Mott MacDonald has acquired energy consultant Wideurope Engineering.
Wideurope has 50 staff and was established in 2002. It operates from offices in Dubai and Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates and Genoa, Italy. Wideurope has workd on power and desalination plants in the Gulf Cooperation Council and south west Asia, combined cycle…
Prime minister Theresa May has said the government is “committed” to the deal to construct a new nuclear power station at Moorside in West Cumbria.
May’s statement came after Japanese firm Toshiba, one of the companies involved in the project said it was reviewing its nuclear power business outside Japan. The review…
The UK could fail to meet its 2020 renewable energy targets due in part to its underperformance in the transport sector, according to an EU report.
The Renewable Energy Progress Report shows the UK currently performing above expectation with an 8.2% renewable energy share (RES) in 2015 – comfortably above its…
Allowing remote island onshore wind projects to access government subsidies could lead to £1.3bn of investment in Scotland, the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) has argued.
The government has been holding a consultation – which closes today (31 January) – on its position on non-mainland onshore wind projects. It argues that…
An investigation is underway at a Scottish wind farm after a turbine collapsed.
Developer Scottish Power Renewables is currently investigating the incident, which took place Friday 13 January at Killgallioch Windfarm in Ayrshire. Contractors are currently installing 96 Gamesa turbines at the site which will have an operating capacity of up to…
The UK is set to grow its offshore floating wind expertise after marine renewables company Atlantis Resources signed an agreement with floating foundations developer Ideol.
Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU), the companies will look to create an offshore floating wind project of up to 1.5GW. An initial pre-commercial phase of…
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to build a 3,200km wall along the United States border with Mexico.
The order says it is the policy of the administration to “secure the southern border of the United States through the immediate construction of a physical wall.” It said immediate steps will…
The British tidal industry has received a welcome vote of confidence from the government-backed Hendry review, which urged “swift action” on tidal technology.
Former energy minister Charles Hendry’s review found that as well as bringing opportunities to the UK supply chain, Britain could reasonably expect to become a leader in tidal…
The smallest of small nuclear reactors, about the size of a squash court, is finding big backers and global markets.
The U-battery micro-reactor is among 38 entries in the UK-government’s small modular reactor (SMR) competition, launched earlier this year. The competition is intended to begin a dialogue with this emerging industry…
With around 60 sunny days per year, “the UK” and “solar power” do not make for a natural co-location. And although we are not short of wind, many see it as an unreliable energy source.
But Britain does have something else in its favour. With roughly 17,820km of coastline, it has…
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