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The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has granted a nuclear site licence to Sizewell C Ltd, moving it closer to constructing and operating a nuclear power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

The urgency to reduce global CO2 emissions, as underscored by the Paris Agreement, has prompted nations, states, cities and companies to commit to net zero emission targets by mid-century. This signals a significant acceleration in decarbonisation efforts, but very little is happening. Rather than picking up the pace, we seem…

Engineers working on Australia’s Snowy 2.0 pumped hydroelectricity project have excavated about a third of the surge shaft, which will be 250m when complete.

The government’s 2023 Carbon Budget Delivery Plan will face a judicial review after a High Court judge ruled in favour of a legal challenge which said the justification for the plan was “irrational”.

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and Czechia research organisation Centrum výzkumu Řež (CVŘ) have signed an agreement to enable unique testing of High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) tapes, part of the development of a prototype fusion energy powerplant.

It is imperative for organisations working in the energy transition supply chain to secure supply of key materials, including critical minerals, to avoid “overall system vulnerability”, according to stakeholders in the sector.

A new form of supply chain cooperation has been announced by National Grid, called the Great Grid Partnership, to enable a major upgrade of the electricity network in an alliance with seven major contractors and consultants.

Cumbria-based Stobbarts is the latest local firm to join Sellafield’s Programme and Project Partners (PPP) in a 15-year, £40M framework deal that will see the organisation support Sir Robert McAlpine.

Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) plans to submit a development consent order (DCO) application as early as 2027 for site characterisation boreholes, which could then lead to the building of a geological disposal facility (GDF) to store nuclear waste.

A number of the top infrastructure organisations have come forward to promise to adhere to the Construction Leadership Council’s (CLC’s) five client carbon commitments in all of their future projects.