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In recent days, several articles have been written about the possible causes of the blackout that hit almost the entire Iberian Peninsula on 28 April 2025, and the various strategies to prevent it from happening again. It seems that the nuclear lobby has found a main...
Article adapted from original article by Alex Mumbrú Camprubí and Genís Majoral Oller Road transport in Fiji is highly dependent on petroleum fuels and accounts for 60% of the total petroleum consumption in the country. CIMNE’s Innovation...
By Clara Soler i Bañuelos In the coming years, public transport authorities will face unprecedented financing challenges amidst radical transformations in urban mobility. CIMNE's Innovation Unit in Transport, CENIT, operates at the critical intersection of...
A novel study by researchers at CIMNE and the Port of Barcelona has developed an innovative framework to accurately quantify greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from road transport activities within seaports. The research, which combines advanced data collection methods...
Dealing with sustainable mobility challenges is no easy task: from technological barriers to physical and infrastructure constraints, the evolution of urban transport is as complex as it is inevitable. The Turkish capital city of Ankara decided to address this...
Photo: Myrabella / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 Around 3,000 maritime incidents occur every year in the European maritime fleet. 28% of these accidents are categorised as severe or very severe accidents. CIMNE is working with twelve other European partners to...
Schools play a central role in urban spaces, often serving as a second home for children. But modern cities can struggle with heavy traffic and congestion, particularly around school zones. Heavy traffic not only puts children at risk but also contributes to air and...
CIMNE’s innovation unit in transport, CENIT, is one of the more than 40 cross-cutting partners involved in the PIONEERS project, an ambitious European initiative led by the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, that addresses the challenges that maritime terminals in the...
Researchers at the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) have proposed novel material solutions based on high-strength steels, composites and hybrid materials to reduce the weight of electric car chassis components by 40%. The research was...
CIMNE participates in the SuPreAM partnership. This is an EU-funded project to develop and improve the performance and capabilities of a predictive simulation model of finishing operations in steel Additive Manufacturing (AM). It integrates the influence of steels,...