s distance measuring equipment (DME) system.

An additional total of 12 NORMARC instrument landing systems (ILS) have been installed at seven airports across Switzerland.

The company has so far deployed more than 200 primary and secondary radars worldwide.

http://www.airport-technology.com/ne...rports-4949549



Dragados awarded $756 million contact for new tube of Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel



It’s a lot of money, people,” said Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Commission Chairman Frederick Stant during Wednesday morning’s big meeting.

There wasn’t much left to be said after more than three years of development on a second, parallel tunnel on the 17.6-mile link between Virginia Beach and the Eastern Shore.

The vote to award Dragados USA a $756 million design-build contract was unanimous.

“OK, people, we bought it,” Stant said.

Then, clapping.

It’s a major milestone in what will be a long slog until the project is done.

Construction of the Thimble Shoals parallel tunnel tube is expected to begin in October 2017 and take five years. Dragados will design the mile-long tunnel through next summer.

Bids initially came in higher than expected

The project cost is now $808 million for development, design, financing and construction. A $116 million contingency has been set aside on top of that.

The cost and scope of the project had to be scaled down significantly after three initial bids came in at more than $1 billion, hundreds of millions higher than expected.

http://pilotonline.com/news/local/tr...ac43cd1a5.html



CAF awarded Brussels metro train contract

BELGIUM: Brussels city transport operator STIB has awarded CAF a 12-year framework contract for the supply of metro trainsets. The agreement announced on August 2 covers a firm order for an initial 43 trainsets worth €353m to be delivered from 2019, with the option for STIB to order up to 47 additional trainsets during framework period.



The trainsets have been ordered a part of a wider project to modernise the metro, starting with lines 1 and 5. CAF said the ‘cutting-edge trains equipped with state-of-the-art technology’ would be ready for the planned migration from the metro’s current signalling system to CBTC.

STIB had previously awarded CAF a contract to supply 15 trainsets in 2004, and this was followed in 2009 by an order for an additional six trainsets. These are now in service on metro lines 1 and 5.

CAF said the latest order means it has won contracts worth in excess of €2bn during 2016, taking its backlog to more than €6·3bn.

http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/u...-contract.html


Spain’s Ferrovial to Modernize 70,000 Sq.m of Denver International Airport


Consortium headed by Spain’s Ferrovial will hold talks with Denver International Airport on the “Great Hall” project within the framework of a public-private partnership. The project envisages improvement of the airport, GCR reports.



Denver International Airport announced its decision to enter into negotiations with Ferrovial on the 1st of July.

According to the statement of Ferrovial, the terms and scope of work for the project’s pre-development phase are to be discussed in the near future.

In particular, Ferrovial will negotiate the concession agreement on the design, construction, finance, operation, and maintenance of the project. The company will have to modernize a 70,000 square metres main terminal at Denver International Airport.

https://jobsite.procore.com/spain-s-...tional-airport


Colombia looking to Spanish companies for help with infrastructure projects

National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) President Luis Fernando Andrade held a meeting with more than 80 Spanish companies on 4 July 2016 to discuss participation in a range of infrastructure projects throughout Colombia (HSB). The National Government is looking to contract top Spanish companies to participate in at least 30 important infrastructure projects in the coming years, including sixteen highways, nine ports, three airports and two railways (El Mundo). Andrade highlighted large projects such as the expansion of Cartagena’s airport and the construction of a second airport in Bogota. The ANI president also encouraged participation in the construction of more than 1,500 kilometers of 4G highways, noting Colombia planned to follow the successful Spanish transportation model introduced in the 1980s (HSB).

http://www.southernpulse.info/sp-pul...cture-projects


Tecnicas Reunidas will build a power plant 700 million in UK

The contract includes the installation of a boiler and a steam turbine of 299 megawatts

The engineering company Tecnicas Reunidas (TR) and Samsung C & T will build a plant producing electricity and heat for the British firm MGT Teesside Power for an amount of EUR 700 million, which is its first contract in the UK, reports TR in a statement.

the contract, which Técnicas Reunidas corresponds to 70% of its value, including installation of a boiler and a steam turbine of 299 megawatts ( MW) of power, auxiliary systems for the operation of the plant, receiving fuel and reducing emissions.

in addition, awardees will provide the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning up installation to final delivery to the owner.

the plant will be located in Teesside (UK) and will be operational in 2020, will generate steam from wood pellets and chips as the main fuel.

http://archyworldys.com/tecnicas-reu...million-in-uk/




Indra to upgrade tolling system on one of Ireland’s main highways

One of the world’s leading systems integrators will upgrade the road infrastructure and the back-office management of the toll system on the M1 PPP (public-private-partnership) motorway, which is one of the main highways in Ireland.



