UK Government accelerates "skills passport" and with Scottish Government strikes deal for Great British Energy to work with Scottish public bodies.

The Energy Secretary will visit Aberdeen with Great British Energy Chair Juergen Maier for the first time since the city was announced as the headquarters for the UK’s new publicly-owned energy company.

Following the visit, the UK Government is set to sign a new agreement with the Scottish Government today (Thursday 17 October) to boost Great British Energy’s ambitions to support clean energy supply chains and infrastructure.  

A multi-million pound overhaul of the Sizewell B nuclear power station is underway – and the work will bring a big boost to the Suffolk economy.

Every 18 months teams at Sizewell B Power Station take the site’s nuclear reactor offline for refuelling and other works designed to improve the efficiency of the plant’s operations.

The reactor, which every year generates enough zero-carbon electricity to meet the needs of more than 2.5m homes, was taken offline on 11 October for the work which will take around two months and cost approximately £75m.

MEH is excited to announce the completion of the first electrical system at Hinkley Point C. This system has now been handed over to the commissioning team, bringing us one step closer in achieving the readiness of the first auxiliary transformer.

An essential drainage and flood protection scheme close to the A12 in Suffolk will begin construction in 2025 following a £25 million funding commitment from Sizewell C.

The Benacre and Kessingland Managed Realignment Scheme will protect dozens of local properties and around 600ha of farmland south of Lowestoft. It will also help to significantly reduce the number of road closures due to flooding on the A12.

Hinkley Point C’s new factories in Bristol are providing evidence of the significant productivity boost from modular construction. This means building ever larger pieces of the power station in satellite factories and lifting them into place with some of the world’s largest cranes.

National Energy System Operator will support the UK’s energy security, help to keep bills down in the long term, and accelerate the government’s clean power mission.

Britain’s energy system will be planned by a new publicly owned organisation as part of a new more strategic approach, which will help to deliver clean power by 2030.

The CEOs of key companies within the MEH Joint Venture visited Hinkley Point C to witness the progress being made on this landmark project. The MEH Alliance is a unique collaboration between Hinkley Point C and key contractors including Altrad, Altrad Babcock, Cavendish Nuclear, Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick, and NG Bailey.

EDF has launched a new trial looking into how bi-directional charging technology can be optimised to allow customers with solar panels to use the spare capacity in their electric vehicle (EV) batteries to power their homes and earn extra cash.

NDA publishes first ever nuclear heritage vision and strategy, to safeguard and celebrate the history of the nuclear industry.

Today the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has published the first ever nuclear heritage vision and strategy, to safeguard and celebrate the history and cultural heritage of the nuclear industry.

The UK is a pioneer of nuclear technologies, which have been part of our lives since the 1950s.

Sizewell C and Wild East has announced a new partnership that aims to increase rewilding and environmental protection across East Anglia.

The two organisations will work together to promote the returning of land to nature across the region – which will include empowering Sizewell C’s significant local supply chain to engage with environmental projects, as well as delivering conservation education in local schools.

Geological disposal involves isolating radioactive waste deep underground, inside a suitable rock volume to ensure that no harmful quantities of radioactivity ever reach the surface environment. A GDF will be a highly engineered structure consisting of multiple barriers that will provide protection over hundreds of thousands of years.

The Hinkley Point C nuclear power station project is investigating new locations for the creation of saltmarsh, as an alternative to the proposed site at Pawlett Hams near Bridgwater in Somerset. This follows a public consultation held earlier this year where hundreds of people shared their views on the proposal.