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Construction of a 160 MW hydroelectric power plant has started in Bosnia and Herzegovina

A groundbreaking ceremony was held in late June for the Dabar hydroelectric power plant in the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Dabar hydroelectric power plant is the largest of the Go...

Part of the Thames Tideway Tunnel turned into “Loo Gardens”

London’s Thames Tideway Tunnel, also known as London’s Super Sewer, has been transformed into a colorful garden, 50 meters under the city. This initiative is part of the “Loo Gardens” installation,...

Copenhagen’s new M5 metro aims to have half the carbon footprint of existing lines

A Cowi-Arup joint venture has been appointed to deliver the design, environmental impact assessment and utility relocations of Copenhagen’s new M5 line, by the city’s metro operator, Metroselskabet....

Webuild-led consortium wins €1.32 billion contract for Sicilian railway

A Webuild-led consortium has recently won yet another tender on the Sicilian high speed railway project. Furthermore, the awarded contract concerns the construction of the 30-kilometer Fiumetorto-Le...

Norwegian Public Roads Administration awards €1 billion highway contract

The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) has awarded the contract for the construction of the €1 billion E10/rv85 Tjeldsund-Gullesfjordbotn-Langvassbukt highway to a Skanska-led consortium....

How abandoned mines can be reused as gravity batteries

A new study proposes that abandoned mines can be reused as gravity batteries and store excess energy from renewable sources. The study was led by the International Institute for Applied System Analy...

China’s new 24-kilometer, $6.7 billion, Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge

China’s Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge is a massive infrastructure project, which recently broke the world record by paving about 22,600 square meters of asphalt in a single day. The bridge is a Hong Kon...

Sicilian €1.2 million high-speed railway project contract awarded

The contract for the construction of Lot 4A between Caltanissetta Xirbi and Nuova Enna in Sicily was recently awarded to an Italian company and consortium partners. The project includes the developm...

Australia’s largest committed renewables project Snowy 2.0 to be delayed by up to two years

Snowy 2.0 hydroelectric, Australia’s largest committed renewables project, was announced to be delayed by one to two years last week. Snowy 2.0 is a vast hydroelectric project, which is expected to...

Vancouver’s Broadway Subway Project TBM breaks through Broadway City Hall Station

Elsie, one of the two tunnel boring machines used in Vancouver’s Broadway Subway Project marked a significant milestone on April 14, when it reached the Broadway City Hall Station. The Broadway Subw...

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