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COP26 president Alok Sharma and communities secretary Robert Jenrick have clashed over Jenrick’s decision to approve a new coal mine in Cumbria.

A legal challenge to the UK government’s approval of two new gas-fired units at the Drax Power plant in North Yorkshire has failed.

Mott MacDonald has been appointed by the NortH2 Consortium1 as its technical integration and optimisation contractor for the NortH2 project, the largest hydrogen project in Europe.

Combining wind power with a nuclear small modular reactor (SMR) could see energy production re-start at Wylfa in North Wales by late 2027 under plans presented by Shearwater Energy.

The Environment Agency and Natural England have raised concerns that design changes made to the proposed £20bn Sizewell C nuclear power plant will be rushed through without adequate time to be evaluated.

Energy schemes and High Speed 2 (HS2) work dominate a list of the top 100 construction projects to start in 2021 compiled by analyst Glenigan.

The Environment Agency has flagged six safety concerns with EDF and China General Nuclear’s (CGN) plans to construct a 2.2GW nuclear reactor at the Bradwell site in Essex.

Costain is collaborating with U-Battery Developments - the firm behind a modular reactor design - to develop an advanced modular reactor (AMR).

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has criticised the government's decision not to intervene with proposals for a new coal mine in Cumbria.

The government has decided not to intervene in plans for a new coal mine in Cumbria.