(IN BRIEF) Snam has agreed to acquire Igneo Infrastructure Partners’ 48.2% stake in OLT Offshore LNG Toscana for approximately EUR 126 million, including shareholder loan components, increasing Snam’s ownership to 97.3% once the deal is completed in the first half … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisition, Adjusted EBITDA, Adriatic LNG, Agostino Scornajenchi, BW Singapore FSRU, FSRU Toscana, gas diversification, Golden Power, Gregor Kurth, Igneo Infrastructure Partners, Italian antitrust, Italis FSRU, Italy energy security, Livorno, LNG imports, LNG regasification, natural gas infrastructure, OLT Offshore LNG Toscana, Panigaglia, regasification terminals, Snam, Snam Expands Ownership in OLT to 97.3 Percent in Deal Supporting Italy’s Energy Security, Tariff RAB
(IN BRIEF) NIB has provided a EUR 25 million loan to AS Tallinna Vesi to extend and expand the city’s wastewater infrastructure upgrade programme through 2026. The investment will renovate around 18 kilometres of ageing wastewater pipelines, modernize treatment plant … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Estonia, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged André Küüsvek, AS Tallinna Vesi, digitalisation, energy efficiency, environmental stewardship, Estonia, EUR 25 million loan, infrastructure financing, Nasdaq Tallinn, NIB, NIB Backs Tallinn Wastewater Investment Programme to Strengthen Reliability and Reduce Environmental Impact, NIB Provides EUR 25 Million to Support Major Wastewater Infrastructure Upgrades in Estonia with Tallinna Vesi, NIB Provides EUR 25 Million to Support Tallinna Vesi’s Upgrades to Networks and Treatment Systems, Nordic Investment Bank, OÜ Utilitas, pipeline renovation, stormwater management, sustainable urban development, Taavi Gröön, Tallinn, Tallinna Vesi Receives EUR 25 Million NIB Loan to Strengthen Estonia’s Wastewater Systems and Improve Operational Efficiency, Tallinna Vesi Receives EUR 25 Million NIB Loan to Strengthen Wastewater Infrastructure and Boost Operational Efficiency, utility services, wastewater infrastructure, wastewater treatment plant
(IN BRIEF) Iberdrola has begun assembling turbines for the new Tâmega Wind Farm, which will become Portugal’s largest wind installation with 274 MW of capacity, 38 Vestas 7.2 MW turbines, and annual generation of 601 GWh. The €350 million project … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Portugal, Spain, Technology
Tagged 601 GWh, 7.2 MW turbines, blade lift technology, Braga, CJR, CO2 reduction, Conduril, electrification, environmental monitoring, European manufacturing, hybrid wind hydro project, Iberdrola, Iberdrola Advances Construction of Portugal’s Largest Wind Farm to Drive National Electrification, landscape recovery plan, Major Tâmega Wind Farm Project Strengthens Portugal’s Renewable Energy Capacity and Industrial Growth, National Energy and Climate Plan, Norges Bank Investment Management, Painhas, Portugal energy transition, Proef, renewable energy, Socorpena, sustainability, Tâmega Norte, Tâmega Sur, Tâmega Wind Farm, Vestas EnVentus V172, Vila Real, wind power
(IN BRIEF) National Grid has taken a significant step in its Great Grid Upgrade programme by awarding major contracts for Sea Link, a proposed 140-km subsea electricity connection between Kent and Suffolk designed to deliver cleaner, more reliable energy. Siemens … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Society, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Apprenticeships, Carl Trowell, clean energy, Darren Davidson, economic growth, high voltage cable, infrastructure investment, Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce, Major Sea Link Contracts Strengthen UK Manufacturing and Skills as Part of The Great Grid Upgrade, Masaki Shirayama, Michael Shanks, national grid, net zero, Port of Nigg, regional development, Sea Link, Siemens Energy, subsea connection, Suffolk Chamber of Commerce, Sumitomo Electric, supply chain, The Great Grid Upgrade, Tudor Price, UK manufacturing, VanOord
(IN BRIEF) OMV Petrom confirms that the Neptun Deep Black Sea gas development with Romgaz is progressing on schedule, with first gas expected in 2027 and investments estimated at up to EUR 4 billion. As development drilling continues, the company … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Romania
