Paris to house wind-powered skyscraper
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Developers have selected a design by an award-winning American architect for a bold new building nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower &#151; and powered partly by the wind.
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If you are going to depend on a windmill, it's best to find a windy place to put it. Companies that can assess a location's wind potential are in demand, and they are pushing the technology to predict shifting breezes. By John Gartner.
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FORT WORTH, Texas _ Dallas oilman and investor Boone Pickens wants to build the world's largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle, a project that would put as many as 2,000 turbines on nearly 200,000 acres in four counties.
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A branch of the Louvre museum is to be built in Abu Dhabi, according to an agreement signed Tuesday between the governments of France and the United Arab Emirates.Comment
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Piercing the sky above the verdant hills of southern France, a roadway bridge hailed as the tallest in the world was officially inaugurated Tuesday.
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MILLAU, France: A bridge officially designated the tallest in the world was inaugurated by President Jacques Chirac yesterday - a stunning feat of engineering that will carry motorists at 270 metres above the ...
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The most authoritative report on climate change to date will be released tomorrow in Paris, France, and is expected to warn of rising global sea levels and temperatures.
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PARIS  - A powerful storm packing hurricane-force winds lashed northern France on Friday, killing at least six people - some crushed by falling trees - and forcing officials to close down the Eiffel Tower and the famed Paris parks.
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A bridge officially designated the tallest in the world was inaugurated by President Jacques Chirac in southern France -- a spectacular feat of engineering that will carry motorists at 270 metres (885 feet) above the valley of the river Tarn.
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Overlooking a mountain lake a  few hours drive from Tokyo, dozens of tall wind turbines spin  in the breeze creating carbon-free power for the world's  fifth-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.
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What is to be the largest-capacity wind turbine in Finland was being hoisted into position in the city of Oulu on Thursday.
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Â· City planners approve world's largest building Â· UK architect triumphs despite stiff resistance
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Daredevil climber Alain Robert, known as the French Spiderman, defied stiff winds and rain to climb the world&#39;s tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101, in the Taiwan capital yesterday.
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A bridge officially designated the tallest in the world was inaugurated by President Jacques Chirac in southern France on Tuesday - a stunning feat of engineering that will carry motorists at 270m above the valley of the river Tarn.
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The French government sells an historic Paris building in the classified ads
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Let the sun shine in: Government buildings in the city are poised to go solar as part of Mayor Bloomberg's grand plan to turn the city green.
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The United States is the fastest-growing market in the world for wind power. Despite a patchwork of laws and regulations, many European energy companies would like to plant their windmills here.