A Dutch consortium recently tested four different PV system configurations along water in the Netherlands. The country has approximately 17,000 km of dikes and a preliminary study has shown that they ...

The Dutch water management system of building dams and dykes against the sea to control water flow is obsolete, unsafe, and inefficient, according to a new report. Zeist, The Netherlands – The Dutch ...

The film "Land Behind The Dikes" explores the Netherlands' extensive land reclamation efforts, driven by the need to protect low-lying areas from the sea. It details the construction of dikes and the ...

Dikes are indispensable for bees, especially if they are home to many different plant and flower species. A large census conducted on 157 dikes along rivers in the Netherlands revealed that more and ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Dozens of farmers were warned to evacuate land north of the Dutch capital Thursday as a dike protecting the area threatened to collapse. Local mayor Ben Plandsoen told ...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Firefighters and volunteers worked to reinforce dikes against rising floodwaters in northern and eastern Germany as heavy rains falling on already soaked ground pushed rivers ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Firefighters and ...