Tag Archives: Energy

The UK needs a four-fold increase in low carbon energy to achieve its 2050 net zero target, according to a report by global engineering firm Atkins.

A committee set up by the government has published a 10-point action plan to improve the UK's power resilience after blackouts left 1M people without power last August.

Energy companies have been fined £10.5M for power cuts which left 1M people without power and severely disrupted transport systems in August last year.

The next step has been taken in the approval process for a UK-France power network.

Energy providers have been told to invest more money to decarbonise the power market by the sector's regulator.  

Tunnelling for the outfall and intake systems at Hinkley Point C’s technically demanding nuclear power station is now underway.

NuScale Power’s small modular reactor (SMR) design has cleared the latest stage of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)’s review process.

The Danish energy ministry plans to build “energy islands,” which would make Denmark home to the world’s largest renewable energy scheme.

Amey is awaiting a decision on its proposed energy from waste plant at Waterbeach Waste Management Park in Cambridgeshire after the close of a three-week planning inspectorate inquiry in November.

The project promoter behind the £1.3bn Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon scheme has launched a last-ditch funding round to keep the project alive.