Nine firms have been named by National Grid to support it to deliver community engagement work required for consenting and construction of its 17 Great Grid Upgrade projects.
The argument between the developer of the £1.35bn Aquind Interconnector project and the government has reignited after the Ministry of Defence (MoD) wrote to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) expressing its opposition on national security grounds.
The Shetland Islands have been connected to the Great British electricity grid for the first time as the 260km HVDC offshore Shetland Link has been powered up.
Hitachi Energy is urging the energy industry to come behind its new technology to expand global energy grids, reduce connection bottlenecks and accelerate the energy transition as it believes now is the time to accelerate adoption.
Work on a new hydrogen facility in Aberdeen will begin on site later this year under main contractor Robertson Civil Engineering (RCE).
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) is seeking a supplier for £46M of works including civil, mechanical and electrical engineering at its Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR) near Drigg in Cumbria.
The Westinghouse AP300 small modular reactor (SMR) has received approval from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to enter the generic design assessment (GDA) process.
Many obstacles still exist to achieving UK targets for carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) according to voices from the industry, compiled in a new report from the Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA).
Between 40-50 small modular reactors (SMRs) could be built in India by 2032 if plans by India’s Department of Atomic Energy and Tata Consulting Engineers are realised.
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has explained its consent-based process works for the siting of a geological disposal facility (GDF) for the long-term storage of radioactive waste and the benefits for communities which host them.
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