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The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) has released a document outlining its Mersey Tidal barrage proposal, saying it would be the largest engineering and construction project in the North West of the UK.

Efforts to build offshore wind farms alongside carbon capture facilities have taken a step forward with the launch of two key initiatives.

Unsurprisingly Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement has taken centre stage in recent days, but it wasn’t the only announcement we should be carefully scrutinising. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Ofgem also released its Connections Action Plan, a lengthy document detailing plans to reduce connection timescales.

University of Manchester researchers have called for new measures to address threats to the UK's  energy supply, including a government body for energy security.

Contractor Balfour Beatty has signed a deal with South Korea’s Hoban Group to collaborate on large-scale power transmission and distribution projects in the UK.

Mott MacDonald has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with South Korea’s KEPCO Engineering & Construction Company to explore the potential for it to build a large-scale nuclear facility in the UK.

This year’s Autumn Statement has seen chancellor of the exchequer confront the mounting energy security concerns apparent in the UK and try to breakdown barriers in planning infrastructure.

The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has claimed 50GW of capacity has been freed up early for generation and storage projects to connect to the grid following a number of measures taken by the sector.

A £130M National Grid project to upgrade overhead lines over a distance of 170km between Lincolnshire and Hertfordshire is now in its second phase.

The government must ensure that future nuclear developments utilise British supply chains and commit to building the next large-scale nuclear plant at Wylfa, the Nuclear Energy All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has urged.