Tagged 2043, Anaconda-1 well, Black Sea gas, Christina Verchere, Cristian Hubati, deepwater exploration, Domino field, electricity supply, EUR 4 billion investment, EUR 90 million well cost, Exploration Wells and License Extensions, first gas 2027, fiscal framework, hydrocarbons, natural gas resources, Neptun Deep, offshore energy, OMV Petrom, onshore exploration, Pelican South, production license extension, Romania, Romanian energy sector, Romania’s Largest Energy Investor Progresses Deepwater Projects, Romgaz, royalties, seismic drilling, Taxation
(IN BRIEF) EIB Global organised a marine clean-up and coral restoration campaign in the Thousand Islands area north of Jakarta, bringing together Team Europe representatives, Indonesian authorities, NGOs, students and local community members. The initiative resulted in the removal of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Environment, European Union, Infrastructure & Utilities, Luxembourg, News, Non Profit, Society
Tagged blue economy, Climate Action, coral restoration, EIB Global, environmental cooperation, EU Green Diplomacy Week, European Investment Bank, H.E. Sujiro Seam, Indonesia, Jakarta, juvenile clownfish release, Langit Biru Pertiwi Foundation, marine clean-up, marine pollution, Nicola Beer, reef regeneration, Remove Marine Litter and Support Local Ecosystems, Sunita Lukkhoo, Team Europe, Team Europe and Indonesia Join Forces to Restore Reefs, Thousand Islands, Tri Indrawan
(IN BRIEF) RWE has launched operations at its repowered Muel wind farm in Aragon, replacing 27 ageing turbines with three high-capacity Nordex models and raising total capacity from 16.2 MW to 19.97 MW. The upgrade more than doubles the electricity … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Spain
Tagged 000 homes, 19.97 MW, 21, Aragon, Bureau Veritas, Circularity, Katja Wünschel, Muel wind farm, NextGenerationEU, Nordex N163/6.X, Nordtank 600kW, onshore wind, Recovery and Resilience Facility, RenerCycle, renewable energy, repowering, Repowering Milestone in Spain as RWE Upgrades Muel Wind Farm with Higher Capacity and ZeroWaste Certification, RWE, RWE Renewables Iberia, Spain, turbine recycling, Zaragoza, ZeroWaste
(IN BRIEF) Siemens and nVent have partnered to create a liquid-cooled reference architecture designed for 100-MW hyperscale AI data-centers, integrating Siemens’ electrical and automation systems with nVent’s cooling technologies. The modular blueprint is Tier-III-capable and optimized for large AI compute … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged AI Infrastructure, automation systems, Ciaran Flanagan, DGX GB200, high-density compute, hyperscale data centers, liquid cooling, modular data centers, New Siemens-nVent Blueprint Targets High-Density AI Workloads with Liquid Cooling and Modular Power Design, nVent, NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, power distribution, reference architecture, Sara Zawoyski, Siemens, sustainability in data centers, Tier III-capable, tokens per watt
(IN BRIEF) Vodafone has rolled out an automated software testing platform created with Spirent Communications, enabling rapid validation and deployment of 5G core voice network upgrades across Europe. The system reduces software rollout time by up to 75% — from … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, News, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged 5G standalone, automated testing, CI/CD, cloud-native networks, core network upgrades, Dougie Rankin, European rollout, Fragkiskos Vellis, Keysight Technologies, multi-vendor integration, network automation, software deployment, Spirent Communications, telecom infrastructure, vodafone, Vodafone Advances CI/CD Network Automation to Speed Multi-Vendor Software Releases for 5G Voice Services, VoWiFi
(IN BRIEF) Deutsche Telekom has formed a multi-year partnership with OpenAI to bring advanced AI services to customers and enterprises across Europe. The agreement grants Telekom early access to an alpha-phase OpenAI model, enabling both companies to co-create new AI-powered … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, News, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Abdurazak Mudesir, AI collaboration, AI pilots 2026, artificial intelligence rollout, autonomous networks, Brad Lightcap, ChatGPT Enterprise, communication technology, customer experience, Deutsche Telekom, European digital infrastructure, large-scale AI deployment, OpenAI, OpenAI and Deutsche Telekom Advance Strategic AI Collaboration to Build Consumer and Enterprise Solutions at Scale, productivity tools, telecom AI
