Energy regulator Ofgem has told Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks’ (SSEN) that it must make changes to its plans for a new interconnector for Scotland’s Orkney Islands.
Ofgem has told SSEN to secure more generational capacity before it will approve the proposed 220MW high voltage link to connect the Orkney islands to mainland Scotland. The link is…
The European Parliament has condemned the Nord Stream gas pipe line extension as a “risk to European energy security”.
The extension to the Nord Stream gas pipe line named Nord Stream 2 - connecting Russia to Germany - has been condemned by the European Parliament as a risk to “European energy security” in a vote on a resolution calling…
Wind and solar energy sources can provide large scale cheap, stable, carbon neutral energy for the UK if supported by a flexible grid that allows for better energy storage and trade.
Wind and solar power are the most popular sources of renewable energy in the UK. They produce 19% of the…
Matching energy supply with local and national demand is so complex that automation, machine learning and real-time carbon intensity reporting will be needed.
Consumers are almost certain to play a key role in driving changes in the energy market as they exploit digital technology to manage their personal energy use. Through…
MeyGen, the world’s largest tidal stream array, is about to be expanded. This report looks closer at a scheme that is operating at the edge of human understanding.
Britain’s moonshot is how the designers of the MeyGen tidal stream project describe the first phase of a scheme that since April this year has been officially…
The global energy sector is facing a major transformation, as electrification grows, renewables use expands, oil production is transformed and there is resurgent demand for natural gas.
Across all regions and fuels, national policy choices will determine the future energy mix. Geopolitical factors are exerting new and complex influences on energy…
The £2.8bn North West Coast Connections project, which includes the 22km long Morecambe Bay tunnel near Lancaster, has been officially scrapped, New Civil Engineer can reveal.
National Grid confirmed that the process to formally terminate its agreement with NuGen to build the connection had started today. There had been questions over the…
The decarbonisation of the UK’s power sector risks creating regional divisions across the country, according to a report commissioned by Drax.
While the report, Energising Britain, conducted by researchers from E4tech and Imperial College London, praised the rapid decarbonisation of the power sector as a ‘‘feather in the UK’s cap’’ it warned that…
The government is looking for investors to support the UK’s first Energy Investment Portfolio worth £5bn, which has a focus on waste-to-energy projects and electric vehicle infrastructure.
The international trade secretary Liam Fox has announced that his department will market almost £5bn of UK energy projects to investors from 108 different countries around the world. Six of the portfolio projects up…
The pulling of the power cables which will provide the electricity to the new £9bn, 227ha Nine Elms development in south London is now half way through to completion.
In total, nearly 50km of 120mm diameter, 132kV cables will be pulled through an existing 13.7km long, 26m deep, 2.44m diameter tunnel…
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