Anti-Sizewell C campaigners have warned that confirming funding for the power station is a "dodgy decision" after reports that prime minister Boris Johnson has agreed to part-fund the project.
Planning permission for Sizewell C was granted in July but details on the government's final investment decision are yet to be announced.…
Network Rail is searching for a provider of renewable energy to provide between 0.5TWh and 1TWh annually for the next 25 years in a contract worth up to £1.25bn.
The UK’s rail operator is one of the largest purchasers of electricity in the UK, consuming circa 4.5TWh per year – 4.1TWh…
Planning permission has been secured for a factory in Hunterston, Scotland which will build the world’s largest subsea cable.
The cable is part of a £17bn project to send energy from Morocco to the UK via four 3,800km high-voltage, direct current subsea cable by 2030. Pick Everard has been acting as…
VolkerFitzpatrick has been appointed by Ørsted to deliver the installation of onshore cables for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm.
VolkerFitzpatrick will be supported by VolkerStevin for the delivery of the project. The contract – subject to Ørsted taking a Final Investment Decision on Hornsea 3 – will see the installation…
EDF has set out its plans for providing the water needed for the Sizewell C project, after the nuclear power plant was given the green light despite concerns raised by the Planning Inspectorate about the water supply strategy.
Since the development consent order (DCO) was granted last month, further questions have…
This month's NCE News Wrap is out now, bringing you key recent stories in a quick five-minute roundup.
In August's News Wrap video, former Crossrail chief executive Mark Wild reflects on the project's challenges and Transport for London commissioner Andy Byford emphasises the organisation's continuing need for a long term funding…
ScottishPower Renewables has begun construction of its second windfarm off the Suffolk coast, part of the £6.5bn East Anglia Hub.
The East Anglia Three windfarm has a capacity of 1,400Mw of green electricity – enough to power around 1.3M homes and a significant portion of the government’s target for 50GW of…
National Highways will close a section of the M53 near Whitby overnight tomorrow (Saturday 13 August) as the largest single module for the UK’s first hydrogen-ready furnace is transported to Essar Oil UK’s Stanlow refinery near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire.
The module is 26.5m long, 18.5m tall and 14.2m wide and…
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has appointed a consortium of fusion specialists led by Atkins and energy transition firm Assystem as its engineering partners for its project to demonstrate the commercial viability of fusion energy.
The consortium will play a key role in the design and build of the Spherical…
The decision on whether to grant planning permission for a new coal mine in west Cumbria has been pushed back once again, with the decision now due on or before 8 November.
The decision was previously deferred from 7 July due to the confusion of the rearrangements among government cabinet and…
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