Norwegian renewable energy generator Statkraft has announced plans to invest up to €6bn on hydroelectric and wind projects. The state-owned company, the largest generator of green power in Europe, plans…

Swedish contractor Skanska and Norwegian civil engineer Syltern have won a contract to build a highway in Norway’s central Trøndelag County. This 15km section of the E6 highway will link…

Norwegian nuclear start-up Norsk Kjernekraft has submitted a proposal to the country’s Ministry of Oil & Energy to build a power plant made up of small modular reactors (SMRs).

Europe’s first spaceport opened last week on the remote Norwegian island of Andøya following an 18-month construction period, High North News reports. The facility, which is 300km inside the Arctic…

The Vesterheim Norwegian–American Museum in Decorah, Iowa, has just been given an 8,000 sq m building designed by Norwegian architect Snøhetta. The Commons, as the extension is called, will contain…

The EU’s Innovation Fund has given a €100m grant to Norwegian battery maker Freyr for its $1.6bn Giga Arctic project in northern Norway. Giga Arctic has been under development in…

Five architecture teams have been selected from 32 entries to reach the final stage of a competition to design a music theatre in Bergen, southwest Norway. Located in Grieg Hall,…

Skanska has signed a $423m contract with the Norwegian Road Authority (NPRA) to build a stretch of the E18 highway in Oslo. The 2.3km, six-lane motorway will link the areas…

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…

UK-based Haptic Architects and Norway’s Oslo Works have joined forces to plan an ocean-themed attraction in the municipality of Baerum on the outskirts of Oslo. The 45,000-sq-m “Fornebu Brygge” development…

Norway this week opened competitions to develop offshore wind farms in two areas of its continental shelf, the first step in its plan to generate 30GW a year this way…

Officials broke ground ceremonially this week on a new airport in the northern Norwegian town of Bodø, just within the Arctic circle. The $720m airport located about a kilometre south…

Skanska has signed a contract with developer Andenæs Eiendom worth $38.5m to build the next phase of the ‘Helgerudkvartalet’ urban development in Sandvika, Norway.

Swiss contractor Implenia has won a contract to build a tunnel between Skøyen to Vækerø stations on a forthcoming metro line in Oslo.

The Norwegian city of Bergen is shortly to open the world’s longest tunnel for cyclists and pedestrians.

Swedish contractor Skanska has won a €29m contract from Norway’s public construction and property department to build an extension to Ullersmo prison in Kløfta, southern Norway. The 7,000 sq m…

Construction has begun on the $370m Museum of the Viking Age in Oslo

Norwegian wind power company SeaTwirl can go ahead with testing its 1MW vertical-axis floating wind turbine off the coast at Boknafjorden after regulators rejected appeals against the trial. The Nasdaq-listed…