The company has announced one of the largest industrial investments in the Vestfold province of Norway financing over NOK 400 million in a new furnace The extensive project to install the furnace at Speira’s Holmestrand foundry is expected to be completed by the summer of 2026 commented: “This investment secures a large number of jobs in Holmestrand for the foreseeable future “The old furnace has been in place for 50 years and the new one is expected to last at least another 50 years Speira’s supervisory bodies have approved a NOK 414 million investment for a new furnace at the Holmestrand foundry will allow Speira to process an additional 22,000 tonnes of scrap annually This will enable approximately half of the site’s production to be based on recycled materials Gaasholt said: “Investment in new equipment is crucial for Speira to remain competitive in the future “The new furnace will help cement our position as a leading player in rolled and recycled aluminum products.” This upgrade will significantly reduce the carbon footprint of Holmestrand aluminium recycling operations by 150,000 tonnes of CO2 It will also decrease NOx emissions and odours and is designed for a future transition to non-fossil energy “We have a stated goal of setting the standard for sustainability in our industry It is about being strongly connected to the community where we work and live and being conscious of the role we can play in securing a sustainable future and recycling are key in this context,” added Gaasholt Speira has invested nearly NOK 600 million in Norway acquiring modern equipment for both Holmestrand and Karmøy facilities and upgrading several production lines Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Innovation News Network brings you the latest research and innovation news from the fields of science Disclaimer: This website is an independent portal and is not responsible for the content of external sites.Please Note: Phone calls may be recorded for training and monitoring purposes.© Pan European Networks Ltd By 2016-12-02T14:40:00+00:00 A maximum speed of 100 km/h currently applies through the new tunnel This is due to be raised to 160 km/h with the timetable change on December 11 Work on the new alignment started on August 16 2010 Transport at infrastructure company Jernbaneverket presided at the handover of a two-axle multi-purpose maintenance vehicle in the InnoTrans outdoor display area on September 21 The Wintrak 2.2-52 L vehicle was the third of 21 units that Jernbaneverket ordered from Windhoff two years ago NORWAY: Work has started to excavate the longest railway tunnels in Scandinavia following the official launch of the first two tunnel boring machines in a ceremony on September 5 attended by Prime Minister Erna Solberg Being built by a joint venture of Acciona and Ghella under a €1bn contract awarded .. 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Site powered by Webvision Cloud Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Our friends from L.E.FT (previously featured on AD Futures) just shared with us an interesting vertical landscape project, a joint work with norwegian architects STUDIO hp AS The project is located in Holmestrand, Norway, and consists on a public elevator that connects the old lower part of the town across and 85m high cliff to the newer part of it The infrastructure acts as an articulator of multiple activities/programs that make this intervention a unique urban piece It is being presented to the city next month The configuration of cliff, water and cave/tunnel, is also typical of any fjord landscape in Norway. Large parts of the Norwegian coastline are inhabited according to the same algorithm: the juxtaposition of cliff (communication node), cave (settlement) and waterfront (transportation system). In the small town of Holmestrand at the Oslo Fjord, the urban context of the cliff creates a rupture between the urban centre at its foot and the suburban population at the top of the cliff. The prime function of the project is to bridge the rupture formed by the vertical landscape. Technically this is done by means of an elevator. The concept is to compose a program of development by which the cliff is turned from obstacle to opportunity; using the elevator shaft as an infrastructural spine. The rock itself is conceived as part of the structure, allowing the possibility of building the top floors of the development first, then the bottom floors. This constructed geography is programmed with culture- and leisure facilities together with public services, and lines the edge of the cliff with a belt of high end housing. The top half of the elevator, rising outside the cliff, forms part of a building structure starting from level +40.0 rising to +90.0. This structure contains high end offices spaces, conference facilities, apartments and a restaurant on the top floor. At the foot of the cliff there is a horizontal 3 storey building providing parking and office facilities as well as space for the administration of the municipality. Around the lower half of the elevator spine, the proposal shows possibilities for drilling horizontal shafts, branching off from the main elevator shaft. These “caves” can serve as pavilions, or spaces for various cultural facilities, conference spaces, cinema halls inside the rock, as well as spaces for storage of cheese and cognac, or the cultivation of champignons. The green area between the cliff and the coastline would be upgraded as a culture park serving the local culture festival etc. In front of the hotel and its planned extension there is a planned yacht harbour, serving visitors to the various facilities as well as providing private yacht parking for the residents of the cliff. You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email Ben Lowings witnessed Scandinavia's largest cruising regatta in May and reports back for YM Cruising yachts in Scandinavia make a beeline for the Danish town of Skagen over every Ascension Day holiday in May Nearly all of the entrants are production cruisers makes the event feel more like a cruising rally than a race Apart from the two years of Covid, the event has grown in popularity and since 1996 is Scandinavia’s biggest regatta. Most boats come from Norway, but Lars-Erik Wilhelmsen, the organiser, is encouraging British entries. The timing and location of the race mean it is perfect for UK yachts keen to explore this gateway to the Baltic In 2019 there were 276 entrants and they had to enforce a waiting list as Skagen’s small fishing harbour can only accommodate 250 boats particularly now that the average-sized cruising yacht is even bigger The Skagen courses are unique. Sailors set off from three different starting points: Holmestrand, Norway; Marstrand, Sweden; and