England

Wind Farm

Equinor, SSE Pick Base Location for World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Equinor and SSE Renewables have selected the Port of Tyne in northeast England to house the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) base for the world’s largest offsh…

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF Asked to Lower Sizewell Nuclear Plant Output to Help Balance UK Grid

EDF Energy (EDF.PA) has been asked to temporarily reduce output at its Sizewell B nuclear plant in the east of England to help balance the grid and prevent blac…

Power Construction

NECEC Awards US $300m Contract for NECEC Project in New England, US

As per the terms of the contract, the companies will subcontract work to other Maine-based suppliers, contractors and consultants that have a preference to hire…

Forestry england whinlatter hydroelectric power scheme

Contract notice: Forestry england whinlatter hydroelectric power scheme.

Pumped Storage

New England Pumped Hydro Study gets Boost with ARENA Funding

A massive new pumped hydro energy storage project, proposed for Northern NSW’s New England region, has received a boost after securing federal government fundi…

Solar Power Plant

Octopus Renewables Buys 123 MW of ROC-accredited PV Parks in UK

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust has completed the acquisition of a portfolio of solar farms in England totalling almost 123MW.

Clean emission

Veolia Waste-to-Energy Facility Starts Low Carbon Heat Delivery in UK

England, has now started delivering low carbon heat for local homes.

Hydrogen Project

UK Government Backs World-first Low Carbon Hydrogen Projects

The UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded £13m ($17m) to fund two world-first hydrogen projects led by th…

Coal Mine

Plans for New Deep Coal Mining Projects in Britain Considered "Unnecessary"

The report focused on Woodhouse Colliery in the county of Cumbria, in northwest England, which is the first deep coal mine project to be launched in Britain in …

Electricity Transmission

Maine Invests $1 Billion in Transmission Lines to Bring Canadian Hydropower to the New England grid

The state agency that handles zoning in Maine’s unregulated territories gave its approval Wednesday to a proposed $1 billion transmission line aimed at bringin…

Nuclear Power Plant

East of England Nuclear Contracts Top £650m

More than £650m worth of nuclear contracts have been awarded to East of England companies for a nuclear power plant project which is set to provide the templat…

Offshore Wind Power

Anbaric Proposes 16GW New England Grid Link

Application filed with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to develop system to bring offshore wind power to shore.

Power Construction

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Demand Changes at New England’s Grid Operator

Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, want grid operator New England ISO to give renewable energy a bigger role and fossil-fue…

Shale Gas

NAO Report:The Shale Gas Extracting Technique Seems“Slower Than Expected”in England

A new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) in the UK has revealed that the shale gas extracting technique used in England might not be as efficient as pr…

Energy Storage Project

First Commercial Cryogenic Energy Storage Facility Announced for UK

Highview Power has announced plans to construct the UK’s first commercial cryogenic energy storage facility at large scale, located at a decommissioned thermal…