(IN BRIEF) RWE is preparing to build an 850 MW hydrogen-compatible combined cycle power plant at its former Voerde site in Germany, supporting the country’s coal phase-out and long-term energy security. The German government’s upcoming framework for hydrogen-compatible gas plant … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, News
Tagged clean energy, Coal Phase-Out, combined cycle plant, decarbonisation, energy security, energy transition, GE Vernova, German government, Germany, GREEN HYDROGEN, Hydrogen Core Network, hydrogen energy, hydrogen-compatible power plant, hydrogen-ready technology, Nikolaus Valerius, renewable energy, RWE, RWE Advances Plans for Hydrogen-Ready Power Plant in Voerde to Support Germany’s Energy Transition, RWE Generation SE, sustainable infrastructure, Técnicas Reunidas, Voerde
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ has received a major contract from the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) to modernize the Srinagarind hydropower plant by replacing two pumped storage units with advanced 180-MW systems. The mid double-digit million-euro project, part of ANDRITZ’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Technology
Tagged Andritz, ANDRITZ Strengthens Renewable Energy Partnership with EGAT Through Srinagarind Hydropower Modernization, clean power, EGAT, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, energy efficiency, energy transition, engineering network, Francis units, grid balancing, hydropower modernization, Kanchanaburi, Kwai Yai River, manufacturing in India, Modernization Project, power generation, pump turbine units, pumped storage, renewable energy, Southeast Asia energy, Srinagarind hydropower plant, sustainable infrastructure, THAILAND
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €150 million loan to the Istituto per il Credito Sportivo e Culturale (ICSC) to finance new and upgraded public sports and cultural infrastructure across Italy. The funding will support projects … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Banks, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Luxembourg, News, Sports, Technology
Tagged Antonella Baldino, community investment, cultural infrastructure, cycle paths, EIB, EIB Backs ICSC with New €150 Million Financing to Drive Urban Regeneration and Social Inclusion Across Italy, energy efficiency, European Investment Bank, financing agreement, Gelsomina Vigliotti, Green mobility, ICSC, Istituto per il Credito Sportivo e Culturale, Italy, Jean-Christophe Laloux, public amenities, regional development, social inclusion, southern Italy, sports infrastructure, SROI, sustainable development, sustainable infrastructure, urban regeneration
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending €79.5 million to Ignitis Group as part of a €318 million financing consortium that includes the EIB, Swedbank, and NIB to fund the 314 MW Kelmė wind farm … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Lithuania
Tagged 5 GW target, Baltic region, clean power, climate goals, EBRD, EBRD Backs Ignitis Group with €79.5 Million Loan to Build the Baltic Region’s Largest Onshore Wind Farm, Energy Independence, energy security, EU Energy Policy, European Investment Bank, green transition, Ignitis Group, Kelmė wind farm, Lithuania, Lithuanian households, Nordic Investment Bank, onshore wind, renewable energy, Sustainable Finance, sustainable infrastructure, Swedbank, zero-carbon electricity
(IN BRIEF) ABB and Enedis have signed a new five-year framework agreement, extendable to eight years, to modernize and decarbonize France’s electricity distribution network. Building on their 2017 collaboration to phase out SF6 gas from medium-voltage switchgear, the renewed partnership … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged ABB, ABB and Enedis Forge Next Phase of Sustainable Grid Modernization in France, Andrea Estrada Hein, circular economy, decarbonization, Distribution Solutions, eco-design, electrification, Enedis, Enedis Extends Collaboration with ABB to Deploy SF6-Free Technologies Across French Power Networks, energy transition, European Union F-gas regulation, France, greenhouse gas reduction, grid modernization, Hervé Champenois, medium-voltage networks, power distribution, renewable energy integration, SF6-free switchgear, sustainable infrastructure, Unisec V500
