Construction, infrastructure, engineering and property development news from Kenya, Africa and international markets.
Goto offshore wind farm, Japan’s first commercial floating offshore wind project, has officially begun commercial operations in Nagasaki Prefecture. The 16.8 MW facility, located off Goto City features eight 2.1 MW turbines mounted on…
China has brought its first gigawatt-scale fixed-pile offshore solar power plant fully into operation, marking a major step in the country’s offshore renewable energy ambitions. The 1 GW HG14 offshore photovoltaic (PV) project, developed…
China’s Tarim Oilfield’s five solar power plants have pushed annual photovoltaic electricity generation beyond 2 billion kilowatt-hours, setting a new milestone for integrated fossil fuel and renewable energy development in China. China’s…
The war on offshore wind power projects being waged by the Trump Administration has gone into overdrive following reports that the administration has suspended five major offshore wind power projects across the United States. The Interior…
Texas Christian University (TCU) has officially unveiled a comprehensive $500 million campus expansion plan designed to accommodate its growing student body and modernize its academic and residential infrastructure in Fort Worth. The…
IHG Hotels & Resorts has officially broken ground on a monumental hospitality project in Osaka, marking the company’s largest new-build hotel development in Japan to date. In partnership with Sakurajima Kaihatsu LLC—a consortium comprising…
River Bend Data Center continues to advance through construction in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, following its launch as a $10 billion artificial intelligence infrastructure project. Since the original announcement, the development…
Webstar Technology Group on December 17, 2025 closed on a 10-acre parcel in downtown Atlanta, clearing the way for what the developer says will be the city’s largest mixed-use project to date and formally launching Forge Atlanta. The site,…
A consortium formed by Moroccan construction giants SGTM (Société Générale des Travaux du Maroc) and TGCC (Travaux Généraux de Construction de Casablanca) has officially secured the contract to build the new terminal at Mohammed V…
T1 Energy Inc has officially begun construction on its massive new solar cell manufacturing facility, dubbed “G2_Austin,” located in Manor, Texas. The groundbreaking, announced on December 17, 2025, marks the start of a strategic $400…
Blue Owl is not planning to provide financial backing to Oracle’s $10 billion data center in Saline Township, Michigan. The data center project is being developed by Oracle, Related Digital, and OpenAI as part of the latter’s Stargate…
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the price tag for the new Presidential Ballroom at the White House has climbed to $400M, a figure he disclosed during a White House Hanukkah event, marking a 100% increase from the project’s…
Canadian Solar’s e-STORAGE unit will supply 204 MW/408 MWh AC battery energy storage system (BESS) to the Tailem Bend 3 project being developed by Vena Energy in South Australia. e-STORAGE will also cover maintenance services for the…
UAE-based developer AMEA power and the government of Tunisia have commissioned the country’s largest solar project in Kairouan. The 120 MW project is expected to generate approximately 222 GWh of electricity annually. The output is enough…
The Songyuan Hydrogen Energy Industrial Park (Phase I) is a landmark green energy and chemical integration project being developed in Songyuan, Jilin Province, China. Officially commencing operations in December 2025, this facility is…
Developers have secured $306 million in senior construction financing and $78 million in preferred equity for Harborside 8, a 65-story residential tower planned on the Hudson River waterfront, according to JLL Capital Markets. The funding,…
In a decisive move that signals the reactivation of Brazil’s wind energy market, Danish turbine manufacturer Vestas has secured a massive 828 MW order from renewable energy giant Casa dos Ventos. The partnership centers on the development…
The African development bank (AfDB) has earmarked $76 million to finance the Somali Road infrastructure programme. The project is designed to improve domestic transport links and strengthen trade across the Horn of Africa corridor. Once…
ReNew Energy Global has entered a long-term deal with Google to develop a 150 megawatt (MW) solar power project in Rajasthan, India. The agreement will see Google procure environmental attributes from the renewable energy project. The…
Nuclear startup Last Energy has secured $100 million in Series C to fund its small nuclear reactor project in Texas. The move comes at a time when demand for power to run artificial intelligence systems drives renewed interest in nuclear…
Bamburi Cement Plc has signed a US$250 million (KSh32 billion) Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with Sinoma CBMI Construction Co., Ltd for the construction of a turnkey clinkerisation factory in Matuga, Kwale…
TotalEnergies has signed a 21-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Google to supply 1 terawatt-hour (TWh) of renewable electricity to Google’s data centers in Malaysia. The power supply will be from the Citra Energies solar project in…
U.S.-based photovoltaic module manufacturer SEG Solar has officially broken ground on a new 3GW ingot and wafer manufacturing facility in the Batang Regency of Central Java, Indonesia. This significant development, announced on Monday,…
Affinius Capital LLC has successfully originated a $200 million construction loan to finance the development of 200 Douglass, a major new multifamily project in the rapidly transforming Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The loan…
