Civil engineering’s rising stars have been crowned at the NCE Graduate and Apprentice Awards, held at the Institution of Civil Engineers on 24 November.
It was the 26th anniversary of the awards, which have been created to celebrate the talent of those early in their careers in civil engineering. This year’s event was…
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has claimed 50GW of capacity has been freed up early for generation and storage projects to connect to the grid following a number of measures taken by the sector.
The UK is currently experiencing a connectivity logjam of projects, which is restricting renewable energy projects from…
A £130M National Grid project to upgrade overhead lines over a distance of 170km between Lincolnshire and Hertfordshire is now in its second phase.
The new high-voltage wires that transport electricity are being installed to replace original wires dating back to the 1960s that are approaching the end of their lifespan.…
Energy generation projects under development will be forced out of the queue for connection to the grid if they do not meet strict new milestones set by Ofgem.
The enegy regulator believes the new rules will speed up electricity grid connections for viable projects and see stalled or speculative developers restricted…
National Grid is accelerating the connection of up to 20GW of clean energy projects to its electricity transmission and distribution networks in England and Wales.
These include battery energy storage schemes and low carbon projects. On National Grid's transmission network, 19 battery energy storage projects worth around 10GW will be offered…
National Grid has celebrated a major milestone on its £1bn London Power Tunnels project with the breakthrough of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) marking the completion of the final drive for the 32.5km underground route.
TBM Grace broke through on Sunday 1 October having bored for over 11km between National Grid’s…
Arup and Aecom have landed key roles on National Grid's project to build high voltage overhead power lines across Lincolnshire.
The consultancy duo will manage the critical environmental impact assessment for the Grimsby to Walpole upgrade scheme. National Grid's Great Grid Upgrade project will see a 400kV overhead electricity transmission line…
A proposed £2.1bn subsea electricity “superhighway” between England and Scotland has now had planning consent by all necessary authorities approved.
Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) is a proposal to connect Peterhead in Scotland with Drax’s power station in North Yorkshire with 463km of subsea cables. Planning consent for all onshore and…
Ofgem has agreed to allow National Grid to implement an amnesty for up to 50 energy transmission developments that are contributing to a logjam for new, renewable projects trying to connect to the grid.
Each of these projects has signed a Transmission Entry Capacity (TEC) contract with National Grid agreeing to…
Suffolk County Council has taken a stand against National Grid’s £895M Norwich to Tilbury electricity connection project, saying that an offshore solution needs to be investigated further.
The Norwich to Tilbury project will reinforce the grid between these two locations with 183km of new connections made up mainly of new pylons…
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