Hals They all converge on a sandspit where Danish territory peters out into the Skagerrak strait and point their bows in the the direction of Skagen 125 production cruisers participated in this year’s Skagen event The seas tend to pile up quickly in westerlies particularly where the Norwegian Trench ends and depths shelve up from 700m to 100m over about 15 miles the yachts set out in calm seas but were overtaken in the middle of the night by 3m swells The event has never been cancelled due to a forecast Windy conditions in the 2022 and 2019 races meant that out of 276 entrants Lars-Erik Wilhelmsen underlines that by ‘windy’ he means 50-knot gusts Skagen is a picturesque port town that is considered exotic even by Danes due to its isolation from the rest of the country rather mostly fishermen,’ Wilhelmsen explains Most entrants are Norwegian but they’re encouraging more Swedish and Danish entrants with separate line honours and overall titles in each emphasises the Scandinavian sense of togetherness and synchronicity Clear and cold Scandinavian conditions during the race Conditions might have been regarded as borderline this year A lifebuoy overboard from one yacht transmitted a distress signal briefly there was an actual MOB incident when a member of a short-handed crew became detached from their vessel A radio call was cancelled within half an hour One yacht that made it to Skagen was seen to have suffered bow damage who competed doublehanded with skipper Yngve Lonmo in the 30ft J/92 Jacobine started in light winds at Holmestrand in the outer reaches of Oslofjord ‘There were heavy conditions,’ Ingebretsen says with the dry understatement that comes easily to Norwegians speaking English Almost half the fleet retired and turned back before Skagen.’ Their yacht went towards the west coast of Sweden then round a marker buoy before heading for Skagen Ingebretsen and Lonmo changed over at the helm after an hour or two ‘It was difficult getting sleep in between We had anticipated all of it on our first Kattegat crossing,… ‘I have saved a couple of bottles for a special occasion – what could… ‘It was hard to tell the height from such a small boat but it might have been between 2-3m metres The skipper said he had never been so cold,’ said Ingebretsen He isn’t prone to exaggeration so you almost shiver when he tells you almost every wave went onboard and the water was most definitely cold then it’s the people that go down first,’ he says Smoother seas for Daniel Ingebretsen’s return to Norway Ingebretsen is on the same page as the event organiser and agrees the race is an interesting model There’s an additional benefit in that alcohol and food are expensive in Norway and the balance of prices has shifted in their favour Eight years ago the Norwegian and Danish currencies were about the same Skagen is a good place for some shopping bargains Don’t let the conditions of Skagen 2024 put you off appealing to British boats to cruise up to Norway Lighthouses aren’t generally lit at this time of year because there’s hardly any hours of darkness Regattas take place in full daylight all summer up here Jacobine’s crew: Daniel Ingebretsen (L) and skipper Yngve Lønnmo within the skerries that surround the Norwegian coast famously fictionally designed by Douglas Adams’ character Slartibartfast in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ‘Water temperatures of 25°C are not unknown here,’ Ingebretsen says ‘Saltwater coming up from the Atlantic current is contained and heated within the fjords and bays.’ An Englishman might take this assertion with some caution Crossing Skagerrak in a sailing vessel at the same time as the yachts I was witness to these hardy Norwegians shaking off the cold On the way back to Norway we stopped for some sea-bathing It looked far too cold for me to take a dip but these robust Norsemen and women all jumped in and said it was actually warm A subscription to Yachting Monthly magazine costs around 40% less than the cover price so you can save money compared to buying single issues Print and digital editions are available through Magazines Direct – where you can also find the latest deals YM is packed with information to help you get the most from your time on the water Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The June 2025 issue of Yachting Monthly is out now SEE THE VIDEO: State highway authorities had their cameras out over the weekend when they blew up a bridge on the E18 highway that collapsed in a landslide earlier this month They now hope to reopen a bridge that parallels the damaged bridge to two-way traffic as soon as possible The state highway department Statens vegvesen conducted what it called a “controlled explosion” Saturday afternoon, after cordoning off the area for safety reasons. The two southbound lanes of the relatively new four-lane E18 highway collapsed on Monday February 3 in a freak accident that immediately forced its closure quickly decided that the damaged bridge needed to be razed and rebuilt They won approval to bypass the time-consuming public bidding process for the job The actual explosion occurred shortly after 2pm and Statens vegvesen used a drone to film the collapse of the bridge in a video that also shows unique aerial footage of the surrounding area of Vestfold County The video can be viewed here (external link). Statens vegvesen also had a camera on the ground that captured pictures, albeit shaky, of the bridge giving way. Both videos can also be viewed on the highway department’s own website here (external link Officials were pleased by the results of the explosion at the bridge called Skjeggestad bru “It all went very well,” said project leader Arvid Veseth of Statens vegvesen “Now we need to examine the condition of the remaining (parallel) bridge and the stability of the ground under it.” Veseth said the “first priority” will be to determine whether the two northbound lanes of the E18 over the bridge at Skjeggestad can be reopened to traffic to relieve congestion through the town of Holmestrand The E18 is one of Norway’s most heavily trafficked highways and the bridge collapse has already led to major delays even before the busy summer tourist season begins The highway department said that 2,700 tons of concrete crashed down when the bridge was blown up the bridge landed on 2,000 square meters of Leca blocks spread on top of the underlying clay The bridge will be reconstructed but highway officials still can’t say how long the process will take “First we have to evaluate what we can re-use of the old bridge’s foundation and pillars,” Veseth said newsinenglish.no/Nina Berglund If you like what we are doing, please consider a donation. 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