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Infrastructure update: How can developers navigate the ever-lengthening connections queue?
In the second half of our two-part special on UK power, Turner & Townsend Alinea examine how the rising demand for new connections to the distribution network has time and cost impacts for developers.Â
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Infrastructure update: Electricity transmission owners hold key to UK’s energy transition but face challenges
The transmission sector is a key link in the chain that will deliver a net zero future, write Mark Docherty and Simon Rawlinson
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Infrastructure update: What challenges does Labour face and what can the industry expect?
What steps should the new government take to accelerate infrastructure delivery? Simon Rawlinson surveys the post-electoral landscape
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How robust management of ‘forever chemicals’ can help developers bring forward brownfield regeneration sites
PFAS contamination is impacting brownfield projects, but robust risk management can help developers bring forward sites even as regulations are tightened up
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Infrastructure and speeding up the planning system
The UK’s infrastructure planning system has been misfiring for years, but efforts are ongoing to speed up crucial planning decisionsÂ
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Leading on embodied carbon: An interview with ´¡³Ù°ì¾±²Ô²õ¸éé²¹±ô¾±²õ’ Will Lavelle
´¡³Ù°ì¾±²Ô²õ¸éé²¹±ô¾±²õ associate and embodied carbon lead for building design Will Lavelle talks to Jordan Marshall about his views on whole-life carbon, retrofit and more
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How can we tackle the energy crisis?
What does the safe, predictable delivery of energy look like for the many sectors that are central to the ambition? Hollie Tye reports on a roundtable hosted by Gleeds and ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø
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Infrastructure update: Can investment in energy security be compatible with net zero?
The war in Ukraine has highlighted the importance of energy security. But how does investment in greater resilience align with progress towards net zero?Â
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Picking up the pace on decarbonisation
To meet the net zero challenge, growing industry expertise needs to be translated into tangible steps to support a wider understanding around prioritising investmentÂ
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Getting the right mix
The ongoing energy emergency and net zero demands are necessitating a shift in the UK’s approach to energy. But what needs to be done? Jordan Marshall explores
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Infrastructure update: Energy transition
The 2020s will be the decade when the foundations of the UK’s energy transition to net zero are established. What is involved in this transition, and how are things progressing?
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Aecom lands role on £1bn net zero programme
Firm to guide innovations to help homes achieve net zero
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Infrastructure update: Carbon capture and storage
Carbon capture and storage will play a vital role in meeting the UK’s emissions reduction targets. Agnieszka Krzyzaniak and Tim Cooper of Arcadis consider how close the UK is to large-scale application of this technology
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Prime minister told to publicly fund national retrofit scheme
Cost of work will deter households from carrying out improvements, letter to Boris Johnson warns
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Government move to block China investment ‘could stop nuclear projects’
Reports say government is looking to keep state-owned energy company out of financing future schemesÂ
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Government boosts funding for rail upgrades by £401m
Investment worth £317m will go to electrifying the Transpennine route in net zero push
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Hinkley Point to hire 1,700 people in covid bounce back
Move comes as project looks to make up time after social distancing rules hit productivity
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Green Homes Grant set for autumn reboot, Net Zero Live reveals
Business secretary indicated in talks that a replacement for the scrapped domestic energy efficiency scheme is expected later this year
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Infrastructure update: Our hydrogen future
Interest in green hydrogen has escalated rapidly, so what are the benefits and challenges of this highly sustainable energy technology and what would a hydrogen revolution mean for the built environment?
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The drive for green machines
Things are changing on construction sites, and some of the biggest polluters are taking significant steps to reduce their carbon footprint