Construction, infrastructure, engineering and property development news from Kenya, Africa and international markets.
The Western Spirit Wind project, a 1,050-megawatt (MW) onshore wind construction spread across three counties in central New Mexico, reached commercial operations in January 2022. The development comprises four individual wind farms…
Updated 2025 – In 2021, Algeria unveiled its “1000 MW Solar” program, aimed at supporting the country’s broader objective of installing 15 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2035. The tender process for the initiative was officially…
The Marlim Azul Power Plant represents Brazil’s first thermoelectric facility to generate electricity using natural gas sourced from the country’s pre-salt offshore reserves. Located in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, the 565 MW combined-cycle…
Borkum Riffgrund 3 Offshore Wind Farm has delivered its first power to the German grid as of 3 December 2025, marking a major milestone for what will become by far the largest offshore wind farm in Ørsted’s German portfolio. With an…
The Toyota EV Battery Plant is a lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility located at the Greensboro-Randolph mega-site in Liberty, North Carolina, and it has moved well past its original 2021 scope. Toyota began shipping batteries from…
Updated November 24, 2025: In Zimbabwe, the Manhize Dinson Iron and Steel Plant is functional. Recently, it was reported that the factory started producing steel and brought with it more than 2,000 employment opportunities. The plant has…
Updated August 25, 2025: The King Abdullah Financial District, the world’s largest LEED Certified Financial centre is steadily progressing with the construction of the Riyadh driverless monorail project taking shape. A significant part of…
Updated October 14, 2025- The Lagos Rail Project which is a crucial component of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority’s (LAMATA) Strategic Transport Master Plan, is actively expanding its network to alleviate the city’s…
The New York Blood Center’s Center East Facility project — a major redevelopment proposal to transform its existing headquarters at 310 East 67th Street in Manhattan into a state-of-the-art life sciences and research hub — remains poised…
The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension project is a major rapid transit infrastructure extension that will lengthen Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) roughly 9.2 km westward from the future Mount Dennis Station to…
The Starship Orbital Launch Pad project at Starbase, Texas, continues to evolve from a test facility into one of the world’s most ambitious commercial spaceport developments. Located at Boca Chica in Cameron County, the complex serves as…
The GoodLeaf Farms Calgary vertical farm is a 96,000 square foot indoor growing facility located in the industrial southeast of Calgary, Alberta, and it has now moved into profit. GoodLeaf confirmed on 11 August 2026 that all three of its…
Vantage Data Centers’ AZ1 campus in Goodyear, Arizona, stands as a premier example of high-density sustainable infrastructure, recently hitting a major milestone with the activation of its 64 MW AZ14 facility in 2025. This expansion more…
Norfolk solar farm project in Nebraska is the largest photovoltaic (PV) installation with integrated battery storage in the state, providing reliable clean energy and supporting the local grid. The project is a landmark one for the state’s…
The Smucker’s manufacturing and distribution facility is a $1.1 billion frozen sandwich plant located at the JeffMet Industrial Complex in McCalla, Jefferson County, Alabama, and it has been in production since November 2024. Running to…
The $1.97bn construction grant to advance the $5.75bn Red Line Extension project is from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) through the Capital Investment Grants (CIG) program. The project’s engineering phase has been well into…
In a landmark moment for the American energy sector, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted on March 4, 2026, to award TerraPower a construction permit for the Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1, making it the first commercial scale…
As of June 2026, the Amgen New Albany biomanufacturing plant, a final product assembly and packaging operation in central Ohio first announced in 2021, has grown from a single newly opened facility into the anchor of the largest life…
The Sellafield nuclear site is located on the coast of Cumbria in west England. It is one of the most complex and historically significant nuclear facilities in the world. Originally established in the 1940s for the UK’s atomic energy…
The DataBank Minneapolis data center expansion reflects ongoing investment in hyperscale-ready infrastructure as demand for AI and cloud computing continues to rise across the United States. The facility, located in Brooklyn Park,…
Missouri, September 3, 2025–Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation, has unveiled a proposal to construct the 250-megawatt (MW) Reform Renewable Energy Center, a new low-cost solar plant that can power 44,000 homes and create…
The Grand Paris Express, Europe’s largest public transport megaproject, is entering a critical delivery phase as extensive development, equipment integration, and rigorous dynamic testing ramp up across its sprawling network. Having…
Mammoth Solar Project in northwest Indiana is shaping up to become one of the largest photovoltaic developments in the United States. Its first phase, Mammoth North began delivering power in mid-2024, and full build-out is underway to…
Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas in Austin is undergoing a massive transformation as Elon Musk positions the facility for its next phase of advanced manufacturing. The factory which currently handles production for the Model Y and the Cybertruck,…
