The state government of Queensland, Australia has approved the construction of Lacour Energy’s 180MW Banana Range wind farm south-west of Gladstone.
Canada-based solar power company Canadian Solar has been selected to build three solar photovoltaic (PV) projects with a total capacity of 393.7MW in two recent private corporate auctions held in Brazil.
Lane Construction, the US subsidiary of Italian construction group Salini Impregilo, has won a $255m contract for a water storage tunnel to reduce polluted overflows into Seattle’s Lake Washington Ship Canal, Washington.
L&T Construction, the construction arm of Indian conglomerate L&T, has won significant contracts from clients for its varied businesses.
French utility company SUEZ has been selected by the City of Montreal to construct a €115m ($126m) organic waste treatment facility in Montreal, Canada.
Almar Water Solutions, through Abdul Latif Jameel and Rawafid Alhadarah, and its consortium partners Spanish infrastructure company Acciona and Japanese firm Marubeni Corporation have laid the foundation stone at the IWP Shuqaiq-3 desalination project in Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea coast.
A consortium comprising TechnipFMC, JGC, and Fluor has secured an EPC contract from Mozambique Rovuma Venture (MRV) for the Rovuma LNG production complex project in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.
US-based Dominion Energy and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) have announced a joint project to develop a 100MW solar power project on 1,200 acres at Washington Dulles International Airport.
Canadian electricity generator and wholesale marketing company TransAlta has partnered with SemCAMS Midstream, a gathering and processing business and Canadian subsidiary of US-based SemGroup, to build a 40MW cogeneration facility in Alberta, Canada.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $60m (£48.7m) in financing for the construction of hydropower plants (HPPs), with a total generation capacity of 25MW, in Uzbekistan.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to provide €72.25m ($66m) to Beo Čista Energija, a special purpose vehicle (SPV) formed for the construction of new solid waste management facilities in Belgrade, Serbia.
Fluor and its joint venture (JV) partner Walsh Construction have broken ground on Phase One of $2.1bn Red and Purple Line Modernization (RPM) Programme of Chicago Transit Authority (CTA).
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Dutch development bank FMO have agreed to provide $106m (£85m) in financing for the construction of 80MW Radiant and Eldosol solar projects in Kenya.
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued final approval to the US-based small-scale LNG firm Eagle LNG Partners to construct and operate the $500m (£401.7m) Jacksonville LNG export facility on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida.
Enel Green Power, a subsidiary of Italian energy company Enel, has broken ground on the 201MW Kolskaya wind farm located in the Russian region of Murmansk.
UK-based infrastructure firm Balfour Beatty has commenced the tunnelling work at the £19.6bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power station project in Somerset, UK.
UK-based construction company Balfour Beatty has received a £70m contract to deliver Overhead Line works in the west of Scotland, UK on behalf of utility firm Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission (SSEN Transmission).
A consortium of Orascom Construction and Siemens has signed an agreement with Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity to rebuild Baiji 1 and Baiji 2 power plants in northern Iraq.
L&T Construction, the construction unit of Indian technology, engineering, construction, manufacturing and financial services conglomerate L&T, has been awarded EPC contracts in India.
Suez NWS, a joint venture between French environmental services provider Suez and NWS Holdings, has been selected for a €1bn (£893m) wastewater treatment contract in Dongying Chemical Industry Park in Shandong province, China.