(IN BRIEF) Bouygues Group subsidiary Colas and TotalEnergies have renewed their three-year partnership to accelerate the decarbonization of the construction industry in France and beyond. The collaboration focuses on deploying biofuels such as hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), renewable electricity, electric … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged battery storage, Bernard Pinatel, biofuels, Bouygues group, Bouygues subsidiary Colas and TotalEnergies renew partnership to accelerate decarbonization of the construction industry, Bouygues subsidiary Colas and TotalEnergies strengthen partnership to advance low-carbon construction worldwide, carbon neutrality, CO2 reduction, Colas, Colas and TotalEnergies expand multi-energy solutions to accelerate sustainable construction practices, Colas Group, construction industry, decarbonization, electric vehicle charging, energy transition, France, greenhouse gas reduction, HVO100, hydrotreated vegetable oil, low carbon construction, multi-energy strategy, Pierre Vanstoflegatte, renewable electricity, renewable power, solar energy, sustainability partnership, sustainable infrastructure, TotalEnergies, TotalEnergies and Colas extend three-year partnership to drive decarbonization across Bouygues Group operations, TotalEnergies and Colas renew strategic three-year partnership to accelerate construction decarbonization in France and worldwide, TotalEnergies and Colas strengthen partnership to drive low-carbon transformation of the construction industry, TotalEnergies partnership
(IN BRIEF) SUEZ has renewed its €33 million, eight-year contract with the Grand Paris Seine & Oise Urban Community to manage wastewater treatment for 24 municipalities in Yvelines. The Mureaux plant, already the first in Île-de-France to inject biomethane into … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News
Tagged AQUADVANCED Urban Drainage, Arnaud Bazire, biomethane, CU GPS&O, Digital Twin, ecological transition, energy neutrality, European Directive 2024/3019, Grand Paris Seine & Oise, Île-de-France, Mureaux wastewater treatment plant, Mur’Envol, photovoltaic energy, renewable energy, SeinergyLab, SUEZ, SUEZ invests €2.8 million to modernize Mureaux wastewater facility and boost renewable energy production, SUEZ secures €33 million contract renewal to advance Mureaux wastewater plant toward energy neutrality, SUEZ strengthens partnership with Grand Paris Seine & Oise to transform Mureaux plant into a renewable energy pioneer, sustainable infrastructure, ValServices, wastewater management, Yvelines
(IN BRIEF) Sweco has entered into an agreement to acquire Fimpec Group, a Finnish consulting and engineering company specialising in renewable energy, hydrogen, circular economy, and critical minerals. Pending approval from the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority, the acquisition will … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged batteries, bioeconomy, circular economy, clean technology, critical minerals, engineering consultancy, European Energy Transition, Fimpec Group, Finland, Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority, Forest Industry, green industrial transition, hydrogen, industrial decarbonisation, KKV, Nordic market expansion, renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, Sweco, Sweco accelerates sustainable industry growth through integration of Fimpec’s 400 experts, Sweco moves to strengthen Europe’s energy transition expertise with planned Fimpec acquisition, Sweco to acquire Fimpec Group to accelerate growth in Europe’s green industrial transition, Thomas Hietto
(IN BRIEF) PATRIZIA has agreed to acquire Statkraft Varme, the district heating business of Statkraft AS, in a deal worth up to EUR 312 million. Statkraft Varme operates 13 plants in Norway and Sweden, supplying low-carbon heating to households, businesses, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Norway, Real Estate, Sweden, United Kingdom
Tagged circular economy, decarbonisation, district heating, Ecotermica Servizi, energy transition, Fredrik Naesse, Graham Matthews, Greenthesis, Henrik Sætness, Kinland, low-carbon energy, Norway, PATRIZIA, PATRIZIA acquires Statkraft Varme to expand district heating leadership in Norway and Sweden, PATRIZIA acquires Statkraft Varme to expand sustainable infrastructure footprint in the Nordics, Renergia, renewable heat, SAREN Energy, Statkraft, Statkraft Varme, Statkraft Varme acquisition strengthens PATRIZIA’s European circular economy portfolio, sustainable infrastructure, Sweden, Trondheim
