An autonomous robot is assisting with maintenance and monitoring at one of SSEN Transmission’s high-voltage direct current (HVDC) stations at Blackhillock in Keith.
The robot is called EXTRM MK4.1 and will enable more effective monitoring of aspects of the HVDC station which are inaccessible to engineers during normal operations due to…
Plans to install new electricity hubs and pylons are to be scrutinised by members of the public in Lincolnshire from 16 February to 13 March.
Views from the public are being sought by National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) on the intended route of the pylons. The plans for pylons in Lincolnshire…
Tunnels for water intake and outfall are ready to be connected from Hinkley Point C to the Bristol Channel.
When it comes online in 2029, the nuclear power station's two new reactors will provide generate 3,260MW of secure, low-carbon electricity for 60 years, servicing around 6M homes. The nuclear power station,…
Oxford United Football Club has announced plans to build the first stadium in the UK powered solely by electricity, claiming it will be “the most sustainable mid-sized sports venue in the country”.
As part of the club’s pledge to deliver a state-of-the-art new stadium, it has outlined details behind the proposed…
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Transmission's new £85M substation near Alyth, east Scotland has been energised.
The substation was built by Siemens Bam joint venture, with Bam taking on the civils aspects. SSEN Transmission said the project delivered an “over 50% increase in biodiversity”. This goes over and above the…
The government has confirmed that it is developing strategies to deal with a potential extreme space weather event. NCE asks what is space weather, how is it monitored and what affects could it have on infrastructure?
Space weather, otherwise known as a solar storm, occurs when the sun emits a huge burst…
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has cast doubt over the government's reliance on small modular reactors (SMRs) in the phasing out of fossil fuels from the UK's energy system by 2035.
EAC chair Phillip Dunne has expressed his doubts in an open letter to energy secretary Claire Coutinho following the EAC’s…
According to the International Energy Agency, the industry sector generates 45% of the total direct emissions from end-users. To put it simply, it will be almost impossible for the industry sector to reach net zero without finding solutions to assist in its decarbonisation. Nuclear may offer the solution – but…
SSE Renewables has announced the completion of Dogger Bank A wind farm has been delayed until 2025 due to issues within the supply chain and poor weather conditions.
Dogger Bank A is part of the wider Dogger Bank offshore wind farm project which sits 130km off the Yorkshire coast. The project…
Industrial carbon capture capacity must rise significantly to help the European Union meet its objective of hitting net zero by 2050, according to a new strategy released by the European Commission.
The EU has released a ‘communication’ titled Towards an ambitious Industrial Carbon Management for the EU where it sets out ambitious…
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