Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has awarded a AED1.05bn ($286m) contract for the construction of electricity transmission projects, including a 400/132kV substation, two 132/11kV substations and 75km of 132kV ground cables.
ACWA Power has inaugurated a 120MW Khalladi wind farm in Tangier, Morocco, which will supply clean power at competitive prices to large industrial companies, mostly operating in the cement sector.
French energy and services group Engie and Swiss investment manager SUSI Partners have signed financing agreements for Project Tonstad, a 208MW wind farm in Norway.
GE Renewable Energy's Hydropower business has been selected by Seattle City Light (SCL), a US-based public utility, to rebuild three generators in the powerhouse of the Boundary Dam.
Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline (KMTP), EagleClaw Midstream Ventures and Apache have signed a letter of intent for the development of the proposed Permian Highway Pipeline Project (PHP Project), which will supply natural gas from the Permian Basin to markets along the Texas Gulf Coast.
The UK government has rejected plans for the construction of a £1.3bn tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay as it would be too expensive compared to alternatives such as offshore wind farms and nuclear energy.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to provide a $500m loan to the Bangladesh government for the development of an 800MW power plant in Khulna, along with connections to natural gas and power transmission facilities.
Abu Dhabi National Oil (Adnoc), Saudi Aramco (Aramco) and a consortium of three Indian oil companies have signed a framework agreement to explore the possibility of a strategic partnership and co-investment in a new $44bn mega refinery and petrochemicals complex at Ratnagiri on India’s west coast.
Bechtel has been selected by Port Arthur LNG, a wholly owned affiliate of Sempra LNG & Midstream, as the EPC contractor for the Port Arthur liquefaction project in Jefferson County, Texas.
UK-based construction and engineering company J Murphy & Sons has won a £100m contract from Innogy Renewables UK (innogy) for the 860MW Triton Knoll offshore wind farm project.
Surerus Murphy Joint Venture, SA Energy Group, Macro Spiecapag Joint Venture and Pacific Atlantic Pipeline Construction have won conditional contracts from TransCanada to construct the proposed Coastal GasLink pipeline project.
Metka EGN, a subsidiary of Greece-based Mytilineos, has signed a €200m contract with Talasol Solar to construct a 300MWp solar power plant in the municipality of Talaván, Cáceres, Spain.
Senex Energy, an Australian oil and gas exploration and production company, and Jemena, which owns and operates natural gas, electricity, and water infrastructure assets in Australia, have signed agreements to invest AUD140m ($104m) to fast-track gas from Project Atlas to the domestic market by late 2019.
Wind power solutions company Goldwind Australia has broken ground on the Stockyard Hill Wind Farm project being established near Ballarat in the Australian state of Victoria.
A joint venture between US-based infrastructure firm Aecom, Canadian construction companies Aecon and SNC-Lavalin has won a CAD475m ($362m) contract from Bruce Power for the Unit 6 Fuel Channel and Feeder Replacement (FCFR) at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Kincardine, Ontario.
Engineering and construction company Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has won orders worth INR13.91bn ($205m) across various business segments in India.
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) has completed the construction of Unit 1 of a natural gas-fired power generation facility being established by PT PLN (Persero), Indonesia’s state-owned electricity provider, on the premises of the Tanjung Priok Power Plant on Java Island.
Luxembourg-based integrated steel and mining company ArcelorMittal and Chicago-based LanzaTech have broken ground on a €150m project at the steel company’s site in Ghent, Belgium, to convert carbon-containing gas from its blast furnaces into bioethanol.
L&T Construction, the construction arm of L&T, has won orders valued at INR22.1bn ($327.6m) across two business segments.
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) has completed the construction of Unit 1 of a natural gas-fired power generation facility being established by PT PLN (Persero), Indonesia’s state-owned electricity provider, on the premises of the Tanjung Priok Power Plant on Java Island.