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The government has been urged to establish a national floating wind testing centre to harness the potential of the sector. 

Energy from waste operator Enfinium has announced plans to invest up to £800M into carbon capture and storage (CCS) at its plant in West Yorkshire, which it says could provide 90MW baseload carbon negative power.

Mott MacDonald has been appointed to the role of delivery partner for the assessment phase of the international nuclear firm Holtec’s new small modular reactor (SMR), the SMR-300.

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded £11.6M of contracts for companies to develop technologies to support fusion energy.

The 28th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (Cop28) has seen world leaders focus on securing investment for green infrastructure around the globe.

The Hinkley Point C nuclear power station team has celebrated a milestone with the installation of a polar crane at the top of the first reactor building.

WSP has signed a contract with Xlinks to provide further technical advisory services for the huge Morocco to UK undersea interconnector project.

The development corporation behind the Old Oak Common regeneration in West London is searching for suppliers to deliver its proposed £800M heat network, which would be powered by waste heat from data centres.

National Grid has launched frameworks worth £58.67bn to meet its high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable requirements, including a £12.77bn civils and major works framework.

Wiltshire Council has granted planning permission for National Grid to replace overhead power lines with underground cables beneath the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).