(IN BRIEF) Arkema and Catalyxx have announced a strategic partnership to develop a new value chain for bio-based acrylic resins with a lower carbon footprint. Catalyxx plans to construct an industrial facility to produce bio-alcohols such as bio n-butanol from … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, France, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged adhesives, Arkema, Arkema partners with Catalyxx to build bio-based acrylic resin value chain and advance sustainable materials, Arkema strengthens sustainability strategy through partnership with Catalyxx on bio-based resins from renewable feedstocks, bio n-butanol, bio-alcohols, bio-based acrylic resins, bioethanol, Catalyxx, Coating Solutions, coatings, e-mobility, green building certifications, Joaquin Alarcón, low carbon materials, renewable feedstocks, RICHARD JENKINS, Seville, Spain, sustainable chemistry, sustainable infrastructure
(IN BRIEF) The EBRD, in collaboration with Egypt’s Ministry of Finance and supported by the Ministry of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation, has launched the €10 million Egypt Project Preparation Facility to accelerate the development of bankable public-private partnership … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Ahmed Kouchouk, Aida Sitdikova, Climate Action, EBRD, EBRD-backed facility to prepare bankable PPP projects and mobilise private capital for Egypt’s sustainable development, EGYPT, Egypt partners with EBRD to boost private-sector investment in green and climate-resilient infrastructure, Egypt Project Preparation Facility, ENERGY, EPPF, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, High-Impact Partnership on Climate Action, HIPCA, Mark Davis, Mostafa Madbouly, Netherlands, partnership, PPP, private sector investment, Public-Private Partnerships, Rania Al Mashat, Republic of Korea, Spain, sustainability, sustainable infrastructure, TRANSPORT, UN Sustainable Development Goals, utilities
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group has appointed Aimilia Pistrika as Head of its Nicosia Office, effective September 1. She succeeds Antonis Papageorgiou, who had served on an interim basis since the office’s inauguration in November by President … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Cyprus, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Aimilia Pistrika, Antonis Papageorgiou, appointment, blue economy, civil engineering, climate finance, climate resilience, Cyprus, EIB Group, energy security, European Investment Bank, Kyriacos Kakouris, leadership, Nadia Calviño, Nicosia Office, partnership, public-sector modernization, sustainable infrastructure, water management
(IN BRIEF) Egis and its consortium partners Amentum, SETEC Nucléaire, and Tractebel have been awarded a contract extension to support the development of Sizewell C, the UK’s next-generation nuclear power station. The ICOSH consortium will deliver the civil design for … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Amentum, civil design, clean energy, Egis, European Pressurised Reactor, Francois-Xavier Basselot, Hinkley Point C, ICOSH consortium, net zero 2050, nuclear power, partnership, SETEC Nucléaire, Sizewell C, Suffolk, sustainability, sustainable infrastructure, Tilly Spencer, Tractebel, UK energy security
(IN BRIEF) NIB and NORD/LB will provide up to EUR 64 million to finance two 91 MWp solar parks in Izabelinė and Lieponys, Lithuania, developed by Green Genius. Supported by the InvestEU programme, the projects include an 18 MW battery … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Lithuania, News, Technology
Tagged battery energy storage, BESS, clean energy transition, CO2 reduction, EBRD, energy diversification, energy transition, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Green Deal, Green Genius, Ignalina municipality, InvestEU, Izabelinė, Lieponys, Lithuania, NIB, NORD/LB, Nordic Investment Bank, Photovoltaic, PV capacity, renewable energy financing, renewable energy projects, solar energy, sustainable infrastructure, Trakai district, utility-scale solar
(IN BRIEF) RWE and Norges Bank Investment Management have marked a significant milestone in their joint Nordseecluster offshore wind project with the installation of the first monopile foundation approximately 50 km off the coast of Juist, Germany. Each foundation, weighing … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Construction, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Technology
