Infrastructure
Energy
Infrastructure
An overview of the Digital Divide in Northern Ireland
Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog article provides a brief overview of the ‘Digital Divide’. Drawing on the Northern Ireland experience, it explores key characteristics of the Digital Divide, as well as the importance of closing this divide, especially
Are electric cars a realistic alternative to petrol and diesel in Northern Ireland today?
Reading Time: 9 minutes The UK Government has a vision where almost all cars and vans on UK roads will be electric by 2050. Encouragingly, the market for electric cars is growing year-on-year, though realistically they continue to make
Ready for the journey? Public attitudes to electric and ultra-low emission vehicles
Reading Time: 6 minutes The UK Government is encouraging drivers to buy zero emission battery electric vehicles to accelerate the decarbonisation of transport. It will phase out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030,
Transport
Climate change risks to transport infrastructure
Reading Time: 8 minutes The condition and quality of transport infrastructure is critical to the economic and social wellbeing of Northern Ireland (NI). There can be huge costs where transport infrastructure fails or is damaged in some way with
Transport trends during the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland
Reading Time: 8 minutes Share on linkedin Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print In March 2020, the lockdown imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a collapse in the use of all
Are electric cars a realistic alternative to petrol and diesel in Northern Ireland today?
Reading Time: 9 minutes The UK Government has a vision where almost all cars and vans on UK roads will be electric by 2050. Encouragingly, the market for electric cars is growing year-on-year, though realistically they continue to make
Water
Reservoir safety in Northern Ireland: What changes are in the pipeline?
Reading Time: 7 minutes Reservoir safety is changing in order to better protect people in Northern Ireland. This article gives an overview of a recent Research and Information Service paper about the Reservoirs Act (Northern Ireland) 2015. It explains
