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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…

Hydrogen Transport

Fuel Cell Systems Partners With Hyhaul to Deliver UK’s First Hydrogen Freight Corridor on M4

Fuel Cell Systems Limited (FCSL) has been named the hydrogen refueling infrastructure partner for the HyHAUL consortium, which is developing the UK’s firs…

United Kingdom

Surge in Lower Quality Egg Imports Sparks UK Food Safety Fears

The British Egg Industry Council (BEIC) has issued a warning to food businesses in the UK, urging them to prioritize customer safety amid a significant increase…

Substation

National Grid Launches Partnership Model for Substation Development

The UK’s National Grid has introduced the Electricity Transmission Partnership (ETP), an £8 billion (approximately $10.5 billion) initiative to stre…

Nuclear Reactor

Regulatory Progress for Last Energy’s UK Project

Last Energy, a U.S.-based microreactor developer, has completed a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for its PWR-20 power plant design, conducted by the UK’s…

Green Hydrogen

UK Green Hydrogen Projects Sign HAR1 Contracts

The UK government has finalized long-term contracts for 10 commercial-scale green hydrogen projects under its Hydrogen Allocation Round 1 (HAR1) process. These …

CCS

SLB Adds First UK Offshore CO2 Storage Project to Its To-Do List

SLB, an energy technology company based in Texas, has been awarded a contract to provide carbon storage solutions for the UK’s first offshore carbon captu…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Containment Dome of Hinkley Point C Unit 2 Installed

The containment building dome for the second unit of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in the UK was lifted into place, concluding major civil engineering…

United Kingdom

Vodafonethree to Deliver 5G Infrastructure for Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station

VodafoneThree has signed an agreement to act as a tier one contractor for Sizewell C, a 3.2GW nuclear power station under construction on the Suffolk coast. The…

HVDC

National Grid Picks Sumitomo Electric for 2GW Sea Link HVDC Project

The UK National Grid has chosen Sumitomo Electric Industries, a Japan-based cable manufacturer, as the preferred bidder to supply and install the subsea cable f…

Wind Farm

All 100 Foundations in Place for 1.4GW Sofia

RWE has achieved a significant milestone at the Sofia offshore wind farm, located 195km off the UK’s north-east coast on Dogger Bank. The installation of …

Metal

Ionic Gains UK Funding for Sustainable Rare Earth Magnet Supply Chain

Ionic Technologies, a subsidiary of Ionic Rare Earths (IonicRE), has obtained £11 million ($14.8 million) from the UK government for the CirculaREEconomy …

Saudi Arabia

XDS, ICS Arabia Partner to Build Saudi Arabia’s First 10MW Immersion-Cooled Dates Centers

On July 8, 2025, XDS DATACENTRES, based in the UK and Dubai, signed a 15-year agreement with ICS Arabia in Riyadh to construct two 10 MW immersion-cooled data c…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

EDF Commits $1.5bn to UK’s Sizewell C Nuclear Project

French utility EDF has announced plans to invest approximately £1.1 billion ($1.5 billion) in the Sizewell C nuclear power project in the United Kingdom. …