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Large projects being built in 2026–2029, with real demand for technical professionals, spread across regions and kinds. A selection — not a ranking. Follow any of them in your Radar.

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Every project is checked by hand against at least two public sources — company newsrooms, regulators, trade press. No commercial databases.

Each card shows its sources and the date we checked them (every project in this set: on or after 2026-10-08). We re-check every month; a project that finishes or is cancelled leaves the tour.

Companies appear as sourced project facts only. Reported risks are shown as reported. The discipline lists are our own inference and say so. The small dots are other projects from public datasets — context, not checked by us.

01 / 02Refinery & fuels
SkyNRG DSL-01 sustainable aviation fuel plant, Delfzijl
Netherlands
Europe's first standalone greenfield SAF plant, built under a Technip Energies EPCC contract in the EUR 500 million to 1 billion class.
Size100,000 tonnes of SAF per year plus 35,000 tonnes of sustainable by-products; on-site hydrogen plant (SMR)
1. FID
2. Engineering
3. Fabrication
4. Construction (named in the reported phase)
5. Installation
6. Commissioning
Phase, as reported: construction …
Who builds it
- SkyNRG operator
- Technip Energies
- Topsoe
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
3 sources checked on 2026-10-08
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Why we watch it
Europe's first standalone greenfield SAF plant, built under a Technip Energies EPCC contract in the EUR 500 million to 1 billion class — two years of process, piping, E&I and commissioning work on one Dutch site.
Phase in full, as reported
construction (financial close and start of construction announced 2026-02-13)
Who builds it as stated by the sources
Operator / developerSkyNRG
Technip EnergiesEPCC contractor (engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning) after completing the FEED; contract classed by Technip Energies as 'substantial' (EUR 500 million to 1 billion)
TopsoeHydroFlex hydroprocessing technology licensor (HEFA pathway), as reported
KLM Royal Dutch Airlinesprimary off-taker and equity shareholder, as reported
Key dates as stated by the sources
Contract award
2026-02-12 (Technip Energies EPCC)
Financial close construction start
2026-02-13
Startup target
mid-2028, as reported by trade press
Disciplines likely needed our inference
process engineering
piping engineering
E&I
construction supervision
commissioning
Derived by us from project kind and phase - not stated by the sources below.
Sources checked on 2026-10-08
Technip Energies awarded a substantial contract for SkyNRG's Sustainable Aviation Fuel project in the NetherlandsTechnip Energies (company newsroom) · 2026-02-12
SkyNRG starts construction on its first SAF plant in Delfzijl, the NetherlandsHydrocarbon Processing · 2026-02-13
SkyNRG announces Financial Close and starts construction on its first Sustainable Aviation Fuel plant DSL-01 in DelfzijlGroningen Seaports (port authority newsroom) · 2026-02
Position on the globe: 53.31°N 6.95°E. Location approximate: Chemical park at Delfzijl, Groningen province; coordinate is the park, not the plot.
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02 / 02CCS
Northern Lights CO2 transport & storage — Phase 2
Norway
The reference project for CCS-as-infrastructure in Europe.
SizeRaises transport & storage capacity from 1.5 to more than 5 million tonnes CO2/year
1. FID
2. Engineering (named in the reported phase)
3. Fabrication (named in the reported phase)
4. Construction
5. Installation
6. Commissioning
Phase, as reported: engineering / fabrication …
Who builds it
- Northern Lights JV operator
- Subsea7
- Aker Solutions
- SLB OneSubsea
4 sources checked on 2026-10-08
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The reference project for CCS-as-infrastructure in Europe — offshore pipeline, injection wells and receiving-terminal expansion all running in parallel, a template for the CO2 value chains (incl. Porthos in Rotterdam) that Dutch engineering firms are also chasing.
Phase in full, as reported
engineering / fabrication (detailed engineering in full swing, fabrication underway at several yards per March 2026 reporting)
Who builds it as stated by the sources
Operator / developerNorthern Lights JV — Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies (each 33.3%)
Equinor / Shell / TotalEnergies (Northern Lights JV)developer, FID holder
Subsea7technical service provider — EPCI of a ~5 km CO2 pipeline plus satellite structures, umbilicals, tie-ins, offshore ops 2026-2027
Aker SolutionsEPC contracts for Phase 2 (scope not itemised in sources checked)
SLB OneSubseaEPC contract for the CO2 subsea injection system
Key dates as stated by the sources
FID
March 2025
Startup target
From 2028
Disciplines likely needed our inference
pipeline/subsea engineering
process engineering (terminal)
offshore installation supervision
commissioning
HSE
Derived by us from project kind and phase - not stated by the sources below.
Sources checked on 2026-10-08
Northern Lights Phase 2: Expanding Europe's CO2 Storage CapacityNorthern Lights (project operator) · 2025-2026
Northern Lights: a CO2 transport and storage project to reduce industrial emissions in EuropeTotalEnergies · 2026
Subsea7 starts engineering for Northern Lights Phase 2 CO2 pipelineOffshore Magazine · 2026
Investing NOK 7.5 billion in expansion of the groundbreaking Northern Lights CCS-projectEquinor (company newsroom) · 2025-03-27
Position on the globe: 60.61°N 4.87°E. Location approximate: Øygarden receiving/injection terminal near Bergen, Norway.
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SkyNRG DSL-01 sustainable aviation fuel plant, Delfzijl

Northern Lights CO2 transport & storage — Phase 2