With thousands of old European steel and composite bridges, there is a need of rational methods to strengthen existing bridges to compensate not only for their age, but also for higher and more frequent loads. This report is based on three distinctive ideas which each has the potential to reduce...
The aim of this project was to increase the reliability of wind turbine, improving the properties of steel bearings by the development of a new high nitrogen austenitic steel (HNAS) functional grade replacing the 100Cr6 steel which is usually used for steel bearings production. The work finally ...
JoiningTWIP aims to support the introduction of TWIPsteels for automotive applications by identifying possible applications and further developing mechanical and lowheat joining technologies to be able to implement multimaterial design with TWIP-steels. During the first half of the project, rele...
This scientific opinion examines the conditions and criteria under which biodegradable plastic applications can be beneficial for the environment, and provides advice to inform decisions by society, consumers, businesses and policy makers. A growing global use of plastics has led to an increased...
A growing global use of plastics has led to an increased amount of plastic waste in the environment, polluting and harming land and sea. Biodegradable plastics could be part of the solution to this problem....
The Opinion on the ‘Biodegradability of Plastics in the Open Environment’ is provided in support of the European Commission Directorate-General for Environment. This Opinion intends to contribute to informing the forthcoming Commission’s policy framework related to bio-based, biodegradable and c...
In 2019, the European Commission announced the EU Green Deal as its strategic plan to achieve climate neutrality by mid-century, protect the environment and boost the region’s economy. To transition to a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions economy over the next decades, a vast transformation of th...
The EIB has piloted a programme of micro impact studies of private sector impact investments, partnering with the Global Development Network. The studies deepen our understanding of the impacts of these projects, going beyond the detailed results measurement framework the European Investment Ban...
This report summarizes the results of an experimental study assessing the real-world environmental performance and its comparison with laboratory measurements of two Euro VI step C Refuse Collection Heavy-Duty Vehicles. The first is equipped with a common-rail Diesel engine, a Selective Catalyti...
