Maharashtra-based JSW Energy has started building a 1.6GW coal power plant and industrial park in the Indian state of West Bengal, in part to capitalise on the global economic chaos…

A US company has cancelled plans to build a $300m plastic waste recycling plant in Erie, Pennsylvania, citing concerns about the financial case for the project in light of cuts…

A Chinese contractor has completed work on the largest cocoa factory and warehouse in the Ivory Coast, the South China Morning Post reports.  The 21ha plant is the second that…

Egypt’s General Authority for Investment (GAFI) will commission Polish energy company Hynfra to build a green ammonia plant, local media report. The plan is to produce ammonia for export to…

Vinci Grands Projets is to team up with its sister companies GTM Sud-Oues and Chantiers Modernes Nouvelle-Aquitaine to design and build a waste-to-energy plant in the commune of Brive-la-Gaillarde, in…

German consultant Drees & Sommer has described how it is steering a €650m conversion of BMW’s main factory in Munich to prepare it for producing cars with electric-only drive systems…

Plans have been announced to build a $186m concrete plant as part of the huge Neom development programme in Saudi Arabia’s northwestern Tabuk Province. Saudi building materials company Asas Al-Mohileb…

China’s biggest miner has announced has begun work on a $24bn plant to turn China’s future coal surpluses into chemicals. China Energy Investment (CEIC) said it is building the plant…

Taiwanese chipmaker Foxconn plans to build one of the world’s largest assembly plants for US tech company Nvidia in Guadalajara, Mexico, Reuters reports.  The plant will bundle Nvidia’s GB200 superchips…

Siemens Mobility has announced plans to build a $60m factory in New York State to manufacture high-speed trains for the Brightline West route between Las Vegas and southern California. The…

A Dutch government plan to subsidise new green hydrogen plants with €1bn in grants will go ahead after passing EU scrutiny on competition and state-aid. Tenders will now go out…

In Saudi Arabia, construction has begun on the first overseas plant for Hoffmann Green Cement, a French start-up selling lower-carbon cement. Founded in 2014 and with €6m in revenues last…

A Dutch waste-to-energy specialist has formed a partnership with the government of Lagos State in Nigeria to build a plant to power some 40,000 homes. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Harvest…

Chinese car maker Great Wall Motors plans to build a big electric vehicle plant in Hungary, media there have been speculating. They believe it will time the announcement to coincide…

The Canadian city of Calgary has approved plans to build a US$880m biofuel plant developed by Green Impact Partners. The company said the decision followed two years of technical and…

Egypt yesterday signed a $450m deal with a Norwegian renewables company to build a green methanol plant to produce fuel for ships, Ahram Online reports. The agreement signed by the…

Webuild’s new subsidiary Clough and its joint-venture partner Saipem have reached financial close on a €2.56bn contract to build a urea factory in Western Australia. Located on the Burrup Peninsula…

North Carolina clean energy company Net Power plans to build the world’s first utility-scale gas power plant in Texas that will emit almost no CO2 thanks to its carbon capture…