Startup India’s Academia Alliance Programme
Startup India – Government of India’s mission to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship To fulfill the Government of India’s mission to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship...
Mitsubishi Corporation to acquire 25% stake in Bangladesh LNG receiving Terminal
Mitsubishi Corporation (“MC”) has agreed to acquire a 25% interest in Summit LNG Terminal Co (Pvt) Limited (“SLNG”) and to develop a Liquefied Natural Gas...
Google to lay 4000-mile long undersea cable from France to US
Google has recently revealed its plan to string a trans-Atlantic cable from France to Virginia. The internet giant said in a statement this week that...
ARADA awards first construction contract for Phase 1 of $6.5 billion Sharjah megaproject Aljada
ARADA has recently awarded the first construction contract for Aljada, record-breaking mega mixed-use project in Sharjah, ARADA handed the main construction award for the first...
Enviromena starts construction on 509 MW solar projects in Middle East and North Africa
UAE-based Enviromena Power Systems which is one of the region’s leading clean energy companies, has started construction 509 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects...
Islamic Development Bank signs MoU with AIIB at Mumbai for Infrastructure Investments
For the first time, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB Group) have come together to sign a Memorandum...
Indian Oil signs agreement for reuse of treated water for Mathura Refinery
Indian Oil Corporation has recently signed an agreement for the reuse of treated waste water for Mathura Refinery on June 13, 2018 at New Delhi...
Adani Transmission acquires 100% equity in Ghatampur SPV
Adani Transmission said that it has acquired 100 per cent equity in share capital of Ghatampur Transmission Ltd (GTL) yesterday, which will set up 900...
Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant sets new record by continuously operating for 766 days
Unit 1 of Kaiga Nuclear Generating station (KGS-1) set a new record of continuous operation of 766 days, surpassing the earlier record of 765 days...
London City Corporation to source 100% Renewable Electricity for Square Mile
The City of London Corporation, governing body of the Square Mile, has agreed plans to source 100% renewable electricity from October 2018 onwards. Members of...
A total of 10.3 million people employed in renewable sector : IRENA Annual Review 2018
International Renewable Energy Agency has recently published Annual Review for Renewable Energy and Jobs analyzing the hiring trend in renewable sector in 2017. According to...
Banks in India financed more Coal than Renewable Energy in 2017: CFA report
A new analysis of energy project lending by Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) shows that majority of government owned banks and financial institutions continued to fund...
Eni to develop its first large-scale wind farm in Kazakhstan
Eni has recently taken the Final Investment Decision to build, develop and operate the Badamsha Wind Farm. The wind farm will be located at Aktobe Oblast,...
Cabinet approves construction of Rs.1948.25 crore 6-Lane bridge across River Ganga
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has recently approved a major project which involves construction of 9.9 km long new 6 – lane bridge across river...
Ministry of Water Resources accepts Rs. 84,748 Crores of major irrigation and flood management projects
The Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has recently accepted two major irrigation as well as multipurpose irrigation projects and...
Sogea-Satom (VINCI) to hire 300 local construction workers for Yamoussoukro stadium project in Côte d’Ivoire
The consortium consisting of Egis, Baudin-Chateauneuf, Alcor and VINCI Construction subsidiary Sogea-Satom has won a big contract which includes designing and building of a stadium in Côte...