All 116 T-pylons across Somerset have been fully wired up signalling a major milestone in the process of connecting the under construction Hinkley Point C to the grid.
The laying and burying of cable needed for the 190km Greenlink Interconnector that will connect Ireland and Wales’ power grids has begun.
Russia’s seizure of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant raises the risk of a nuclear incident and its attacks on infrastructure must halt, a UK diplomat has warned the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
Over 2,100t of radioactive solid intermediate level waste (ILW) have been safely retrieved and stored at nuclear power site Hunterston A in Scotland by Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS).
Enfinium is progressing plans for to invest around £200M carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at the Parc Adfer energy from waste facility in Deeside, North Wales.
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was directly targeted by the Russian military drones on 7 April 2024, leading experts to raise the alarm about the risks of attacking hazardous infrastructure assets.
At least three people have died, four are missing and five are seriously injured following an explosion at a hydroelectric dam on Lake Suviana in northern Italy on Tuesday 9 April.
Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) is on the hunt for contractors to join its £470M framework for cable infrastructure installation works.
Last month, the National Grid Electricity Systems Operator (ESO) published its ambitious £58bn plan to achieve decarbonisation by 2035, suggesting connecting offshore wind parks to the grid via a cross-country “electrical spine”.
There are developments that can be made to floating offshore wind to further exploit the benefits of the technology, according to the CEO of BW Ideol, a French company looking to bring these innovationss to the UK market.
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