Spanish multinational Indra has won a new contract in Ireland, worth €3.6m (US$3.9m), to renew the toll system on one of the main highways in the country, the M1 PPP which forms part of the motorway connecting the capital Dublin to the border of Northern Ireland (UK).

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Indra has already implemented its tolling technology in numerous countries, including Canada, the USA, Mexico, Panama, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Montenegro, Algeria, the Philippines, China and India. The company recently won the contract for one of the world’s largest electronic toll systems ever developed, located in Mexico, where it implemented its technology across the entire network of public highways. Comprising nearly 500 roads, the network represents a combined total of 2,485 miles (4,000km) and accounts for approximately 45% of the country's highways.


http://www.traffictechnologytoday.co...p?NewsID=80552


Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas continues to be a key player in the development of CSP technology in China

Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas makes progress on its Owner’s Engineering (OE) contract signed with CGN Delingha Solar Energy Corporation, after the Chinese CSP developer launched a competitive tender process last year.



The Delingha project, first-of-its-kind in the People’s Republic of China, will be a 50megawatt (MW) concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) plant in the city of Delingha, Qinghai Province. The technology consists on capturing and concentrating the solar energy in an absorbing tube where the heat from the sun is transferred to liquid oil from which vapor is generated. This vapor will be then used to produce electricity in a turbine generator and stored in a molten salts thermal energy storage system with a capacity of 1300 MWh.

The plant will have a solar field of about 190 loops and a capacity of about 200 gigawatt-hours of clean electricity per year. With an expected inauguration next year, this project will be an important milestone for the sector worldwide and especially for the renewable energy industry of the region.

http://futurenergyweb.es/aries-ingen...china/?lang=en


Talgo train clocks 180 kmph, breaks Indian record during trial

Agra: The Spanish-made Talgo train coaches reached a speed of 180 kmph during the second phase of trials between Mathura and Palwal on Wednesday, covering a distance of 86 km in 39 minutes. In the process it broke the record by an Indian train, previously held by Gatimaan Express at 160 kmph.



"Wednesday's trial was conducted with empty coaches. We will later use sandbags placed on the seats to simulate passenger weight. The train ran continuously at 180 kmph from Bhuteshwar to Rundhi stations, covering the distance in 39 minutes," said Dilip Kumar Singh, additional divisional railway manager (ADRM) of Agra.

Talgo is a leading Madrid-based manufacturer of semi-high speed (160-250 kmph) and high-speed (350 kmph) passenger trains. The nine-coach train used in Wednesday's trial was hauled by an Indian Railways' WDP-4 diesel engine with 4,500 HP capacity, manufactured at a Varanasi plant. The trial was supervised by engineers from Research Design & Standards Organisation (RDSO), Lucknow, and from Talgo.

"Today's successful achievement is a major milestone in railway history and it gets us closer to our dreams of having high-speed train service on the existing railway tracks," Singh added.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/53197337.cms



to be continue...

[Tietar]

Massive offshore substation sets sail for Wikinger wind farm in Baltic Sea

One of the world's largest offshore substations has today begun its three week voyage from Cadiz in southern Spain to the German zone of the Baltic Sea.



Engineers from ScottishPower Renewables and Iberdrola supported the departure of the substation, dubbed 'Andalucía', which will form part of the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm that is currently under construction off the German coast.

The substation, built by Spanish state-owned shipbuilding company Navantia at the Puerto Real shipyard in Cadiz, is the first offshore substation to include two separate topsides - areas above the water line where control rooms and landing decks are housed.

The two areas are needed since the station will also be used by German electricity system operator 50Hertz to support its own offshore wind developments.

The steel structure of the substation weighs 4,550 tonnes alone, while its construction supported 700 jobs, according to ScottishPower.

The €1.4bn (£1bn) Wikinger wind farm will consist of 70 wind turbines spanning an area of around 34 square kilometres and is expected to provide enough power for 350,000 households when it comes online at the end of 2017.

Advocates of offshore wind farms have long argued larger wind turbines, wind farms, and substations will help to slash the cost of offshore wind power in the coming years through economies of scale and improved performance. Some developers are envisaging giant stations will allow operations and maintenance staff to live offshore, drastically reducing maintenance costs and reducing turbine downtime.

The launch follows the announcement this summer that two new offshore wind farms off the Dutch coast are set to deliver power at a record low cost of around £80/MWh.

http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news...-in-baltic-sea

[Dick]

thank you, Spain.