Targets set by European nations for energy generation to reach net zero are at risk due to a lack of available land to deliver the infrastructure needed, new research has revealed.
According to analysis from management consultant McKinsey & Company, land safeguarding needs to take place now in order for targets…
A plan to build four 3,800km cables undersea cables between the UK and Morocco has gained a £30M ($37.5M) funding boost.
Investment from Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) and Octopus Energy Group is bringing Xlinks’, the company developing the project, closer to delivering on the plans, which would see the…
A Freedom of Information request submitted by NCE has revealed utility companies spent nearly £7M renting roads to conduct maintenance works last year.
The data was taken from a Transport for London (TfL) document detailing all the funds the body had received between April 2022 to March 2023 under the TfL…
A ‘Strategic Spatial Energy Plan’ that sets out key construction and infrastructure requirements and strategic ‘capacity hubs’ to enable coordinated connection are among recommendations in a National Grid report setting out priorities to support net zero.
The report ‘Delivering for 2035: Upgrading the grid for a secure, clean and affordable energy…
New and improved reward schemes, including the potential of lower bills, could be offered by developers to communities in England that support onshore wind farms in their area, under proposals announced by the government late last week.
In announcing the new plan, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said…
National Grid and its London Power Tunnels contractor Hochtief-Murphy Joint Venture (HMJV) have completed the world’s largest ever continuous pour of Earth Friendly Concrete cutting 82t from the embodied carbon on the project.
The £1bn project aims to help London meet future electricity demand and to replace technology that has reached…
Proposals to build three 333km2 sites with hundreds of floating turbines at an estimated cost of £20bn have been revealed.
Green infrastructure developer Cerulean Winds has revealed its plans to build the North Sea Renewables Grid (NSRG), an offshore integrated green power and transmission system powered by floating wind to help…
Australia’s hydroelectric megaproject Snowy 2.0 has seen its completion date pushed back by 12 to 24 months due to numerous unforeseen hurdles.
Snowy 2.0 is a hydroelectricity complex being built by Future Generation (FGJV) – a joint venture between Webuild, Australian firm Clough and an American subsidiary of Webuild called Lane…
Keltbray has won a £40M deal to upgrade overhead lines for Northern Powergrid.
Under the deal, the contractor will build new infrastructure as well as refurbishing and replacing existing assets across Yorkshire, north Lincolnshire and the Humber Estuary. The work will boost the resilience of the network ahead of forecast increases…
Entries are now open for the 2023 TechFest Awards, with new categories added to celebrate innovation in even more areas of civil engineering and construction.
The broader outlook for the awards, which will be held in the evening after TechFest's daytime conference on 23 November at Hilton London Bankside, are the…
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