Work on a £1.1bn power transmission project in Scotland has taken a step forward after a purpose built, cable-laying vessel departed from Aberdeen harbour.
The NKT Victoria will lay 113km of high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable across the Moray Firth connecting Caithness to Moray, finishing work in September. It…
National Grid is stopping work on its grid connection to the proposed Moorside nuclear power station following the announcement of a strategic review of the plant’s future.
In a statement, National Grid said it had decided to “pause” its work to seek planning consent for the North West Coast Connections project…
Black & Veatch is to start an investigation into the feasibility of large scale floating solar farms at 17 of Hong Kong’s impounded reservoirs.
Water loss reduction, algae growth suppression and renewable power will be the study’s main areas of analysis. The client is Water Supplies Department of the Hong Kong.…
Researchers have found a way to ‘mass’ produce graphene sieves which could vastly reduce the amount of energy used in the production of heavy water for the nuclear industry.
Heavy water is used predominantly as a moderator in nuclear fission reactors. To make heavy water, deuterium – a heavy isotope of…
Leaf-like mats, which mimic natural seaweed, are being tested to see if they can provide scour protection for offshore windfarm foundations in the southern North Sea.
Consultant HR Wallingford is working with ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) to test the performance of the mats for the piled jacket foundations at the East Anglia…
Buses could soon be powered by sewer fatbergs in a bid to find an environmentally friendly way of disposing the problematic waste.
Thames Water has teamed up with renewables firm Argent Energy to look into how the congealed fats, oils and greases could be turned into an environmentally friendly fuel. The…
Skanska has won a £31M contract to build a power plant in Norway, which includes a 7km tunnel through a mountain.
Some of the construction sites can only be reached by helicopter and work involves drilling of shafts, blasting for the power plant and concrete work in the power station. The…
The UK has gone without energy generated from coal for 24 hours – the first time since the start of the industrial revolution in 1882.
West Burton 1, a coal fired power station in Nottinghamshire, went off at 22:50 last Thursday marking the start of the 24 hour period. Half way…
Green electricity company Ecotricity has unveiled its plans to build a new eco park near Stroud including what is claimed to be a world first timber football stadium and green technology centre.
Ecotricity said the new ‘Gateway to Stroud’ contained a green technology business park with sustainably built commercial offices and…
A 720MW hydropower scheme will begin construction in Pakistan after the project reached financial close.
The Karot hydropower venture, developer China Three Gorges’ first in the region, will sit across the Jhelum River and include a 95m dam and four headrace tunnels, along with a spillway to control any excess flows…
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