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British company introduces waterless pumped storage hydropower technology
- Aug, 15, 2023
- Green Infrastructure Tunneling Energy Geotechnics Other Geotechnical Underground Structures News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services Other News
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A UK-based company has developed a waterless pumped storage hydropower technology, and recently teamed up to deliver 100MW energy storage capacity projects by 2030. Furthermore, this technology work...
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World’s longest railway tunnel will remain closed for months after derailment
- Aug, 10, 2023
- Tunneling Railway Geotechnics Underground Structures Other Geotechnical Transportation Geotechnics News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Switzerland, Erstfeld
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
Europe’s Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world’s longest and deepest railway tunnel, is going to remain closed to passenger trains for several months after it sustained damage from a derailment on August 1...
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HS2’s Florence and Cecilia TBMs reach Little Missenden
- Aug, 08, 2023
- Tunneling News On Projects / Industry Other News Railway Geotechnics Underground Structures Other Geotechnical
- United Kingdom, Little Missenden
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
HS2 announced on Tuesday, August 8, that Florence and Cecilia, the two 2,000-ton tunnel boring machines (TBMs) had reached the Little Missenden ventilation shaft. This event marks a significant mile...
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Solving complex underground challenges in Laohutai mine with PLAXIS
- Jul, 20, 2023
- Mining Underground Structures Finite Element / Finite Difference Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Rock Engineering Rock Mass Characterization News On Software News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia
- China, Fu Shun Shi
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
PLAXIS 3D enabled CCTEG Chief Scientist Wang Yong, and his research team, to successfully compute the complex interplay of soil and rock at the Laohutai mine, in China. We spoke with Seequent’s Mique...
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New study finds signs of underground climate change and influence on civil infrastructure
- Jul, 11, 2023
- Geothermal Underground Structures Geo-Energy Finite Element / Finite Difference News On Research / Academia News On Publications Other News
- United States, Illinois, Chicago
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A new study by Alessandro F. Rotta Loria of Northwestern University, titled “The silent impact of underground climate change on civil infrastructure”, that was recently published in the Communication...
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Part of the Thames Tideway Tunnel turned into “Loo Gardens”
- Jun, 30, 2023
- Tunneling Underground Structures Other Geotechnical Green Infrastructure Contaminant Transport News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United Kingdom, London
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
London’s Thames Tideway Tunnel, also known as London’s Super Sewer, has been transformed into a colorful garden, 50 meters under the city. This initiative is part of the “Loo Gardens” installation,...
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Golf course in Utah reopens after sinkhole forms in it
- May, 21, 2023
- Underground Structures Erosion Groundwater & Seepage Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, Utah
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A sinkhole forming at Fox Hollow Golf Club, in American Fork, Utah went viral on TikTok on May 21st. Jaxson Taylor, the club’s head golf professional, stated that the sinkhole started appearing arou...
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Damaged pipe causes sinkhole in the middle of the street in Thailand
- May, 23, 2023
- Erosion Engineering Geology Geomorphology Risk & Reliability Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical Underground Structures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Thailand, Mueang Chiang Rai
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A sinkhole was caught on video forming outside a café in the Chiang Rai province of Northern Thailand, on May 23. The sinkhole is seen forming as water is flowing out of it, while officials stated t...
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How abandoned mines can be reused as gravity batteries
- Jan, 11, 2023
- Energy Geotechnics Tunneling Underground Structures Green Infrastructure Mining Other Geotechnical News On Publications Other News
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A new study proposes that abandoned mines can be reused as gravity batteries and store excess energy from renewable sources. The study was led by the International Institute for Applied System Analy...
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TU Delft starts drilling for geothermal project to heat campus and gather data
- May, 01, 2023
- Green Infrastructure Geo-Energy Energy Geotechnics Geothermal Other Geotechnical Underground Structures News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia Other News
- Netherlands, Delft
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
The large-scale geothermal project that started preliminary drilling on TU Delft campus in December 2022 secured a further €17.9 million funding and is set to drill its 2.5 km deep wells during the s...
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