Sumitomo Electric Van Oord Consortium (SVOC) has been selected as the preferred bidder for SSEN Transmission’s Shetland 2 high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission project.
National Grid’s Great Grid Partnership (GGP) will foster the skills and talents needed to rapidly upgrade the UK’s energy network, according to enterprise members WSP and Aecom Arup JV.
Hydrogen has a key role to play in successfully delivering a low carbon economy. Together with electrification, it will help accelerate transformative decarbonisation, especially in sectors in which emissions are otherwise hard to abate.
South Korea’s state nuclear company is in early talks to develop a multibillion pound nuclear energy power plant on the island of Anglesey in Wales.
A temporary section of the main access hall for Australia’s Snowy 2.0 hydroelectric power project has been damaged by drill and blast works in its transformer hall.
A £2.4bn (€2.8bn) “invisible energy highway” interconnector to link the UK’s grid with Germany is moving into the next stage of construction with foundation works now underway on a new UK converter station.
The decarbonisation of buildings, ports, airports, railways, water plant and other infrastructure is a key enabler for achieving a net zero economy. By making transport and essential public services more sustainable, the owners and managers of this infrastructure can support green clusters of economic activity and make a difference far…
Shetland Islands Council has warned SSEN Transmission that it must ensure its contractors are “aware of the unique nature of the environment in which they are working and are suitably prepared” after a significant peat slip tore through a work site for power upgrades in the islands.
The government has launched a competition to select engineering and construction partners for its prototype fusion energy plant in Nottinghamshire.
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has granted a nuclear site licence to Sizewell C Ltd, moving it closer to constructing and operating a nuclear power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.
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