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Sinkholes, abandoned rail links and beavers all feature in New Civil Engineer’s Top 10 most read stories of 2023.

Thank you for reading. Environment Agency investigation continues as drone footage shows extent of HS2 Chiltern Tunnel sinkhole Link: https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/environment-agency-investigation-continues-as-drone-footage-shows-extent-of-hs2-chiltern-tunnel-sinkhole-24-05-2023/ £298M plan drawn up to reinstate abandoned Yorkshire to Lancashire rail link…

Balfour Beatty has installed six offshore liners for the cooling system at Hinkley Point C.

The company described the installation as a key milestone in the completion of the scheme's offshore works, which are scheduled to conclude in the first half of 2024. Earlier this month, Hinkley Point C’s first reactor…

A new plan has been released by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to create a competitive market for Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) in the UK by 2035.

CCUS Vision sets out a plan to unlock investment and drive economic growth by creating the market for…

National Grid has brought forward its £90M plan to upgrade 82km of overhead power line between Bramley in Hampshire and Melksham in Wiltshire by a year.

The utility company is fast tracking this project in an attempt to address a bottleneck in connecting low carbon projects to the electricity network in…

The dome for Hinkley Point C’s first reactor building has been lifted into place.

It closes the roof on the first reactor building, allowing the first nuclear reactor at the Somerset power station to be installed next year. Hinkley Point C’s two nuclear reactors will provide reliable zero-carbon electricity for 6M…

A major Scottish pumped storage hydro project at Loch Ness is positioned for further development under new Norwegian ownership.

Norwegian hydropower electricity producer Statkraft - which describes itself as Europe’s largest renewable power generator - has announced it will acquire the Red John Pumped Storage Hydro Scheme from Scottish clean energy…

An inquiry has been launched to look into the likelihood of Northern Ireland reaching net zero emissions by 2050 as recent figures show the nation is not on track to meet its first target.

Northern Ireland’s executive set a target for 80% of the nation’s electricity to come from renewable sources…

Procurement has started for £3.7bn worth of contracts on National Grid and Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission’s (SHET’s) Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL3) offshore interconnector between Scotland and England.

EGL3 will connect Peterhead in Scotland with south Lincolnshire, England with a 2GW capacity high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable, spreading renewable energy…

Engineering giant Jacobs has been selected by French start-up Naarea to assist with the development of the firm’s new nuclear reactor.

Jacobs will help with nuclear safety as well as engineering aspects of the new reactor such as control and instrumentation, mechanical and processing. The French firm’s planned XAMR reactor aims…

National Grid has handed out £1.8bn worth of contracts to build the Eastern Green Link 1 project which plans to connect England and Scotland with an electricity “superhighway”.

The Prysmian Group has been awarded a £750M contract to deliver the UK’s first 525kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) electricity transmission cable…