Futuristic Power plants, insanely fast transportation and incredibly beautiful skyscrapers, all being built right now, and featured in this video!
1. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, France.
Fusion is the nuclear reaction that powers the sun and the stars and it is a potential source of non-carbon emitting, and virtually limitless energy.
The ITER is an international experiment, 35 countries collaborating on a $20 billion project to build the ITER Tokamak, the largest and most powerful fusion device in the world. Once up and running, the 10 million separate parts that compose the million components of this amazing machine should be able to produce 500MW for every 50MW of heating power put into it. The complex is due for completion in 2025 and initial testing should begin shortly afterward.
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2. Chuo Shinkansen, Japan.
When it comes to fast and efficient transport systems, Japan is by far the best, and it’s about to get even better. The Chuo Shinkansen is a Japanese Maglev railway line under construction between Tokyo and Nagoya with plans to carry on to Osaka after completion. Almost 90% of the line will be tunnels, and of these tunnels, most will be under the Japanese Alps. The line has an estimated cost of $46.5 billion and once completed in 2027 it will be able to transport commuters from Tokyo to Nagoya, at speeds up to 310mph, covering the 180 miles between the two cities in just 40 minutes!
3. Grand Renaissance Dam, Ethiopia.
This massive dam is Africa’s largest and was mainly designed for the production of electricity through hydropower generators. It cost nearly $5 billion, its 476ft, 1.1 miles long and took 353 million cubic ft of concrete to construct. Once full it is estimated to be able to generate 16,153GWh a year. The Dam itself has been the subject of some controversy though, 20,000 people had to be relocated to allow for the dam to be made, there are claims that the dam is too big for the comparative amount of power it could produce, and other countries further downstream are worried that the dam gives Ethiopia control over the Blue Nile river and therefore control over water supplies in their own countries.
4. One Barangaroo, Australia.
Only recently completed, this 75-floor Skyscraper is 890ft, making it the tallest building in Sydney. The building cost $1.45 billion to construct and its clad in nearly 7000 triangular glass panels. Inside it has a 6-star hotel with 350 rooms, a casino, 82 luxury apartments, a spa, gym, bars, restaurants, an observation deck, and 3 luxury “Sky Villas” on floors 67 to 69. Outside it has tennis courts and two infinity pools.
5. O’Hare International Airport Remodel, USA.
What with hosting the up-and-coming 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Olympic Games, the US is preparing its transport infrastructure for the massive increase in demand it’s about to go under. Chicago’s O’Hare international airport is undergoing an $8.5 billion remodel that will expand terminal 5 and completely revamp terminal 2. This remodel will add over 3 million sqft of space and 50 additional gates. To avoid disruption, the work will be carried out in stages, all the way up to 2028.
6. Chinese Ethereal Tower.
This Design was the winning project in a competition to design a tower for Qianhai Bay in Shenzhen, China’s “Silicon Valley”. The 880ft tower’s base will be surrounded by an infinity pool and a glass-roofed area below that. The structure itself will be 99 individual islands, linked to the central tower by spoke beams and a ring beam and each individually stabilized to the ground with individual tensioning cables made from Kevlar rope and steel rods. Inside it will have shops, restaurants, VIP lounges, coffee bars, and even a chapel. The center of the top of the tower will be an observatory restaurant surrounded by an infinity waterfall and the exterior circumference will be a glass-panelled observatory walkway.
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