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Sellafield silo installs second waste retrieval machine 03 March 2023

Last month, another silo emptying machine was fully built inside the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo, with the final piece of equipment – the main control cubicle – being lifted into the silo and fixed into position....

Associated British Ports launches £2 billion plan for Energy Transition growth and Net Zero 2040 27 February 2023

Associated British Ports (ABP), which operates 21 ports and manages around 25% of the UK's sea-borne trade, has launched a wide ranging new sustainability strategy, ‘Ready for Tomorrow’ (RFT), backed by a plan to invest around £2 billion in decarbonising its own operations by 2040 at the latest and in major infrastructure projects to enable the wider UK energy transition....

Essar to invest £3 billion in UK and India energy transitions 27 February 2023

Indian multinational conglomerate Essar Group has announced the formation of Essar Energy Transition (EET) to drive the creation of an energy transition hub in North West England. EET plans to invest a total of £2.9 billion in developing a range of low carbon energy transition projects over the next five years, of which £1.9 billion will be invested across its site at Stanlow and £1 billion in India....

Rolls-Royce working with industrial group on the potential deployment of SMRs in Poland 14 February 2023

Rolls-Royce SMR has signed a memorandum of intent (MOI) with Polish industrial group, Industria, allowing the companies to collaborate on the deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) in Poland....

UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation launches enhanced incident reporting guidance 13 February 2023

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has launched a new dutyholder portal to streamline the reporting of incidents. This is accompanied by enhanced incident notification guidance reaffirming ONR’s reporting expectations....

UK creates new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 07 February 2023

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the creation of new government departments on February 7, including a new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. A combined Department for Business and Trade was also announced, as well as a dedicated Department for Science, Innovation and Technology....

UK offshore authority announces carbon capture and storage team 07 February 2023

The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has responded to the rapid growth of the UK's carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry by setting up a dedicated carbon transportation and storage team....

Greenpeace protestors occupy Shell oil platform 31 January 2023

Climate activists from Greenpeace boarded a Shell-owned floating oil platform headed for a major UK oil and gas field on January 31. The protestors boarded the 52,000 tonne vessel just north of the Canary Islands as it was travelling to its destination off the coast of the Shetland Islands in the UK....

New report shows urgent action needed to help firms accelerate shift to low carbon energy 31 January 2023

Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has warned that more action is needed from both government and industry to support supply chain companies in playing a critical role in sustaining oil and gas activity while helping to build the UK’s low-carbon future energy systems....

Factory-built nuclear power plants could be operating in Czech Republic by early 2030s 31 January 2023

A delegation from Rolls-Royce travelled to the Czech Republic recently to discuss plans for deploying a fleet of small modular rectors (SMRs) in the region. Tom Samson, Rolls-Royce SMR CEO, led the visit which builds on an agreement signed between Rolls-Royce and Czech utility company CEZ in 2020....

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