(IN BRIEF) KUKA and Australian company 5North have partnered to build a fully automated 2D timber panel manufacturing plant in Adelaide, introducing robotics at every stage of production — from material feeding to finishing. The advanced line will produce precision … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Electronics & Machinery, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Technology
Tagged 2D panel production, 5North, Adelaide manufacturing, automated construction, automated timber processing, automation in building, construction efficiency, construction technology, digital fabrication, factory-built homes, industrialised construction, KUKA, New KUKA-Powered Factory to Deliver Fast Timber Panel Manufacturing for Sustainable Housing and Prefabrication Growth, prefabricated elements, prefabrication, robotics, sustainable housing, Timber Construction, Timo Heil, Wayne Hughes
(IN BRIEF) Fortum Battery Recycling has introduced a refreshed operating model and leadership structure aimed at accelerating growth and enhancing service for the European battery industry. The new framework centres the business around three operational areas — Battery Recycling Services, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Anssi Airas, battery raw materials, battery recycling services, Celine Fogde, closed loop recycling, European battery industry, EV battery supply chain, Fortum Battery Recycling, Fortum updates battery recycling unit structure with three core business areas and new strategic partnerships function, Frank Stumpf, growth strategy, hydrometallurgical operations, Jaakko Soini, Julius Kirkkola, leadership update, organisational restructuring, Pekka Alisaari, strategic partnerships, Technology & Growth, Teemu Koivunen
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ has received a mid double-digit million-euro contract from the Tennessee Valley Authority to supply two advanced Spray Dry Absorbers for the Shawnee Fossil Plant in Kentucky. The units, designed for Boiler 8 and 9, will reduce SO₂/SO₃ … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Technology
Tagged Andritz, Clean Air Technologies, Dan Tibbs, Emissions Reduction, EPA compliance, flue gas treatment, fossil plant modernization, Harald Prieler, hydrogen chloride removal, mid double digit million euro contract, order intake Q3 2025, Paducah Kentucky, Regional Haze Rule, SDA, Shawnee Fossil Plant, Spray Dry Absorber technology from ANDRITZ to strengthen environmental performance at Shawnee facility, Spray Dry Absorbers, sulfur oxide removal, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA
(IN BRIEF) Tata Steel has awarded ANDRITZ a contract to supply an acid regeneration plant for its Port Talbot Works in Wales, supporting a major capacity increase in the site’s pickling line. The new facility, due for commissioning in late … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Metals and Minerals, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 1.2 million mtpy, 1.8 million mtpy, 340 l/h regeneration capacity, 6, acid regeneration plant, Andritz, ANDRITZ to deliver high-efficiency acid regeneration facility for Tata Steel’s Welsh operations, automation, commissioning 2027, Cybersecurity, ECOmode, emissions control technology, energy efficiency, Paul Boxer, pickling line capacity expansion, Port Talbot Works, Q4 2025 order intake, steel production sustainability, Tata Steel, waste acid recycling
(IN BRIEF) Webuild, through subsidiary Lane, has finished the new Unionport Bridge spanning Westchester Creek in the Bronx. The $232 million project replaces a 1950s structure and connects key transport corridors, including the Cross Bronx Expressway, Bruckner Expressway and Hutchinson … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy, Management, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 75 year bridge lifespan, bascule bridge replacement, Bronx, Bruckner Expressway, complex infrastructure delivery, Cross Bronx Expressway, Genoa San Giorgio Bridge, Hutchinson River Parkway, Lane Construction, Long Beach International Gateway Bridge, maritime navigation, mechanical lift systems, New York City infrastructure, pedestrian walkway, protected bike lane, Schiavone Construction, Second Bosphorus Bridge, SPC Construction, sustainable mobility, Sydney Metro Northwest viaduct, Unionport Bridge, Unionport Bridge delivered by Webuild’s Lane unit replacing 1950s span and improving Bronx connectivity, Vision Zero, Webuild, Westchester Creek
