EDF Energy | New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:49:24 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2023/07/favicon-nce192x-70x70.png EDF Energy | New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 32 32 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 125 75 Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Sizewell C triggers Development Consent Order, marking formal start of construction https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/sizewell-c-triggers-development-consent-order-marking-formal-start-of-construction-15-01-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/sizewell-c-triggers-development-consent-order-marking-formal-start-of-construction-15-01-2024/#respond Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:47:52 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=272852 The development of Sizewell C in Suffolk has triggered its development consent order (DCO) paving the way to the formal construction period for the 3.2GW nuclear plant.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/sizewell-c-triggers-development-consent-order-marking-formal-start-of-construction-15-01-2024/feed/ 0 Costain and Jacobs win EDF contracts to support work on eight UK nuclear power stations https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/costain-and-jacobs-win-edf-contracts-to-support-work-on-eight-uk-nuclear-power-stations-07-11-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/costain-and-jacobs-win-edf-contracts-to-support-work-on-eight-uk-nuclear-power-stations-07-11-2023/#respond Tue, 07 Nov 2023 05:00:23 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=269887 Costain and Jacobs have both won roles on EDF Energy frameworks to deliver services across eight nuclear power stations in the UK.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/costain-and-jacobs-win-edf-contracts-to-support-work-on-eight-uk-nuclear-power-stations-07-11-2023/feed/ 0 Government commences Sizewell C private investment process https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/government-commences-sizewell-c-private-investment-process-19-09-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/government-commences-sizewell-c-private-investment-process-19-09-2023/#respond Tue, 19 Sep 2023 04:30:15 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=267618 The UK government has commenced the process of finding private investors to help fund the construction of Sizewell C nuclear power plant.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/government-commences-sizewell-c-private-investment-process-19-09-2023/feed/ 0 Construction of Hinkley Point C nears first reactor milestone https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/hinkley-point-c-nears-first-reactor-milestone-12-09-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/hinkley-point-c-nears-first-reactor-milestone-12-09-2023/#respond Tue, 12 Sep 2023 04:30:16 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=267162 Work at Hinkley Point C is nearing its next major engineering feat  as a 245t steel dome set to be lifted to close the first reactor building.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/hinkley-point-c-nears-first-reactor-milestone-12-09-2023/feed/ 0 Future of Energy | Hinkley Point C progresses towards final stages of undersea work https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/hinkley-point-c-progresses-towards-final-stages-of-undersea-work-01-06-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/hinkley-point-c-progresses-towards-final-stages-of-undersea-work-01-06-2023/#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2023 05:00:49 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=261543 Significant milestones have been achieved on the Hinkley Point C project over the past six months, with offshore works having reached the final stage.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/hinkley-point-c-progresses-towards-final-stages-of-undersea-work-01-06-2023/feed/ 0 Balfour Beatty enters key stage in cooling water system installation at Hinkley Point C https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/balfour-beatty-enters-key-stage-in-cooling-water-system-installation-at-hinkley-point-c-11-04-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/balfour-beatty-enters-key-stage-in-cooling-water-system-installation-at-hinkley-point-c-11-04-2023/#respond Tue, 11 Apr 2023 13:21:04 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=259014 Offshore work associated with the construction of EDF's Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has entered its final stages as two jack-up vessels have arrived to install components for the power station’s water cooling system.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/balfour-beatty-enters-key-stage-in-cooling-water-system-installation-at-hinkley-point-c-11-04-2023/feed/ 0 Notts coal power station closes permanently after winter standby https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/west-burton-a-coal-power-station-closes-permanently-after-winter-standby-05-04-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/west-burton-a-coal-power-station-closes-permanently-after-winter-standby-05-04-2023/#respond Wed, 05 Apr 2023 01:30:15 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=258762 The West Burton A coal power station in Nottinghamshire closed permanently at the end of last month after 57 years of electricity production.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/west-burton-a-coal-power-station-closes-permanently-after-winter-standby-05-04-2023/feed/ 0 Work suspended at Hinkley Point C after worker death https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/work-suspended-at-hinkley-point-c-after-worker-death-14-11-2022/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/work-suspended-at-hinkley-point-c-after-worker-death-14-11-2022/#respond Mon, 14 Nov 2022 11:00:29 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=252036 Work has been paused on the Hinkley Point C project after the death of a worker on the nuclear site in Somerset.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/work-suspended-at-hinkley-point-c-after-worker-death-14-11-2022/feed/ 0 6 nuclear innovations win government funding https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/6-nuclear-innovations-win-government-funding-05-09-2022/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/6-nuclear-innovations-win-government-funding-05-09-2022/#respond Mon, 05 Sep 2022 03:16:39 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=248124 Six ground-breaking nuclear technology projects across the UK have received government backing to help develop the next generation of nuclear reactors.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/6-nuclear-innovations-win-government-funding-05-09-2022/feed/ 0 MPs call for decommissioning delay for UK’s ageing nuclear power stations https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/mps-call-for-decommissioning-delay-for-uks-ageing-nuclear-power-stations-20-05-2022/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/mps-call-for-decommissioning-delay-for-uks-ageing-nuclear-power-stations-20-05-2022/#respond Fri, 20 May 2022 13:00:08 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=243011 The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (DBEIS) and EDF must together “double-check whether it would be technically feasible, safe and cost-effective to extend the lives of any of the remaining operating [nuclear] stations” to ensure energy security and ease energy price rises, according…

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