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Engineering firms back Severn Barrage plan
Mott MacDonald, URS and Bechtel all join forces to work on Severn Barrage
Hinkley C go-ahead ‘imminent’
Deal between EDF and government for £10bn nuclear power station could come as early as next week
EDF downsizes Hinkley Point C staff
Firm scales back nuclear new build operation in Somerset to control costs
Osborne chases Hinkley deal for Budget
Government locked in ‘full-tilt’ talks with EDF in bid to announce new-build nuclear funding agreement on Wednesday
Contractors sign multi-billion pound gas contracts
National Grid appoints Balfour Beatty and Skanska/Morrison Utilities Services JV for eight-year deals
Energy market reforms fail to impress major investors
Energy firms call for greater clarity and certainty in order to drive investment in energy projects
EDF in talks to sell Hinkley Point share
Energy firm courts Chinese partners for £14bn nuclear new build project
Solar tariff to be slashed 25% in August
Further cuts to the FIT subsidy of 3.5% scheduled every three months under new cost control mechanism
Trump halts golf resort after wind farm proposal
Donald Trump halts construction of golf resort after blasting “ugly” wind turbines
Appeal of FITs ruling leaves solar firms in limbo
Goverment’s decision to challenge High Court ruling causes further confusion for solar industry
Balfour Beatty bags £500m waste-to-energy project
Contractor appointed preferred bidder on 28-year PPP scheme
Seven projects win Regional Development Funding
Two more bidding rounds for an extra £1bn will open in February 2012
Bam Nuttall wins job on £120m energy scheme
New energy plant for E.ON will covert recycled wood waste into energy
BDP designing major biomass power plant near Sheffield
Multi-disciplinary firm working with Bam Nuttall on £120m scheme for E.ON
Hendry: 'UK needs £200bn investment in energy infrastructure'
Second phase of the national infrastructure plan is due to be released next month
Hendry gives go-ahead to £600m power plant in Essex
New power station will be constructed in Coryton
EDF denies French plant delays will affect UK nuclear projects
Energy company says delays to French power plant won’t have bearing on Hinkley Point or Sizewell
UK nuclear industry welcomes electricity market white paper
White paper states that an investment of £110bn is required over the next 40 years
Peel puts £3.5bn Mersey tidal scheme on hold
High construction costs mean Mersey scheme won’t be viable without a change in policy on renewable incentives
Government department blocks DEC proposal
Business department takes stand against mandatory energy certificates for private sector
Green Investment Bank 'must be able to borrow'
Government advisor calls for beefed up role and more nuclear generation
Costain buys Scottish oil and gas company
Contractor says ClerkMaxwell will allow it to process oil and gas upstream
Shell to drill new wells in the Gulf of Mexico
US authorities award permit for first new drills since last year’s oil disaster
SSE to build gas-fired power station in Wales
Facility has potential to provide electricity to 1.4 million homes
Halcrow wins French nuclear contract
Engineer to help project manage construction of nuclear fusion reactor in southern France
Costain joins offshore wind alliance
Contractor will design and build offshore wind farms with Hochtief and Arup
Shortlist for £2bn Essex waste PFI revealed
Essex and Southend councils announce three-strong shortlist for PFI-funded waste treatment project
National Grid to seek £3.2bn for green upgrade
Rights issue-funded adaptation of existing network is planned to create about 5,000 new jobs
Infrastructure bank to boost off-shore wind
Plans to develop £100bn of off-shore wind schemes will be the major beneficiary from the widely trailed £2bn green infrastructure bank finally announced this week
Plans for coal power station in Scotland
Environmentalists react angrily to Ayshire Power’s plans to build first fossil-fuel power station in Scotland since 1973
Developers picked for nine offshore wind power plants
Hochtief, Siemens and RES Group among those to sign government agreements to take proposals through planning
PM to announce winners of £100bn offshore wind job
Gordon Brown is set to name the winning bidders this week to build nine offshore wind zones
UK signs up to Europe's first offshore wind grid
Energy minister confirms £1.75m low-carbon grant as cross-nation renewable energy project is announced
Radar-invisible turbine could blow away wind farm objectors
QinetiQ/Vestas 'stealth' turbine is hoped to remove a major planning barrier to wind power developments
Five firms make cut for £1.5bn power framework
Exclusive: Firms including Balfour Beatty and Laing O’Rourke win place on five-year National Grid substation framework
Blow to nuclear new build prospects
Cumbria council votes against plans for a long term nuclear waste storage facility
EDF confirms delay to Hinkley decision
Chief executive Vincent de Rivas calls for “rapid progress” on negotiations with government
Balfour Beatty boss challenges Cable over infrastructure
Ian Tyler tells business secretary contractor will have to make job cuts in 2013 thanks to “uncertainty”
Two firms vie for £1.1bn Sellafield nuclear job
Exclusive: Balfour Beatty and Morgan Sindall battle for contract to deliver series of major infrastructure works
UK wind industry ‘died at birth’
SSE Renewables boss tells business summit wind sector fell behind rivals
MPs: 'Treasury hobbling green investment plans'
Energy and Climate Change Committee slams government energy reform as unworkable
Kier and Bam sign £100m Hinkley nuclear contract
Contractors will provide preparatory works at EDF nuclear power plant in Somerset
Flint slams government for £31m deficit in FIT budget
Shadow minister criticises management of FIT changes and failure to set up advisory board
Mitie plans 52ha renewable energy site
Energy resourcing plan near Brighton could generate power for the whole local area
