Power lines equivalent to all of those existing in the entire world’s grids needs to be added or replaced by 2040 in order to meet climate targets, a new study has revealed.
The report, by the International Energy Agency (IEA), warns that efforts to tackle climate change and support energy security…
Arup and ILF Consulting Engineers have signed a memorandum of understanding to aid in developing pumped storage projects in the UK.
This includes SSE Renewables’ Coire Glas and Buccleuch’s Glenmuckloch pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES) schemes, both in Scotland, as well as up to 13 more that are in the pipeline.…
Nuclear Waste Services’ (NWS’) Corporate Strategy will help us to move forward in new, innovative ways with a refreshed focus on value and safety. As a newly integrated organisation, we are in an even better position to make nuclear waste permanently safer, sooner.
Why is treatment and packaging so important?…
Labour members have voted in favour of nationalising the energy network, but the political party's leadership has said it is unlikely to follow through on the motion.
Delegates at the party's annual conference in Liverpool backed a formal motion from Sharon Graham, general secretary at trade union Unite, to reverse privatisation…
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has hailed a “fantastic” moment as the under-construction Dogger Bank offshore wind farm - to be the largest in the world - produced power for the first time.
130km off the Yorkshire coast, Dogger Bank is being developed and built by SSE Renewables in partnership with two…
I know we in the interconnector sector are not alone in the situation of interminable development delays – though sometimes it feels like it. Consenting regimes for infrastructure have long since evolved into a labyrinth that discourages anyone from developing energy transition infrastructure; many more energy projects besides Aquind Interconnector…
Australia's beleaguered Snowy 2.0 renewable energy scheme is heading to the halfway mark as excavation of its central 250m-long underground power station cavern gets underway.
Snowy 2.0 is being delivered by Future Generation (FGJV) – a joint venture between Webuild, Australian firm Clough and an American subsidiary of Webuild called Lane…
Small modular reactor (SMR) technology has been attractive on paper, but difficult to realize in practice. Despite high investments into SMR development, no SMRs are yet in commercial operation.
However, as the world struggles with the immense challenges of transitioning away from fossil fuels, a resurgence of interest has appeared…
Mace has been appointed as the main contractor for the extension and refurbishment of the Oxford facility which hosts the world’s most powerful laser.
Originally signed up under a pre-construction services agreement (PCSA), Mace will carry out design, buildability, construction and planning services for the extension and part refurbishment of the…
National Grid has celebrated a major milestone on its £1bn London Power Tunnels project with the breakthrough of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) marking the completion of the final drive for the 32.5km underground route.
TBM Grace broke through on Sunday 1 October having bored for over 11km between National Grid’s…
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