Tagged 1.6 GW, Boreas, climate targets, Eemshaven, energy transition, German North Sea, Germany, Green Energy, Juist, monopile, Nordseecluster, Nordseecluster A, Nordseecluster B, Norges Bank Investment Management, offshore installation, Offshore wind, OranjeWind, partnership, renewable electricity, RWE, Sofia project, sustainability, sustainable infrastructure, Thor project, TotalEnergies, transition piece-less, Van Oord, wind energy, wind turbine foundations
(IN BRIEF) Amey has re-entered Australia by acquiring Brisbane-based Premise, a multidisciplinary consultancy respected for its work across the built environment, water, environmental & renewables and transport sectors. The move strengthens Amey’s life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation offering and advances … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisition, Amey, Andy Milner, Australian market re-entry, Brisbane headquarters, built environment, Colin Wood, consulting growth strategy, data and analytics capability, decarbonisation solutions, Duane Gibson, Environmental & Renewables digital and technical expertise, infrastructure innovation, international expansion, life-cycle engineering, multidisciplinary consultancy, operations, partnership, Patrick Brady, Premise, regional communities, sustainability, sustainable infrastructure, WATER, whole-of-life asset management
(IN BRIEF) Olympia Odos has inaugurated Greece’s largest solar installation along a motorway, deploying 10 MWp of photovoltaic panels across 19 sites in Achaia, Corinth and Western Attica. Financed and constructed in under two years via the concession model, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Greece, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged 10 MWp, 19 solar parks, 26 chargers per 100 km, Achaia, Aktor, Avax, Belen Marcos, carbon footprint reduction, Christos Dimas, concession framework, concession model, Corinth, Dr. Panagiotis Papanikolas, EV fast chargers, Greece’s largest photovoltaic program, grid connection, LED lighting, Net Zero 2030, Olympia Odos, operational energy needs, partnership, renewable energy, roadside land, rooftops, scopes 1 and 2 emissions, sustainability, sustainable infrastructure, Terna, the-perfect-fit.de, toll canopies, VINCI Highways, Western Attica, €10 million investment
(IN BRIEF) The EIB and Greece’s CDLF have signed a €500 million loan under the Antonis Tritsis urban investment programme, bringing the EIB’s total commitment to €1 billion. The funds will support hundreds of local authority projects—ranging from water and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Greece, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment
Tagged Antonis Tritsis, CDLF, climate resilience, Dimitris Stamatis, energy efficiency, European Investment Bank, Greece, InvestEU, local authorities, Public Buildings, road safety, seismic protection, Smart Cities, sustainable infrastructure, Thodoris Livanios, urban regeneration, waste management, water management, Yannis Tsakiris
(IN BRIEF) The EIB is extending €235 million in loans to enhance public services in Finland’s Uusimaa region: €135 million for upgrading three major hospitals under Helsinki University Hospital’s broader €300 million program, and €100 million for building and refurbishing … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Education, European Union, Financial, Finland, Healthcare, Investment
Tagged educational facilities, EIB, energy efficiency, European Investment Bank, Finland investments, healthcare modernization, Helsinki University Hospital, HUS, Jari Finnilä, Jorvi Hospital, Meilahti Hospital, Peijas Hospital, Pekka Timonen, public services, sustainable infrastructure, Thomas Östros, Uusimaa, Vantaa schools
(IN BRIEF) National Grid has joined forces with Hyperion Robotics and the University of Sheffield to test low-carbon 3D-printed concrete foundations in a UK-first trial. The project, backed by Ofgem’s Network Innovation Allowance, will see the foundations installed at the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 3D-printed concrete, carbon emissions reduction, concrete alternatives, Deeside Centre for Innovation, Dr Behzad Nematollahi, Dr Muhammad Shaban, energy network, Fernando De los Rios, Hyperion Robotics, ICAIR, low carbon construction, national grid, Network Innovation Allowance, Ofgem, partnership, substation foundations, sustainability, sustainable infrastructure, UK energy sector, University of Sheffield
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