Wiltshire Council has granted planning permission for National Grid to replace overhead power lines with underground cables beneath the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
The landscape north of Devizes is set to be enhanced by the replacement of 4.6km of overhead power lines and 13 pylons with…
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) has released a document outlining its Mersey Tidal barrage proposal, saying it would be the largest engineering and construction project in the North West of the UK.
The authority’s proposition outlines why it believes the proposed scheme to build a tidal barrage across the…
Efforts to build offshore wind farms alongside carbon capture facilities have taken a step forward with the launch of two key initiatives.
A group of organisations chaired by The Crown Estate commissioned one project to find suitable sites on the seabed for the mission, and another to identify the benefits. The…
Unsurprisingly Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement has taken centre stage in recent days, but it wasn’t the only announcement we should be carefully scrutinising. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Ofgem also released its Connections Action Plan, a lengthy document detailing plans to reduce connection timescales.
There is…
University of Manchester researchers have called for new measures to address threats to the UK's energy supply, including a government body for energy security.
Maria Sharmina and Timothy Capper from the policy engagement unit Policy@Manchester have published an article titled 'Strengthening the UK’s energy resilience and security'. Sharmina is a research…
Contractor Balfour Beatty has signed a deal with South Korea’s Hoban Group to collaborate on large-scale power transmission and distribution projects in the UK.
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between Hoban Goup’s subsidiary Taihan Cable and Solution Co. Ltd which aims to create a “differentiated offering through advanced designs,…
Mott MacDonald has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with South Korea’s KEPCO Engineering & Construction Company to explore the potential for it to build a large-scale nuclear facility in the UK.
It came at the same time as an announcement of £21bn of investment from South Korea in the UK…
This year’s Autumn Statement has seen chancellor of the exchequer confront the mounting energy security concerns apparent in the UK and try to breakdown barriers in planning infrastructure.
Yesterday, 22 November, Jeremy Hunt and the Conservative Party announced the Connections Action Plan to help the connectivity logjam the UK’s energy sector…
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has claimed 50GW of capacity has been freed up early for generation and storage projects to connect to the grid following a number of measures taken by the sector.
The UK is currently experiencing a connectivity logjam of projects, which is restricting renewable energy projects from…
A £130M National Grid project to upgrade overhead lines over a distance of 170km between Lincolnshire and Hertfordshire is now in its second phase.
The new high-voltage wires that transport electricity are being installed to replace original wires dating back to the 1960s that are approaching the end of their lifespan.…
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