MPs have demanded “concrete commitment” from ministers to deliver a new nuclear plant on Anglesey.
The House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee called for urgent action from the UK government to unlock the long-stalled Wylfa project in North Wales. More than two years have passed since developer Horizon Nuclear Power withdrew…
An all-party government committee has claimed the UK will miss its target of decarbonising the power sector by 2035 at its current pace.
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (BEIS) is also calling for the end to the ban on constructing new onshore wind farms in its latest report, Decarbonisation…
One of the world’s first large-scale commercial floating offshore windfarms planned for 75km off the Aberdeenshire coast is currently subject to a consenting process.
The proposed MarramWind offshore wind farm is expected to generate up to 3GW of renewable energy from roughly 200 floating turbines. MarramWind is a joint venture between…
Nine European countries including the UK and key members of the European Union have signed up to a plan to turn the North Sea into a major global renewable energy source by 2050.
Germany, France, The Netherlands, Norway, Denmark Belgium the UK and Ireland have agreed to coordinate their own offshore…
A 30km stretch of the M5 will be closed in both directions for the next three nights as engineers carry out fresh works on Hinkley Point's innovative connection network.
The Somerset section of the motorway will be shut to traffic between junctions 19 and 21 from 10pm this evening (Tuesday 25…
Ministers have revealed plans to create the world's largest multi-point power line under the North Sea as part of a campaign to slash the UK's reliance on Russian energy.
The LionLink proposal would connect the UK with the Netherlands as well as huge offshore wind farms located between the two nations.…
An industry body responsible for the energy systems in the UK and Ireland is urging for a reform of how connections are made to the grid after an “unprecedented” number of applications in the past year.
Energy Networks Association (ENA) has claimed 164GW of new connection requests were received in the…
The deadline for entries to the NCE Awards has been extended until 5 May, maximising the opportunity for UK-based civil engineering consulting firms to achieve recognition as leaders in the sector.
The NCE Awards celebrate achievements by civil engineering consultancies in the UK and are open to both large and small…
A number of obstacles still remain in getting the UK’s carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) plans off the ground, according to experts in the field.
The concerns surround both the infrastructure involved with trapping the CO2 emissions and also transporting the gases to the sites for injection with specialists warning…
The future of the £165M Woodhouse Colliery coal mine in Cumbria is in doubt after amendments were tabled to the Energy Bill in the House of Lords to outlaw coal mines in England.
Changes to the Energy Bill were voted through by The House of Lords on a wafer-thin margin of…
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