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Insight - Fibre cable failure at Gatwick Airport

Insights

Gatwick Airport struggles to provide flight information after damaged cable halts data flow

Working in the cable world we tend to like it when wider industry recognise how important cables are to their business, yet a damaged cable hit the news headlines yesterday demonstrating just how reliant we are on these unseen...

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Insight - Solar plane

Insights

At the forefront of innovation: Record-breaking solar plane to be built in the UK

Continuing to push the boundaries of air travel, Airbus has recently launched the production of the new Zephyr S - an unmanned solar driven plane. Launched at the Farnborough Airshow and reported by the BBC, the Zephyr S claims...

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Insight - Chain's modern silk road

Insights

China's Modern Silk Road and the machinery that's building it

Back in 2013, China’s President Xi Jinping presented the Belt and Road Initiative. It set out to connect 65% of the world’s population to China by creating a network of sea routes and land links. Costing an estimated three trillion...

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Insight - Elgin energy farm

Insights

50MW Solar PV farm given the green light in Elgin, Scotland

Elgin Energy has received planning permission for a 50MW solar PV project at Milltown Airfield near Elgin in Moray, in the north east of Scotland. This is the largest consented solar PV project in Scotland to date. Projects of...

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Insight - Climate change and water resistant cables

Insights

Climate change highlights the difference between water resistant and waterproof cables

Water resistant versus waterproof: it's a nuance normally considered when talking about clothing or even your mobile phone and camera kit, but as a result of climate change and rising sea levels it's also now a consideration for...

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Insight - Commuter trains

Insights

UK rail timetable chaos reflects growth and dependence on commuter trains

If you are one of the many Brits who use the train to get to work then you are unlikely to have escaped the ongoing rail travel problems entirely and for once it's not the fault of the ageing infrastructure, an issue with signalling...

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