Large energy projects are notorious for difficult designs. Often, the energy generation solutions are innovative, the materials and technologies involved are new and the local geography is challenging.
The technology earmarked for the project also frequently moves on during the construction phase, necessitating changes to the project plan. The specialist equipment…
Australia’s Snowy 2.0 hydroelectricity scheme has undergone a ‘reset’ of its contract model and scope after updated figures revealed it will cost six times more than originally planned.
Snowy 2.0 in New South Wales is being built by Future Generation (FGJV) – a joint venture between Webuild, Australian firm Clough and…
The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has injected a further £341M to the in-development Sizewell C nuclear power station, saying that preparations for its construction will be accelerated.
The new sum comes from previously allocated funding for development on the project and brings the government’s total investment the…
WSP will lead a host of high-level contractors in providing technical advice for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s (DESNZ) Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) programme.
The global professional services firm will continue its advisory work on the delivery of the CCUS programme, leading Acrometis, Arup, Crondall Energy,…
A proposed £2.1bn subsea electricity “superhighway” between England and Scotland has now had planning consent by all necessary authorities approved.
Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) is a proposal to connect Peterhead in Scotland with Drax’s power station in North Yorkshire with 463km of subsea cables. Planning consent for all onshore and…
Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has broken ground on the £300M North Kyle Wind Farm, an onshore facility in East Ayrshire, Scotland.
The wind farm will host 49 turbines that will have a generating capacity of 220.5MW, enough to power over 160,000 households. The project is being led by Brockwell Energy,…
The government has launched a consultation about implementing the "Action Plan", which it issued in February, to make improvements to the nationally significant infrastructure planning regime.
There are two preliminary points of praise. First, the officials and ministers who have been working hard have clearly sought to prepare a plan which gives increased…
The £10bn decommissioning work taking place at Sellafield has passed a milestone as engineers have begun to scoop out waste from the UK’s oldest nuclear waste storage building.
The Pile Fuel Cladding Silo (PFCS) at Sellafield nuclear facility in Cumbria is a sealed building with six compartments of radioactive material. It…
Changes to Hinkley Point C’s water discharge activity have been approved by the Environment Agency but campaigners argue that these will impact the fish population.
Permissions for the construction and operation of EDF Energy’s 3.26GW Hinkley Point C nuclear power station near Bridgwater in Somerset were granted in 2013 and included…
Ofgem has agreed to allow National Grid to implement an amnesty for up to 50 energy transmission developments that are contributing to a logjam for new, renewable projects trying to connect to the grid.
Each of these projects has signed a Transmission Entry Capacity (TEC) contract with National Grid agreeing to…
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