Scotland will not meet its 2030 statutory target of a 75% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).
The comments come as the CCC submits its Progress in reducing emissions in Scotland – 2023 Report to Parliament, where it said Scotland missed its annual target for…
ABB has signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Green Hydrogen International (GHI) on a project to develop the major green hydrogen facility in south Texas, United States.
As part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ABB’s automation, electrification and digital technology will be assessed for deployment at GHI’s Hydrogen City project.…
The government is “committed to building on” its support for advanced modular reactors (AMRs), according to an energy minister in the House of Lords.
Backbench Labour hereditary peer Viscount Hansworth asked the government “what assistance they provide to the developers of advanced modular reactors to enable them to conduct criticality tests”…
An expanded offshore grid and new North-to-South onshore electrical spine in Great Britain have been proposed by the Electricity Systems Operator (ESO) in its £58bn investment plan for the UK's power system to achieve the 2035 decarbonisation goal.
The ESO is responsible for operating the electricity system from a control room…
National Grid innovations to improve cable health monitoring, decarbonise rural communities and utilise electric plant in streetworks have won nearly £400,000 funding from the latest stage of the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF).
These funds will allow the projects to progress to feasibility studies as part of SIF’s discovery phase aimed…
Nine firms have been awarded construction and engineering contracts worth £4bn for net zero and carbon capture projects on Teesside and the Humber.
The projects are the bp and Equinor joint venture Net Zero Teesside Power and Northern Endurance Partnership, which is set to build one of the world’s first commercial-scale…
Earth’s climate is rising at a rate not seen in the past 10,000 years, according to NASA, and the United Nations states that the Earth is now 1.1°C warmer than it was in the 1800s. In the UK, the Met Office confirmed June 2023 as the hottest June on record.
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Turner & Townsend has been appointed to Tata Group’s £4bn battery manufacturing plant in Somerset.
The consultant will deliver cost management services, project management for enabling works and design team procurement. Production at the gigafactory, situated close to Bridgwater, is set to start in 2026, with the batteries supplying Jaguar Land…
The £400M National Grid project to upgrade and reinforce Yorkshire’s power network has been green lit by secretary of state for energy security and net zero, Claire Coutinho.
The Yorkshire Green Energy Enablement (Green) application has been granted its development consent order (DCO) following submission of the application to the planning…
Nearly 8,000 new homes stalled in West London due to electricity shortage issues in the area have so far been “unblocked”, according to City Hall.
An update on the power constraints affecting the grid in Ealing, Hillingdon and Hounslow, published by the Greater London Authority (GLA), said 7,800 new homes (of…
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