Ordinances setting back America’s wind power potential | Designing cities for dystopia | Building with geofoam blocks

infrastruttura no. 31 America's wind and solar power potential is being held back by local red tape. Recent research from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory published in the journal Nature Energy says “setback” ordinances could ultimately reduce America’s wind power potential by 87% and solar power potential by 38%

Quantity growth claims continue in design-build | Why sweltering Phoenix is still growing | Reinventing tunneling tech with robot swarms

infrastruttura no. 30 Contractor claims against their designers for quantity growth in standard design-build are once again in the news this summer. Part of the world's mega-project moment is a shift to more collaborative contracting models, including an increase in progressive design-build and even talk of alliance contracting models coming

Entering an era of global mega-P3s | The future of the American city | Creating climate-friendly concrete rebar

infrastruttura no. 29 From Ukraine to Indonesia, can "mega-P3s" help the world meet its mega-project moment? The world's mega-project moment continues to unfold, from significant federal investments in America's surface transportation and rail infrastructure networks to much larger programs like NEOM in Saudi Arabia, new capital cities for Indonesia (Nusantara)

Electric commercial flights taking off | American cities "in a bad state" | Challenges of growing global grid capacity

Depressed by the carbon footprint you've generated during all of your post-pandemic revenge air travel? There's good news: if you live in the Nordics you'll soon be able to fly all-electric short-haul flights on SAS. On June 2, Scandinavian Airlines opened reservations for its first all-electric commercial flights, starting in