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Jacobs brings energy sector expertise to Balfour Beatty Strategic Design Partnership as WSP exits

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Balfour Beatty is eyeing opportunities in the energy sector as it welcomes Jacobs as one of the three design consultants forming the Strategic Design Partnership, replacing WSP.

Balfour Beatty created the partnership in 2017 with the aim to “re-frame the designer-contractor  relationship” by fostering collaboration and openness. Balfour Beatty’s procurement of…

National Grid advertises £9.3bn upgrade work on power infrastructure

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National Grid has called for interest in up to £9.3bn of work on a mammoth overhaul of power infrastructure in England and Wales.

The energy company launched procurement for planning, design and construction partners for its Great Grid Upgrade initiative. Nine major onshore projects worth a combined £4.5bn will initially be…

ICE Publishing portfolio changes hands

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Thomas Telford Limited (TTL), the commercial arm of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), has sold the ICE Publishing portfolio to Emerald Publishing.

Bingley-headquartered Emerald Publishing is part of investment firm Cambridge Information Group and publishing services to researchers in various forms including journals, books, teaching cases as well as open…

Tunnelling milestone reached on troubled £3bn hydro scheme

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Bosses on Australia's troubled Snowy 2.0 hydroelectric megaproject have celebrated the completion of a key tunnel - but work on another remains on hold and environmental concerns have been raised.

Energy producer and project client Snowy Hydro said it was "extremely pleased" to finish excavating the 2.9km-long emergency, cable and ventilation…

Safeguarding land is critical to achieving net zero energy targets 

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Targets set by European nations for energy generation to reach net zero are at risk due to a lack of available land to deliver the infrastructure needed, new research has revealed.

According to analysis from management consultant McKinsey & Company, land safeguarding needs to take place now in order for targets…

Morocco-to-UK 3,800km undersea interconnector gains £30M funding

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A plan to build four 3,800km cables undersea cables between the UK and Morocco has gained a £30M ($37.5M) funding boost.

Investment from Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) and Octopus Energy Group is bringing Xlinks’, the company developing the project, closer to delivering on the plans, which would see the…