A “world first” venture to drill directly into a “magma chamber” in Krapla, northern Iceland, is seeking $100M (£79M) to enable initial drilling to get underway by 2027.
The funding will support specialist drilling equipment and a team of handpicked specialist engineers from companies including Cowi-owned Mannvit. Their task will be…
A subsea power hub for floating wind turbines is being piloted by Norwegian headquartered engineering firm Aker Solutions as part of the Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) in Norway.
Aker Solutions will provide power transmission technology, which it calls the “Subsea Collector”, for the METCentre test area consisting of two floating…
Breakthrough has been made on the last 3m of Australia’s Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro scheme’s transformer hall cavern ‘crown’ or ceiling.
When completed, the 223m long, 46m high transformer hall and 251m long, 52m high machine hall will jointly form one of the largest and deepest caverns in the world, big enough…
East Suffolk Council has objected to National Grid’s planned undersea electricity connector between Kent and Suffolk due to “unacceptable harm” caused to communities, environment and economy.
Sea Link is proposal from National Grid to reinforce the electricity network between Suffolk and Kent via a new, primarily offshore, 2GW high voltage direct…
A new saltmarsh spanning more than 300ha has been proposed by EDF Energy at Hinkley Point C as an alternative to an acoustic fish deterrent.
The saltmarsh would be created on the River Parrett at Pawlett Hamms near Bridgewater. EDF said it would “create a new habitat for fish and animals,…
Power producer RWE has started pre-construction for its 63MW Strathy Wood onshore wind farm in Caithness, Scotland.
When it enters full construction later this year it will become RWE’s third onshore windfarm in Scotland to get underway within a 12 month period, following Enoch Hill in East Ayrshire and Camster II…
The Suffolk nuclear power station Sizewell B, which has been in operation since 1995, has now produced 250TWh of low carbon electricity in its lifetime.
It is the UK’s only Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) and, according to owner and operator EDF, it has produced enough low carbon electricity to power every…
At a time when energy efficiency and carbon reduction in community buildings, public infrastructure and our own homes becomes critical to people’s health, wealth and wellbeing, local governments are rising to the challenge of leading transformative change from the ground up.
As the UK government channels nearly £2bn into upgrading…
Scottish Power subsidiary SP Transmission has started procurement for £5.4bn of contracts relating to substation and overhead powerline works.
Both frameworks are for an initial period of five years with the potential to extend to 10. The 10 year duration is to align with SP Transmission’s part of the UK’s Pathway…
The festive season has seen the new interconnector between Denmark and England open, albeit with an initial capacity of 800MW as opposed to the planned 1,400MW.
The Viking Link is a 760km 1.4GW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line traversing the North Sea that came into operation at the lower capacity…
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