Construction

Power Construction

ISA Cteep to Invest $3 Bln in Brazil Power Transmission Projects by 2028

Brazilian power company ISA Cteep (TRPL4.SA) is set to invest more than 15 billion reais ($3 billion) in electricity transmission projects in the country by 202…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Straßkirchen Residents Greenlight Construction of BMW Battery Factory

The preliminary final results of the Straßkirchen referendum are in: A clear majority of Straßkirchen residents voted in favor of building the new B…

Geothermal Power Plant

ISTAK Starts Work on Expansion of Svartsengi Geothermal Plant, Iceland

Students visiting the Svartsengi geothermal plant in Iceland (source: ThinkGeoEnergy)Icelandic construction company ISTAK has started work on the new power stat…

Power Construction

ADB Approves $200M Loan for Uzbekistan's Power Distribution System

It aims to digitalise 26 distribution substations in the country.The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has given the green light for a $200m loan that will support t…

Electric Vehicles

Hyundai Speeds up Construction of Us EV Plant to Get IRA Incentives

Hyundai Motor Group is looking to accelerate the construction of a new plant located in Georgia in order to benefit from federal EV incentives that favor domest…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Head of Rosatom Visited Paks Ii Npp (Hungary) Site and Announced Plan to Pour First Concrete by 2025

On September 22, 2023, Levente Magyar, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary, Gergely Jakli, General Director of Paks-2 NPP CJSC, and Alexey Lik…

Solar Power Plant

Alight to Build 100 MW Solar Plant in Finland

Alight is set to start construction of a large-scale PV plant in Finland. Warren Campbell, the COO of the Stockholm-based independent power producer (IPP), told…

Photovoltaic （PV）

First Solar Starts Construction on $1.1bn PV Solar Module Facility in Us

The company’s fifth fully vertically integrated US plant is projected to expand its nameplate manufacturing capacity by 3.5GW and take First Solar's overal…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Westinghouse, Bechtel Sign Consortium Agreement for Polish Plant

Westinghouse Electric Company and Bechtel have signed a formal agreement to partner on the design and construction of Poland's first nuclear power plant at …

Net Zero

UK Must Kick-Start Construction of Large-Scale Electricity Storage or Fail to Meet Net Zero Targets, Warns Report

The U.K. government must kick-start the construction of large-scale hydrogen storage facilities if it is to meet its pledge that all electricity will come from …

Solar Technology

France's Saint-Gobain Signs Deal to Buy Renewable Electricity From Totalenergies

French construction company Saint-Gobain (SGOB.PA) has signed a deal to buy solar power from energy giant TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA), it said on Wednesday.As part …

Power Construction

Planning Review Starts for 500KM German Grid Expansion

German TSO Amprion has selected engineering consultancies Arcadis and ILF Beratende Ingenieure GmbH to undertake the initial phases of route planning for the 50…

Coal Trade

Kazakhstan Plans to Limit Coal Exports

The Ministry of Industry and Construction of Kazakhstan plans to limit coal exports, Minister Kanat Sharlapaev said during a briefing in the government on Tuesd…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

China's Huge Coal Plant Building Has Weird Climate Logic: Russell

China is building two-thirds of the coal-fired electricity generation capacity currently under construction globally, and this may not be as disastrous for the …

Oil & Gas Trade

Russia and China to Build Oil Transshipment Complex for $686 Mln

Russia's United Oil- and Gas-Chemical Co. (ONGK) and China's Xuan Yuan Industrial Development have agreed to jointly invest 5 billion yuan ($686 million…