Discussions about a nuclear waste geological disposal facility (GDF) in South Holderness in Yorkshire have been ended by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s withdrawal from a group, less than a month after its formation was announced.
EDF Energy has extended the outages of the two nuclear reactors at Heysham 1 and two at Hartlepool to conduct steam valve inspections.
Ministers from the Scottish National Party (SNP) have slammed the UK government’s infrastructure procurement, saying there is “£100bn overspend in infrastructure projects without even digging too deeply”.
The UK will not realise its offshore wind ambitions without rapidly expanding the port infrastructure. We need to think differently to seize this unprecedented opportunity.
A think tank is urging the government to review its current defence measures for undersea cables, which other nations are considering “critical” assets and infrastructure.
Revised plans to protect fish from water intake tubes for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant on the Severn Estuary have come under fresh criticism from environmental organisations.
A £1.5bn carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) project on Teesside has been granted development consent.
An autonomous robot is assisting with maintenance and monitoring at one of SSEN Transmission’s high-voltage direct current (HVDC) stations at Blackhillock in Keith.
Plans to install new electricity hubs and pylons are to be scrutinised by members of the public in Lincolnshire from 16 February to 13 March.
Tunnels for water intake and outfall are ready to be connected from Hinkley Point C to the Bristol Channel.
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