Having ended 2017 on a high note, the German construction equipment industry is expecting 2018 to be another good year, with an eight per cent increase in turnover predicted.

Germany-based project developer, investor and EPC contractor ib vogt has begun the construction of a portfolio of three solar power plants with a total capacity of 166.5 MWp, at Benban in the Aswan Governorate of Egypt. The contract was awarded under the second round of Egypt’s Feed-in Tariff (FiT) programme.

In the middle of the desert in Sharjah, UAE, German formwork specialist Peri is lending its support for the construction of a futuristic building designed by the late Zaha Hadid, who used sand dunes as an inspiration for the landmark.

Bauer Resources, a leading specialist in site remediation, soil remediation and waste disposal based in Germany, has joined the Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC) as a Tier-1 partner.