SP Energy Networks has taken a significant step towards modernising its electricity grid infrastructure in Scotland by announcing the selection of 19 businesses as preferred partners for a record £5.4bn supply chain contract programme.
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine faced the threat of blackouts twice in one week due to shelling by the Russian military, according to the Ukrainian government.
Network Rail stopped buying exclusively renewable electricity in 2023 for non-traction power due to the high cost of renewable energy generation obligation (REGO) certificates.
UK Power Networks (UKPN) delivered 160GWh of electricity from renewable sources to the UK electricity grid in the eastern region, London and the southeast by using new distribution management techniques.
A 1.2km exploratory adit has been constructed for extensive ground investigations to inform the detailed design of SSE Renewables’ Coire Glas pumped storage hydro scheme in the Scottish Highlands.
Key strategic infrastructure requirements across energy, water supply and flood risk, blue and green infrastructure and connectivity in Cambridgeshire are addressed in a newly published report by Stantec.
The UK has signed agreements to share research and development into civil nuclear power including small modular reactors (SMRs) with the USA and Finland.
The tunnel boring machine (TBM) that will drive National Grid’s tunnel under in Eyri National Park in North Wales to host electricity transmission infrastructure has started to arrive on site.
Romania is set to almost double its nuclear power capacity with the construction of two new Candu reactors – the first new builds of this type of reactor globally since 2007.
Arup will provide technical and consulting services for the identification and development of heat network zones in England, in partnership with Ordnance Survey (OS).
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