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Balfour wins £192M contract to build three new Scottish substations
Balfour Beatty is to build a trio of substations in western Scotland after securing a £192M contract from SSEN Transmission to strengthen its power infrastructure in Argyll.
Cross-sector collaboration is ‘crucial’ to recycling offshore wind infrastructure
Skills and systems from a range of industries will be critical to achieve sustainable recycling of materials and components from a wave of wind farms that are nearing the end of their life, a report has warned.
Modular steel towers can speed up the path to net zero
In 2015, ministers from 196 countries met in the Le Bourget suburb of Paris for COP21. After a fortnight of deliberations mankind collectively agreed on a clear ambition. The world agreed to work to keep “the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels” and…
Costain to lead study into integrating hydrogen refuelling stations into UK gas network
A new study led by Costain will explore how hydrogen refuelling stations can be integrated into the UK’s existing gas network in anticipation of increased demand for fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and other zero-emission vehicles.
Laing enlists Volker to Great Grid Upgrade team to deliver civils for onshore cables
Laing O’Rourke has appointed VolkerTrenchless Solutions and VolkerFitzpatrick as discipline specialists in its integrated team under the Great Grid Partnership, delivering National Grid’s Great Grid Upgrade.
If the UK wants nuclear innovation, it must create an environment for it to succeed
Few topics produce the same frisson of excitement from those in energy sector as nuclear power. Nottingham’s new prototype nuclear fusion plant. Small modular reactors (SMRs). The next generation of nuclear fission power plants – with Hinkley Point C in construction and Sizewell C preparing for a final investment decision.…
Labour promises 10-year infrastructure strategy with significant private investment
The Labour Party has pledged to develop a 10-year infrastructure strategy to “guide investment plans and give the private sector certainty about the project pipeline”.
Could Great Grid Upgrade present opportunity for Geodetic Transmission Tower of 1966?
After the prototype was test assembled it was taken down and taken to a test site where it was re-assembled and load tested at full scale, following industry practice. It indicated serious commercial viability. Then, the British government shut the project down in the course of nationalising the steel industry…
Balfour wins £32M design contract for first phase of £690M Skye reinforcement project
Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £32M design and development contract to deliver the first phase of the £690M Skye reinforcement project, part of SSEN Transmission’s Pathway to 2030 plan.