Huhne to be quized on £1bn carbon capture funding
Chair of the Energy Select Committee demands answers on government plans for £1bn of funding
Carillion puts 4,500 staff on notice
Entire energy services division at risk of redundancy thanks to government’s FITs cut
Carillion bags energy contracts worth £445m
Framework deals with Fulcrum and National Grid bolsters order book
Clugston starts work on £100m waste-to-energy plant
Contractor begins work on civils package of Four Ashes plant in Satffordshire
EDF nuclear plans hit by judicial review
EDF faces High Court probe over plans for temporary worker accommodation at Hinkley Point
MPs approve plans for new energy and nuclear projects
The new build programme could be worth up to £40bn
Superglass profit warning after demand for insulation plummets
Insulation volumes relating to government’s Carbon Emission Reduction Targets dry up over summer
Atkins buys Pöyry's oil and gas arm for £16m
Consultant says acquisition will give it platform for growth in gas and oil markets
Vestas to build wind turbine factory in North Kent
Investment by Danish wind farm company will create 2,000 jobs
Budget offers mixed results for industry
?A reformed planning process, railway funding and more green investment were the positives
EDF "to learn" from Japanese nuclear crisis
EDF chief executive Vincent de Rivaz said lessons would be learned and applied to nuclear facilities in the UK
Green light for Staffordshire waste-to energy plant
£100m Four Ashes waste incinerator plant granted planning permission
New build nuclear ruled out on greenfield sites
Energy secretary Chris Huhne limits new-build stations to just eight before 2025
Giant offshore wind turbine unvelied
Aerogenerator X spans 270m and generates 10MW but is half the weight of a traditional turbine
Lend Lease bans Bovis from £40bn nuclear sector
Contractor backs out of EDF deal at last minute as Australian parent decides to shun ’unethical’ work
Freddy Shepherd plans to manufacture wind turbines in Tyneside
Former owner of Newcastle United FC has bought up derelict shipyards and hopes to make the area a centre for building off shore wind farms
Tories publish energy green paper
David Cameron outlines 12-point plan, including streamlining planning for infrastructure projects and supporting nuclear power
Abu Dhabi to invite bids for $2bn power plant
International developers expected to be able to submit proposals in March to build and operate power plant
Scottish wind farm expansion gets green light
Firms in Moray Firth and Firth of Forth gain permission for up to 1,000 new offshore turbines
UK companies lose out on £1.8bn wind farm contracts
European suppliers are main winners at London Array
Loans worth £1.4bn offered to build onshore windfarms
European Investment Bank will provide £700m of loans, with other UK-based banks financing the remainder
Network of wind turbines shut down after design flaw found
Quiet Revolution’s helical machines hit by moisture leak and critical report from Southwark council
Cost models
Cost model: Energy from waste
Simon Rawlinson and Matthew Hicks of Davis Langdon weigh up the costs and the risks of treatment solutions
Energy features
ESCOs: Off the grid
As the pressure to achieve low-carbon developments intensifies, decentralised, privately-funded energy solutions are in increasingly high demand. Andy Pearson examines the rapidly expanding market for Energy Services Companies, or ESCos
Energy from waste: 'A wonderful place to be'
There’s going to be a £2bn-a-year building boom in energy-from-waste plants, like this one, over the next 15 years. Kristina Smith finds out how to turn base matter into gold
A time for action?: Energy policy consulation
Consultation Man will be going back in his box if the Tories have their way, to be replaced by a more ‘dynamic’ approach to energy policy. But is there more to the consulting process than just a lengthy exercise in delaying decisions?
New industrialists: Waste and power station design
Dark satanic mills were once, in fact, exuberant celebrations of technology and design. Now Cabe’s new guidelines on power stations and waste facilities will try to put the architecture back into industry
Cost model: Energy from waste
Simon Rawlinson and Matthew Hicks of Davis Langdon weigh up the costs and the risks of treatment solutions
Cost study: Incineration plant
Sewage waste must now be incinerated rather than dumped at sea. In the Mersey valley, an award-winning, state-of-the-art incineration plant sets a model for fitting this bulky new building type into its surroundings and building to a budge
Comment
Green Deal proposals: Deal or no deal?
The government wants to reduce our utility bills and cut emissions at no cost to itself. Its answer is the Green Deal, published last week: get private investors to offer loans to pay for insulation. So what kind of reaction have the proposals received?
Complexity risks short-circuiting energy reforms
Reforms in the Electricity Market Reform White Paper could hamper investment in energy if they become confused
Legal energy: alliancing
Alliancing has been little used as a procurement method in the UK to date, but experience overseas shows it can deliver projects economically and on time
Legal energy: nuclear power stations
Paul Cowan A nuclear power station is about the hardest project it is possible to undertake. Here are the legal implications
Legal energy: clean coal power stations
Clean coal power stations have been lauded as the next big thing in energy generation, but what exactly is involved in building them?
Burning questions: Waste disposal strategies
Paul Mansouri and Mark Berry As Costain’s £398m waste project in Manchester confirmed, muck and brass are as linked as ever. The link between muck and renewable fuel is more recent
Farming today: The logistics of building wind farms
Developers might be keen to jump on the renewable energy bandwagon but building a wind farm has its own logistical, commercial and legal challenges
