The Planning Inspectorate has launched a trial to test potential components of an enhanced pre-application service for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs).
The Planning Act 2008 introduced a new bespoke consenting route for major infrastructure projects in the fields of energy, transport, water, waste and wastewater. Between its introduction in 2010…
A group of cross-party Welsh MPs are calling for the government to make “more progress in finding a buyer” for the Wylfa land on Anglesey where a potential new nuclear power station could be built.
The Welsh Affairs Committee published its latest Nuclear energy in Wales last week, based on evidence…
The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has warned of the scale of the decarbonisation challenge ahead for UK infrastructure in a glimpse of its forthcoming National Infrastructure Assessment (NIA).
The NIC produces its NIA report once every five years, with the first published in 2018 and the second to be published this…
The deadline for the TechFest Awards has been extended to Friday 21 July, giving potential entrants just under two weeks extra to submit their entries.
Celebrating innovation in civil engineering and construction, the awards will be held in the evening after TechFest's daytime conference on 23 November at Hilton London Bankside,…
An urgent call to amend how renewable energy projects bid for contracts has been made to the government from three renewable energy trade bodies.
In a joint letter to the secretary of state for energy security and net zero Grant Shapps, RenewableUK, Energy UK and Scottish Renewables have called for changes…
The Welsh Government has launched its £750,000 challenge to innovators to break down barriers preventing development of tidal lagoons.
Whereas all currently installed tidal energy schemes in the UK are tidal stream – the harnessing of water’s kinetic energy through spinning turbines – tidal lagoons are examples of tidal range. This…
Government organisation Nuclear Waste Services has commenced studies to assess potential sites for suitability to host nuclear waste storage facilities.
Known as a geological disposal facility (GDF), it will see the creation of underground vaults and tunnels in which to store the radioactive waste from nuclear power stations. Currently the UK’s…
In recent years the electricity network, or rather the way in which we connect to and access the network, has received significant attention. While this attention should be welcomed in helping to identify and then seeking to address issues, the pace at which change is happening is not sufficient if…
The Climate Change Committee’s (CCC’s) confidence in the UK meeting its decarbonisation and net zero goals post-2030 is “markedly less” than it was a year ago and it has pointed out a wide range of holes in the government’s policies for achieving them.
The CCC is the UK’s independent adviser to…
Tidal stream energy has the potential to contribute to sustainable economic growth in the UK, according to a new report.
There are two types of tidal energy; tidal range involves large scale lagoons or barrages and uses water level differential to turn turbines, whereas tidal stream is the harnessing of kinetic…
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