Latest Energy News

Overhead power lines will remain as the standard method for transmission of electricity, despite calls for more undergrounding, the government has confirmed.

Mott MacDonald has been appointed by National Grid to provide front end engineering design (Feed) and technical support for the Eastern Green Link (EGL) 3 and 4 interconnector projects.

The local community in West Burton, Nottinghamshire, has been invited learn and provide feedback about the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) nuclear fusion project being developed next to the village's old coal fire power stations.

The UK could suffer an energy “crunch point” in 2028 where demand for electricity could exceed the grid’s capacity by 7.5GW at peak times, a new report has warned.

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has fully decommissioned the Imperial College Reactor Centre (ICRC) , making it the first reactor site to be fully retired in UK nuclear history under modern regulatory controls.

National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) chair John Armitt has penned a letter to government urging it speed up development of policy that will encourage private sector investment in energy infrastructure.

A new purpose-built factory manufacturing high voltage cables will be built at a 15ha site near the Port of Nigg on Easter Ross in Scotland.

A £1.4bn economic boost for the UK could be generated if three new floating offshore wind farms are constructed in the Celtic Sea, according to a report commissioned by the Crown Estate.

Nearly two thirds (63%) of energy companies operating within the UK have or plan to move their investments abroad, a study devised by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) has revealed.

Work will soon be starting on work site creation and ground trials at the Sizewell C site.