energy

Vattenfall has secured £9.3m in funding to develop what is claimed to be the world’s first hydrogen-producing offshore wind turbine.

Drax has applied to build a new £500m underground pumped storage hydro power station at its existing Cruachan hydro plant in Scotland.

Ørsted and ATP have chosen Arup as technical advisor to support the consortium’s bid for the North Sea energy island project in Denmark.

The dam is reportedly being constructed by a network of AI-powered robots, which will act as a giant 3D printer to build the structure layer by layer. 

Akselos has closed a $16.5m funding round, which it says will allow it to continue its global growth and invest more in its digital twin solutions.

SP Energy Networks and Digital Catapult will explore how digital-twin tech can help the UK to meet its net-zero ambitions.

The 8.9MW floating solar installation, which comprises more than 16,000 panels, is being constructed in New Jersey.

Finland-based nuclear firm Fennovoima has terminated a construction contract that was being delivered by Russia-based Rosatom.

Ofgem has granted provisional approval for SSEN Transmission’s planned £2.1bn High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) subsea link.

The cable will stretch between Wexford, Ireland and Pembrokeshire, Wales – connecting the power grids of Ireland and Great Britain.