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E-Mobility-Study: Until 2020 half of new cars will have an electric engine

Posted by Jan Prahm March 24th, 2010

In a study the international consulting company Bain reveals that until 2020 half of the new cars will have an electric engine. Either pure electric or a hybrid or a range extender. A hybrid car today usually has a normal petrol or diesel engine which is supported by an electric engine and has batteries that [...]

CO2 Emissions Reduction in the Transport Sector in Germany

Posted by Jan Prahm March 22nd, 2010

The German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA) has released a report where it lists measures which would enable Germany to reduce its transport related CO2 emissions to the desired level in 2020 and 2030 in order to achieve the goal of a reduction of Germany´s total CO2 Emissions by 40% until 2020. It means the [...]

Carbon neutral container terminal in Hamburg

Posted by Jan Prahm March 18th, 2010

The dutch-british port development company Royal-Haskoning won the first prize in a market sounding conducted by the Hamburg Port Authority. The task was to make a proposal for a to be newly built container terminal Steinwerder in the Port of Hamburg.
Royal Haskonings proposal for the fully functional terminal with an annual capacity of 3.5 [...]