energy

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is readying two contracts worth £10bn each for the UK’s first prototype fusion energy plant.

An energy system developed for Formula One (F1) has been deployed to power a tower crane at HS2’s Euston site.

CWP Global has chosen Bechtel to support developments of large-scale green hydrogen and ammonia facilities in north-west Africa.

Swansea University researchers and Tata Steel UK have entered into a partnership that will seek to develop solar panels that can be printed onto buildings.

Xlinks has appointed WSP as technical advisor on its project to send power generated in Morocco to the UK through an undersea cable network.

The EU is proposing mandatory solar panels on all new commercial and public buildings from 2027, and new residential buildings from 2029.

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.