A report released from the government’s elected offshore wind champion claims the UK will not reach its target of providing 50GW of energy from wind turbines by 2030.
In the report Tim Pick calls for the acceleration of offshore wind farm development to aid the UK’s transition to net zero. Currently,…
What is set to be Scotland’s largest offshore windfarm has also become the location of the world’s deepest wind turbine foundation too.
Energy firm SSE's contractor installed the 2,000t turbine foundation at a depth of 58.6m on Easter Sunday. The installation is for the Seagreen offshore windfarm, which SSE Renewables is…
Over the last 200 years, the industrial age has brought many technological advancements and laid the foundations for our modern world. The “cost” of this has been the contribution to climate change, with millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) being emitted every year into the atmosphere. Like many nations,…
Offshore work associated with the construction of EDF's Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has entered its final stages as two jack-up vessels have arrived to install components for the power station’s water cooling system.
The two huge vessels, named Sea Challenger and Neptune, have arrived off the coast in Somerset…
UK-based civil engineering consulting firms have until 21 April to enter the new NCE Awards and get onto the shortlist for the event that will put a spotlight on the best in the business.
As well as categories to determine the top consulting firm and SME consulting firm of the year,…
The National Underground Asset Register (Nuar), a digital map of underground utilities assets, has launched today with the aim of improving safety of excavation work and efficiencies on construction and engineering projects.
The cloud-based web service - which is initially being rolled out as a "minimum viable product" (MVP) covering the…
The UK Government has vowed that new jobs and investment will come to Wales as it unveiled “ambitious plans to scale up affordable, clean, homegrown power and build thriving green industries in Britain”.
The UK Government has announced that a Hanson carbon capture cement works project – based in the North…
The West Burton A coal power station in Nottinghamshire closed permanently at the end of last month after 57 years of electricity production.
EDF Energy’s plant in Nottinghamshire was put on standby this winter and ordered to have 400MW available in response to the global energy crisis after originally being slated…
The Environment Agency, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) have announced that they are progressing to the next phase of their assessment of Rolls-Royce SMR’s 470MW small modular reactor (SMR) design.
The assessment process for nuclear power plants is known as generic design assessment (GDA) and…
The UK’s energy and infrastructure sectors have shown positivity towards the government’s latest tranche of commitments to drive investment in green energy, but stress that “significant questions remain” and it is just a step on the long journey to net zero.
The Department for Net Zero and Energy Security’s newly published…
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