The government has responded to the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) study on reducing the risk of surface water flooding, but has not accepted a number of the report’s recommendations.
Published in November 2022, the NIC report sets out a series of practical steps to better prepare the country for increased surface…
The head of a House of Lords committee has warned that the government’s energy plans still risk energy security and net-zero ambitions because they lack investment in energy storage technology.
Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Julia King, who is chair of the Science and Technology Committee, warned that Whitehall needs to act…
Construction of a replacement overhead transmission between the Harris grid supply point and Stornoway grid supply point is expected to start in the summer of 2024 and finish in 2026.
Consent was granted to SSEN Transmission for the project by the Scottish Government which SSEN said would bolder energy security on…
Powerlines needed to drive the UK’s transition to net zero carbon will have to be built in unpopular places, but the government hopes it can minimise the disruption, a minister has said.
Jerome Mayhew, MP for Broadland in Norfolk, is a campaigner against a new pylon route through his county to…
The UK had 13.9GW of offshore wind capacity in 2022 and 10GW of projects are under construction, but National Grid, the electricity system operator, estimates that over 100GW could be required to reach net zero by 2050. Installing more offshore wind turbines to meet this capacity is only part of…
New gas power stations will be built if government plans under the second consultation on the review of electricity market arrangements (REMA) are successful, as a back-up for intermittent renewables like wind and solar.
In an announcement from the Prime Minister and Energy Secretary, the government said it was committed to…
The trade body for steel producers has warned that government reforms to energy pricing could hit plans to transition to green steel production.
A second consultation on the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA), unveiled this week alongside the commitment to support building new gas power stations, favours a locational marginal…
The M25 motorway will experience its first ever planned full closure this weekend so National Highways can demolish a bridge and install a large gantry.
National Highways will shut the M25 in both directions between junctions 10 (A3 Wisley) and 11 (A320 Chertsey Interchange) starting at 9pm on Friday, 15 March…
The Suffolk Chamber of Commerce fears the planned Ely and Haughley rail improvement schemes won’t go ahead following last week’s Spring Budget announcements.
The group has written to government ministers and local MPs raising concerns that significant cuts to transport budgets announced in chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget…
Investigations have determined over 900 repairs need to be carried out to restore the Grade II listed Tyne Bridge.
The president of ICE, Prof Anusha Shah, and the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (Ceca) Chairperson, Ross Markwell, visited the site to hear from engineers about what works are needed to complete the…
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