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Uranium Project

Urenco Signs Uranium Deal With EDF

Urenco has entered a long-term agreement with EDF to provide uranium enrichment services for nuclear power plants in France and the UK. The 15-year contract, va…

Wind Power Project

Shell Exits Two Wind Projects off the UK Coast After Strategic Review

Shell (SHEL.L) announced on Monday that it has exited the MarramWind and CampionWind offshore wind projects located off the coast of Scotland, following a strat…

United Kingdom

New ‘Homogenously Mixed’ Recycled Plastic Technology Trialled in UK Asphalt for First Time

North Lanarkshire Council has become the first in the UK to trial a new technology that homogenously mixes recycled plastic into asphalt, aiming to reduce bitum…

United Kingdom

Norwegian Near-Zero Cement Lands in the UK

Heidelberg Materials’ cement plant in Brevik, Norway, is now operating with carbon capture technology and has sold out of its EvoZero low-carbon cement fo…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

EDF Gets Go-Ahead for Hinkley Point B Decommissioning

The UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has formally approved EDF Energy’s plans to decommission the Hinkley Point B nuclear power plant in Som…

United Kingdom

STL, Netomnia Expand Fiber Network Partnership to Accelerate UK Full-Fibre Rollout

STL, a prominent optical and digital solutions provider, has expanded its long-term collaboration with Netomnia, the UK’s second-largest alternative netwo…

Carbon Capture

Britain Signs Deals for Carbon Capture Projects Creating 500 Jobs

The UK government announced on Thursday that it has signed contracts for two commercial carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, expected to create around 500…

United Kingdom

Vodafonethree Signs Multibillion-Pound Network Deals With Ericsson and Nokia

VodafoneThree has signed multibillion-pound agreements with Ericsson and Nokia to accelerate its £11bn investment programme, described as the UK’s l…

United Kingdom

Nscale, Microsoft Unveil UK AI Supercomputer With NVIDIA GPUs

Nscale, a UK-based AI infrastructure provider, has announced a major commitment to the UK AI sector in collaboration with leading US technology companies, inclu…

United Kingdom

Microsoft, Nvidia and Tech Giants Pledge Over $40BN to UK AI Infrastructure and Data Centres

The UK is positioning itself as a global leader in AI infrastructure, with over $40 billion in new investment commitments from major technology companies such a…

Nuclear Reactor

Westinghouse Expands UK Supply Chain for New Reactors

Westinghouse has signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with six UK companies to strengthen cooperation on nuclear new build projects using its AP1000 and A…

Battery

NatPower to Build UK’s First Battery Storage With Maritime Electrification Infrastructure

NatPower, a renewable energy project developer, has partnered with Sembcorp Utilities (UK), a subsidiary of Sembcorp Energy UK, to develop Teesside GigaPark, th…

Electricity Transmission

Cable Route Construction Starts on UK’s Subsea Green Electricity Superhighway

Construction of the cable route for Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2), the UK’s largest electricity transmission project, began in September 2024. This 505-kilo…

Hydrogen Storage

DCarbonX Secures Gateway Hydrogen Storage Licence in East Irish Sea

The UK’s North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) awarded dCarbonX Ltd a Gas Storage Licence (GS008) for the Gateway hydrogen salt cavern storage project in …

Pumped Storage

UK Pumped Storage Hydropower Set for Underground Energy Boom

The United Kingdom is poised for a revival in pumped storage hydro to support its Clean Power by 2030 and net zero ambitions, with significant underground const…