ALNAMA is planned to become a smart, carbon-free destination. The city will promote sustainable living in a 10 square kilometre community, with various nodes including residential, educational, commercial, tourist and health centres.
The smart city of Riyadh is planned to provide 11,000 housing units for a population of 44,000. The 1,000 hectare development will create 10,000 jobs in various sectors, including green technology industries, to create a green circular economy for the city.
Oxagon will be a place where innovators and entrepreneurs can accelerate the development of ideas from lab to market, and a city where people come together to live, work and play in thriving communities. Its fully automated, next-generation port will offer unparalleled connectivity to global markets, enabled by an integrated physical and digital supply chain.
Oxagon will be a catalyst for economic growth and diversity in the NEOM and will help redefine the way the world approaches industrial development in the future, protecting the environment while creating jobs and growth.
Trojena will be an iconic, world-class destination that combines natural and developed landscapes - offering a unique, people-centred experience for residents and visitors alike. The destination will be home to six distinctive development districts, with a focus on personalised experiences combining real and virtual architectural and engineering innovations. This will create a destination unlike any other in the world.
THE LINE is a civilisational revolution that puts people first, offering an unprecedented urban experience while preserving the surrounding nature. It redefines the concept of urban development and what the cities of the future should look like.
There will be no roads, no cars, no emissions, and it will be powered by 100% renewable energy, with 95% of the land reserved for nature. Unlike traditional cities, they will prioritise people's health and well-being over transport and infrastructure. It is only 200 metres wide, but 170 kilometres long and 500 metres above sea level.
The city of Sejong is located in Korea and is a national model of a smart city. It is surrounded by a beautiful natural environment, the Happy City at the confluence of the Miho River and the Geum River.
The world's first sand battery has been built in Finland. This new system could be the key to clean renewable energy. It is a 7-metre high steel tank consisting of 100 tonnes of construction sand, two district heating pipes and a fan. The system will become a battery once the electricity generated by the wind turbines and solar panels heats the sand to 600 degrees Celsius. The tank is filled with 100 tonnes of low-grade construction sand. The system includes a fan to circulate the air and two district heating pipes.
A Canadian startup recently unveiled an airplane-train hybrid that they claim could fundamentally transform travel. The all-electric FluxJet will be able to soar at an emission speed of more than 621 miles per hour, or 999 kilometres per hour.
VW Group China, the East Asian subsidiary of German Volkswagen, recently unveiled the first electric vertical take-off and landing drone prototype, named V.MO. The flying car is planned to carry 4 passengers, which would avoid the morning rush hour.
The company has decided to accelerate software development and local research and development to bring the flying cars to commercial production in the next few years. At 11 metres in length, the aircraft can travel about 200 km on a single charge in the air.
In the village of Vadgaon in Sangli district, India, the village siren sounds every evening at 7pm, alerting residents to switch off their TVs and mobile phones. The devices can be switched back on when the village council gives the signal again at 8:30 pm.
The geothermal system will start to be installed in five new districts in Szeged. Four elements of the nine-part system have been completed.
The trial runs of the four completed systems have been underway since the start of the heating season and the results so far speak for themselves.
Thanks to the trial operation, half a million cubic metres less gas per month are needed to run the district heating service in Szeged. This saves between 20 and 30 million HUF every month.