Balfour Beatty has adopted a more efficient, safer method of cable laying.
The firm used its automated ”cable push” system to install a 250m, 33kV cable under a Sheffield woodland as part of a contract for National Grid. The project involved replacing and upgrading cabling at a National Grid site in…
Drax Group, Equinor and National Grid Ventures have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the UK’s first “zero carbon cluster” in the Humber region.
The “zero-carbon cluster” would comprise a Drax power station, a large-scale carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) network and a hydrogen production facility (see diagram below). Drax already operates a…
The operator and manger of the UK’s electricity supply has announced plans to remove all carbon emissions from the national grid.
Electricity System Operator (ESO), who operates the power network on behalf of National Grid, wants the UK grid to be “zero carbon” by 2025. It plans to do this by using artificial intelligence (AI)…
Murphy has been awarded the £24M contract to design and build a new electricity substation in east London.
Work to build the 132,000V substation in Barking include designing and building the substation as well as installing the cabling to connect the station to the power network. Murphy will use new gas insulated switchgear components in…
Energy regulator Ofgem has been accused of being “short sighted” following its ruling on plans for new interconnectors in the Shetland and Western Isles in Scotland.
Ofgem ruled in favour of the Shetland transmission link, a 600MW connection between the Shetland Islands and the mainland – connecting the islands to the UK national grid for…
Plans for a £100M power tunnel connecting the Wylfa nuclear plant on Anglesey to the national grid in mainland Wales have been scrapped, following suspension of nuclear power plant project at the site.
National Grid has confirmed it has now withdrawn its planning application for the tunnel which is part of…
The 130km, 1,000MW Nemo Link interconnector between the UK and Belgium has begun commercial operation.
The £600M cable connects two HVDC stations – one in Herdersbrug near Bruges, Belgium and the other in Richborough, UK. The interconnector is operated by a joint venture between National Grid Interconnectors and Belgian energy provider Elia.…
Balfour Beatty, Murphy and Siemens have all been awarded work at Hinkley Point C as part of a £300M framework.
The project will see the construction of a 400,000 volt 57km long connection between Bridgwater and Seabank near Avonmouth. The works consist of 48.5km of overhead lines and 10.7km of underground cable, 8.5km of which passes through…
A £100M project to build a power connector under the Menai Strait is under threat following developer Horizon’s decision to suspend the Wylfa nuclear plant project.
The 4km tunnel was set to run from the Wylfa nuclear site on the Isle of Anglesey, under the Menai Strait, to connect to the grid…
SSE Networks (SSEN) has completed construction of a 1,200 MW energy link in Scotland around £30M under budget.
The electricity link between Caithness and Moray transfers energy from offshore and onshore wind farms to the National Grid. The connector is SSEN’s largest single investment ever, and has come in under budget, with…
New Civil Engineer Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer