Arup has been appointed by Wind Catching Systems (WCS) to provide research and engineering expertise for its ‘windcatcher’ multi-rotor floating offshore wind concept.
The Windcatcher has been designed to reduce the levelised cost of energy (LCoE) of floating wind. LCoE is the average cost of the unit (i.e. kWh) generated by…
WSP and AtkinsRéalis have been appointed by Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) under a 10-year agreement to support its geological disposal facilities (GDF) programme.
GDFs involve storing higher-activity nuclear waste hundreds of metres underground and according to the UK Government are internationally recognised as the safest long-term solution for the waste. A…
A 125-year lease has been signed between the City of Doncaster Council and landowners Peel Group to bring Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA), formerly named Robin Hood Airport, back into use.
The news was announced by Doncaster mayor Ros Jones, who said: “Today (21 March) I can announce that we have signed a…
Floating offshore wind projects at Port Talbot and the Port of Cromarty Firth have made progress under the government’s Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme (Flowmis) scheme, Associated British Ports (ABP) has announced.
ABP’s Future Port Talbot and Port of Cromarty Firth project have been advanced to the ‘primary list’ phase…
Restoration work to an historic viaduct in Dudley is nearly finished, marking a significant milestone for Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro extension.
The Midlands Metro Alliance (MMA) said final scaffolding is due to be removed in the coming days from the Parkhead Viaduct, which has been…
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…
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…
The impact on biodiversity in southern Ukraine following the breach of the Nova Kokhovka dam has been studied in an “unprecedented” rapid assessment by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) and HR Wallingford using remote sensing.
The 3.2km long, 30m high dam across the Dnipro River was breached on…
Network Rail issued a series of warnings to the public on 19 March about incidents across the railway in Great Britain including a landslip, points failure and a suspected broken rail.
At 07:03, Southern posted to X saying “urgent repairs” were needed on the track at Oxted and the track towards…
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