Tagged: Siemens & News
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RoboRugby Competition tests UCD students’ engineering skills News
24.04.2013 The 2013 Siemens RoboRugby Competition champion was decided at last night’s final held at UCD’s Belfield campus, demonstrating the engineering skills of these first-year students. -
Siemens opens new UK production plant for tidal turbines News
08.04.2013 Siemens has today opened the UK’s first-ever tidal turbine production facility in Bristol where it is planning to test and build tidal turbines that will initially be used in... -
Midlands wind energy platform could lead to €1bn spend and 6,000 new jobs News
08.03.2013 Harnessing the Irish midlands’ potential for exportable wind energy to the UK could see civil engineering and construction investments of €1bn lead to between 3,000 and 6,000...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Green Tech, Green, Government, Engineering, Energy, Economy -
Welsh tidal array project gets stg£10m in government funding News
01.03.2013 A tidal energy farm project planned off the Welsh coastline this week got a welcome funding injection of stg£10m from the UK government to help progress the development of a... -
Google pumps US$200m into Texas wind farm News
10.01.2013 Google has invested US$200m in a 161 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Texas in the US, with the company now having invested in 11 renewable energy projects since 2010. -
Businessman pleads guilty to stealing US$100m worth of software News
08.01.2013 A businessman in China has pleaded guilty to selling stolen software from US tech giants to 325 black market buyers in 61 countries worldwide.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Digital Media -
The year in clean tech – green data centres, tidal farms and energy trading News
28.12.2012 From Greenpeace storming Apple’s California headquarters in May to new Irish ventures making headway in the energy-efficiency space and Ireland’s first electricity link with...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Government, Engineering, Energy, Economy, Data Centre -
Leaders to talk fostering and financing innovation at Green Growth Forum in January News
19.11.2012 Hosted by Silicon Republic and the Green IFSC, The Green Growth Forum on 25 January will bring together international experts and Ireland’s leaders in green finance, technology,... -
Apple to pay out US$368.2m to VirnetX in VPN FaceTime patent trial News
07.11.2012 A federal jury in Texas has ruled that Apple’s FaceTime function infringed four patents belonging to a company called VirnetX. As a result Apple will have to pay US$368.2m in...Categories: Unified Communications, R&D, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications -
Siemens to sell solar business, focusing on wind and hydro News
23.10.2012 Siemens is shaking up its renewable energy strategy to focus on wind and hydropower after revealing it is in talks with potential buyers to sell its solar business. -
Siemens starts testing wind turbine with world’s largest rotor News
08.10.2012 Siemens has started field testing its new 6MW offshore wind turbine in Østerild, Denmark. The direct-drive wind turbine is equipped with the world’s longest rotor blades – each... -
Siemens opens new centre in London to pioneer smarter, greener cities News
19.09.2012 Siemens is today opening a new centre in London called the Crystal, which the engineering and electronics giant is claiming will be the world's largest exhibition dedicated to... -
Siemens to unleash new offshore wind-turbine blade prototypes News
04.09.2012 Engineering giant Siemens is preparing to unveil a new 75-metre long rotor blade for use in its future offshore wind turbines. Siemens is claiming that the rotor will have a... -
Better Place gleans €40m loan from EIB to develop electric car networks News
28.08.2012 California venture-backed company Better Place has secured a €40m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) as it starts to set its sights on expanding its electric car... -
Ireland’s Ardnacrusha hydro-electric power station - a clean-tech exemplar? News
14.08.2012 This year marks the 83rd anniversary of the opening of the hydro-electric power station Ardnacrusha, a civil engineering feat that took four years to complete before it opened...Tags: ESB, Siemens, Ireland, Enda Kenny, Electricity, Wind Energy, Wave Energy, Tidal Energy, Clean Energy -
Bord Gáis Energy and Siemens Ireland to offer energy-efficiency service News
19.06.2012 Bord Gáis Energy (BGE) and Siemens Ireland have forged an initial three-year deal to offer an energy-efficiency service to businesses in Ireland.Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Green Tech, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy -
Siemens reveals 'eHighway of the Future' concept in US News
08.05.2012 Siemens has revealed its plans to clean up US highways that have heavy amounts of truck traffic via its eHighway of the Future solution. -
Engineers gear up for some rugby robotics at UCD News
13.04.2012 Rugby-playing robots ... now what's that all about? Well, up to 63 first-year engineering students will be bringing their robotic creations to the table next week for a... -
Scientists reveal 3D nerve mapping of the human brain News
30.03.2012 Neuroscientists who have been delving into the brain’s architecture say the nerves in the human brain comprise a 3D grid of criss-crossing fibres. Their findings have been... -
Northern Ireland ramps up its e-car programme News
30.03.2012 Northern Ireland has launched its e-car project and started to invest in its electric vehicle network, with the installation of 41 charge points across the region, and a 100...