WSP’s growth fueled by power generation, AI in Q1

The Montreal-based contractor also said M&A remained a top priority following its acquisition of power infrastructure firm TRC.

With record backlog, Balfour Beatty targets more U.S. data center jobs

The London-based infrastructure giant is bullish on its U.S. Buildings segment and U.K. power generation jobs, but old problems continue to rear their heads.

Balfour Beatty construction margin hits 3.5%

Power generation projects drive record order book to nearly £23bn

Framatome awarded backup power and remote sensing Sizewell C contract

Framatome has been awarded a contract to provide conventional field instrumentation (CFI) and emergency backup power generation capacity to Sizewell C. The post Framatome awarded backup power and remote sensing Sizewell C contract appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Templant invests in greener power

Essex-based Templant Hire has invested £3.8m this year to enhance its power generation fleet.

FT - Our Electrifying Future 22052023

Lombard Odier's Thomas Hohne-Sparborth breaks down just how impactful the electrification of our economies will be

The Times - Inside Sellafield - Cleaning up Europe's most dangerous nuclear facility, 24092022

Few people ever enter the storage silo at Cumbria’s nuclear facility. The Sunday Times’s David Collins goes behind the scenes to see how engineers are disposing of waste six times more radioactive than the Chernobyl explosion.

Fully Charged Show - National Grid, 02052012

The National Grid is a high-voltage electric power transmission network, connecting power stations and 340+ substations ensuring supply and demand is in the balance. Nigel Williams speaks to Robert Llewellyn about how the National Grid works in Great Britain, and what challenges it faces with the rapidly changing world

CABE - Future Home Standard, 08012020

In June 2019 the UK stated that it will reach Net Zero C02 emissions by 2050 and was the first nation to commit to this target. The question is how do we get there? What technologies will we use to heat and cool our buildings, and how do we train enough people to make this target achievable

Practical Engineering - How Electricity Generation Really Works

The importance of electricity in our modern world can hardly be overstated. What was a luxury a hundred years ago is now a critical component to the safety, prosperity, and well-being of nearly everyone. Generation is the first step electricity takes on its journey through the power grid, the gigantic machine that delivers energy to millions of people day in and day out