Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks Transmission (SSEN) has submitted a proposal of application notice (Pan) for a section of its Western Isles Link Project, outlining an area on the Isle of Lewis where it plans to work.
The demolition of Sizewell A by Nuclear Restoration Services’ (NRS) principal contractor Erith will create a “major skyline change” and leave the area ready for future use by March 2025.
A range of technologies developed by UK-headquartered oil and gas giant BP could be used by Nasa on the moon or on Mars following the signing of an agreement between the organisations.
Work has commenced on Port of Aberdeen’s £4M commercial shore power project, designed to supply clean electricity to vessels at seven berths.
Ofgem has approved £3.4bn of public funding for the England to Scotland offshore HVDC link, Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2), the UK’s single largest electricity transmission project ever.
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has awarded Graham Construction a four year contract to build a 10m thick engineered cap over trenches and vaults at the Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR) in Cumbria.
Civil nuclear power directly employs over 77,000 people in the UK and is worth £6.1bn to the economy, but the value is so much more than that. Add in the social value that the sector delivers and the benefit to the economy more than doubles to £16bn when you consider…
A new Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) in North London faces significant delays and cost increases after struggling to procure mechanical and electrical (M&E) subcontractors.
Smoke was seen and explosions were heard by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) operatives at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) which is occupied by Russia, following a suspected drone attack.
Work to develop ultra-high voltage technology, upgrading overhead line capacity through retrofitting cross arms and an automated weather and erosion alert tool are among the innovations aiding National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) in accelerating the energy transition.
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