News Europe funds €900m recovery effort for flood-hit Spain The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced an initial €900m recovery and reconstruction package for Spain following floods in the provinces of Cuenca and Valencia that led to more than…
News Spanish and Swiss companies set to help India upgrade its rail network India has signed memorandums of understanding with the governments of Spain and Switzerland aimed at increasing the number of foreign companies working on its rail modernisation projects. Indian Railways signed…
News Spain spends €24.8m on emergency road repairs as death toll hits 205 Spain’s transportation ministry has declared a state of emergency and allocated €24.8m for emergency road repairs as the death toll from unprecedented downpours this week in the provinces of Valencia…
News Six injured at Barcelona’s Camp Nou site as workers ‘fight with sticks’ A massive fight broke out on Friday between construction workers on the site of Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium, the Catalan News website reports. The brawl involved around 20 employees who…
News Chinese renewables company Envision to invest £1bn in Spanish hydrogen park Chinese renewables company Envision Energy has announced plans to invest $1bn in a green hydrogen industrial park in Spain. The investment will be made “together with other business partners”, according…
News Winners named for €300m Mexican road project Spanish construction group Rubau and Mexican civil engineer VISE have won a €300m public–private partnership contract to build and maintain a toll road between the towns of Silao and San…
News EU agrees €430m loan for high-speed rail line in the Basque country The European Investment Bank (EIB) and publicly-owned Spanish infrastructure group Adif Alta Velocidad have agreed to loan €430m towards a 182km high-speed rail line in Spain’s Basque Province. The double-track…
News Acciona orders hydrogen generator for Madrid building site Spanish contractor Acciona has leased a latest-generation hydrogen fuel cell generator from a UK company to replace diesel engines on a construction project in Madrid. UK fuel-cell developer AFC Energy…
News Acciona robot creates floor layout ‘six times faster than humans’ Spain’s Acciona has trialled the use of an autonomous robot at the design layout of a hospital project in Portugal. According to the company, the machine was able to complete…
News Texan firm borrows €1.3bn to build solar schemes in Europe Texan solar energy company Recurrent Energy has secured €1.3bn in finance for a programme of solar and battery schemes in Europe. The company, a subsidiary of Ontario-based Canadian Solar, signed…
Companies Ferrovial launches on Nasdaq stock exchange Spain’s Ferrovial launched on New York’s Nasdaq stock exchange yesterday, meaning its shares are now trading in the US, Spain and the Netherlands under the ticker symbol “FER”. It called…
News Spain and Morocco said to be considering Gibraltar tunnel for World Cup Spain and Morocco are considering building a tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar in time for the 2030 World Cup Finals, Moroccan news site SNRT reports. It said the plans…
News OHLA team to build Seville metro line A consortium led by Spanish contractor Obrascón Huarte Lain (OHLA) has won a €96m contract to build a section of Seville’s metro third line. The 1.7km section will involve the…
News Acciona, Dragados, FCC and Sacyr in the running for Valencia port terminal The Port Authority of Valencia in Spain has announced that four teams have entered bids to build a northern expansion for its container terminal. All the consortiums vying for the…
News €780m plant in Spain to turn farm waste into jet fuel Spanish green energy company Solarig will spend €780m on a plant for making aviation fuel from agricultural waste in northeast Spain. When complete in 2026, it will produce 60,000 tonnes…
News Iberdrola to spend €41bn electrifying the US Iberdrola, the Spanish utility specialising in renewables, has announced plans to invest €41bn over the next three years, with the lion’s share to go on modernising and extending power grids…
Projects ‘Halo’ fast elevator and walkway connects divided Spanish city Contractors Ferrovial and Oreco Balgón have completed “The Halo” pedestrian bridge in Vigo, northwestern Spain.
News Valencia fire death toll climbs to 10 Ten people are now known to have died in last week’s fire that spread fast at two residential towers in Valencia, Spain, as questions continue to be raised over their…