European Construction Project News Bulletin

Newly announced / newly publicised projects and major milestones across the EU (and selected wider Europe), December 1–14, 2025

You asked for all first-time announcements across Europe in December 2025. That’s a cute idea in the same way “count every grain of sand” is a cute idea. Public announcements are fragmented across thousands of issuers, languages, and channels, and many projects are never “announced” cleanly at all.

So here’s what I can do without inventing things: a source-cited, verified bulletin of the major construction projects and milestone announcements that were publicly released in early December 2025, grouped in a way contractors, manufacturers, consultants, and suppliers can actually use.

1) Energy and power projects

Poland: first nuclear power plant (EU-approved state aid)

• What happened (Dec 9, 2025): The European Commission approved a state-aid package supporting the construction and operation of Poland’s first nuclear power plant. European Commission+1

• Why it matters for construction: long-duration civil works (site prep, foundations), high-spec concrete, heavy lifting, security infrastructure, MEP, nuclear-grade QA/QC supply chain ramp-up.

• Status: Regulatory green light; this is a “big door just opened” moment for the delivery ecosystem. European Commission

France: six new nuclear reactors (state-aid request filed)

• What happened (Dec 5, 2025): France formally requested European Commission approval for a state-aid package intended to support EDF’s planned construction of six new reactors. Reuters

• Construction implication: early market-shaping signal for EPC capacity, nuclear civils, component supply, and specialist subcontractor pipelines.

Poland (Baltic Sea): BC-Wind offshore wind farm financing

• What happened (Dec 1, 2025): EIB announced a €600m loan as main financier for BC-Wind (390 MW) offshore wind, with generation targeted for 2028. eib.org+1

• Construction implication: offshore foundations, onshore substation and export cable route design and construction, port/service-base activity, marine logistics.

Spain (Granada): Caparacena solar plant starts operations

• What happened (Dec 9, 2025): Plenitude announced the start of operations at the Caparacena 150 MW solar plant cluster. corporate.eniplenitude.com

• Construction implication: while this is an operations milestone, it typically triggers follow-on works: grid optimization, O&M facilities, extensions, and replication projects in the region.

Germany: LNG import terminals and adjacent ammonia/hydrogen direction

• What happened (Dec 2, 2025): Reuters detailed Germany’s ongoing build-out and upgrades of LNG import capacity and the trajectory toward ammonia/hydrogen-related infrastructure at key sites. Reuters

• Construction implication: port civil works, cryogenic systems, pipeline tie-ins, industrial safety systems, and future-proofing for ammonia/hydrogen handling.

2) Transport and logistics infrastructure

Netherlands: A15–A12 (ViA15) road extension and link-up (EIB financing)

• What happened (Dec 10, 2025): EIB announced a €500m lending facility supporting the consortium responsible for a new A15–A12 link (including a new section and dedicated cycling infrastructure on a planned bridge). eib.org+1

• Construction implication: major civils, bridges, earthworks, road materials, traffic management tech, and cross-border logistics impact (Rotterdam to Ruhr corridor).

Italy (Civitavecchia, Rome): new cruise terminal facility (completion/inauguration announced)

• What happened (Dec 5, 2025): APS Bank announced completion and inauguration of Terminal Donato Bramante at the Port of Civitavecchia (Roma Cruise Terminal). APS Bank

• Construction implication: port-side commercial facilities are magnets for follow-up capex (passenger flow upgrades, landside access, energy efficiency retrofits).

3) Healthcare and social infrastructure

Belgium (Leuven & Kortenberg): mental health infrastructure renewal (EIB loan)

• What happened (Dec 11, 2025): EIB announced a €120m loan supporting renewal and development of mental health infrastructure across Leuven/Kortenberg-linked sites (including redevelopment and new facilities). eib.org

• Construction implication: specialist healthcare builds, phased construction in live environments, strict compliance requirements, and long-tail procurement (clinical MEP, secure access, patient safety design).

4) Industrial and digital infrastructure

Germany: two new semiconductor manufacturing facilities (state aid approved)

• What happened (Dec 11, 2025): European Commission approved €623m German state aid to support the set-up of two semiconductor manufacturing facilities (Dresden and Erfurt). European Commission+1

• Construction implication: high-spec cleanroom construction, vibration control, utilities and redundancy, chemical handling systems, and a deep specialist contractor stack.

UK (wider Europe): Drax power station site data centre plan

• What happened (Dec 11, 2025): Drax announced plans to repurpose coal-era infrastructure into an initial 100 MW data centre by 2027, with longer-term expansion ambitions. Reuters

• Construction implication: brownfield conversion, high-density power, cooling, substation upgrades, security, and fast-track permitting pressure.

What this means for contractors, suppliers, manufacturers, consultants

Across these announcements, the opportunity clusters are pretty consistent:

• Mega civils and heavy infrastructure: roads, ports, terminals, grid tie-ins. eib.org+1

• Energy megaproject ecosystems: nuclear, offshore wind, LNG-to-ammonia/hydrogen transition facilities. Reuters+3European Commission+3Reuters+3

• High-spec buildings: healthcare and semiconductor fabs demand specialist delivery, QA, and supply chains. eib.org+1

• Digital infrastructure: data centre construction is becoming “energy infrastructure in a different costume.” Reuters

How to turn this into a complete, daily EU pipeline (without losing your mind)

If you truly want “all EU construction projects” as they appear, the only practical way is automated monitoring and alerts (because humans don’t scale and don’t enjoy it). This is exactly where TendersGo fits: it’s built to monitor global public + private opportunities, run multilingual discovery, and push targeted alerts to users rather than forcing anyone to manually chase portals and press releases.

For an EU-wide construction feed, the operational recipe is:

• Region: European Union (and optionally wider Europe)

• Industry scope: construction + infrastructure + energy + industrial facilities

• Filtering: by sector/industry codes (CPV/NAICS/UNSPSC) and keyword clusters in multiple languages

• Output: daily alerts so your team sees projects when they’re still winnable (not when it’s already too late and someone else’s cousin has the contract)