(IN BRIEF) TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Galp that gives TotalEnergies a 40% operated interest in PEL83, home to the Mopane discovery, while Galp will acquire 10% of PEL56, which contains the Venus discovery, along with a 9.39% stake … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment
Tagged Custos, deepwater Namibia, equity interests, exploration wells 2026, final investment decision 2026, Galp, Impact Oil and Gas, low carbon projects Namibia, major producing hub, Mopane discovery, multi-energy strategy, NAMCOR, Namibia oil development, Patrick Pouyanné, PEL56, PEL83, PEL91, QatarEnergy, TotalEnergies, TotalEnergies reshapes Namibian asset portfolio through PEL83 acquisition and shared development plan with Galp, upstream agreement, Venus discovery
(IN BRIEF) RWE announced that Katja Wünschel, CEO of its renewables business in Europe and Australia, will leave the company on 31 March 2026 to join Vonovia as Chief Development Officer. Sopna Sury, currently Executive Board member at RWE Generation … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News
Tagged battery storage, corporate appointment, E.ON, executive change, hydrogen business, Katja Wünschel, leadership transition, Leadership transition at RWE as Katja Wünschel departs for Vonovia and Sopna Sury moves into renewables CEO role, Markus Krebber, Nikolaus Valerius, onshore wind, renewables strategy, RWE, RWE Renewables Europe & Australia, solar development, Sopna Sury, Uniper, Vonovia
(IN BRIEF) Deutsche Telekom, Fraunhofer IAIS and Kliniken der Stadt Köln are developing an AI agent system to support medical staff in emergency trauma rooms. The AI listens to team communication, extracts critical medical information in real time and structures … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Germany, Healthcare, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Society, Technology, Telecom
Tagged ABCDE protocol, AI agent for emergency care enters development with Deutsche Telekom and Fraunhofer to support real-time decision making, AI Foundation Services, AI trauma room assistant, autonomous clinical support, cloud-edge continuum, data security, Deutsche Telekom, emergency medicine AI, emergency workflows, Ferri Abolhassan, Fraunhofer IAIS, healthcare AI infrastructure, IPCEI-CIS, Jerome Defosse, Kliniken der Stadt Köln, Martin Pin, NVIDIA DGX Spark, Open Telekom Cloud, real-time documentation, sovereign AI in Europe, Stefan Rüping, T-Systems, Thorsten Tjardes, TraumAInterfaces
(IN BRIEF) A new global Siemens study reveals that energy efficiency in buildings has risen to the number-one infrastructure priority for organizations — up from seventh in 2023. The Infrastructure Transition Monitor 2025, based on responses from 1,400 executives across … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 1, 19 countries, 400 respondents, autonomous buildings, building electrification, capital barriers, decarbonization, digitalization, energy efficiency, energy savings, Energy-as-a-Service, infrastructure survey, Infrastructure Transition Monitor 2025 shows surge in energy efficiency focus while financing gaps slow net-zero progress, investment trends, net zero transition, on-site renewables, Operational Efficiency, real estate sustainability, Siemens Financial Services, Siemens Infrastructure Transition Monitor 2025, smart building technologies, Susanne Seitz
(IN BRIEF) Allianz Re celebrated the ninth Allianz Climate Risk Award on December 2, 2025, recognising outstanding academic research addressing climate-related risks. The 2025 winner, Diego Altafini of Cardiff University, was honoured for research advancing flood-impact analysis for climate adaptation. … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Economy, Education, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Insurance, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Allianz Climate Risk Award 2025, Allianz Re and Allianz Trade spotlight scientific innovation in climate risk and supply-chain resilience with 2025 award winners, Allianz Reinsurance, Allianz Trade Award, Cardiff University, climate adaptation, climate research recognition, climate risk science, Diego Altafini, Emilia Macarie, Guglielmo Zappalà, Harvard University, Holger Tewes-Kampelmann, Markus Stowasser, Mitchell Anderson, natural perils competence centre, Piril Kadibesegil, Ralf Ludwig, resilience research, Shagun Garg, Sibylle Steimen, supply chain resilience, Supriya Krishnan, University of Cambridge, University of Canterbury
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