The minister for energy Michael Shanks and Ofgem chief executive Jonathan Brearley have announced a reform to the way grid connections will be offered to prospective energy generation projects.
Drax has enlisted hydro engineering consultants Cowi and Pini to advance plans for constructing the £500M Cruachan 2, the UK’s first new pumped storage hydro plant in nearly four decades.
Successful delivery of the complex array of tunnels and marine works for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is down to “relentless collaboration”, Balfour Beatty project director Roger Frost tells NCE.
Transport for London (TfL) has announced plans to power the London Underground with renewable energy by developing solar farms connected directly to the network and is procuring for a delivery partner in a contract worth £175M.
The new Great British Energy (GBE) and Great British Nuclear (GBN) bodies should have more formal collaboration, according to the MP representing the Wylfa nuclear site on Anglesey in Wales.
The Wylfa nuclear power station site needs “better storage facilities for waste” according to independent experts who visited.
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A new public body has been established to lead the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (Step) programme, which will see the construction of the UK’s first prototype fusion energy plant.
Aecom has secured a significant contract from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to enhance global infrastructure projects, with a budget ceiling reaching $90M (£70M).
Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed that the government will fund the HS2 tunnels from west London to Euston in central London, among other transport and energy spending committments, during the Autumn Budget today (30 October).
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