The UK government this month launched a range of initiatives and industry reports aimed at accelerating the transition to renewable energy, focusing on storage, carbon capture and floating wind power.
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Ground engineering Early Careers Challenge winners announced
The winners of the 2024 Early Careers Challenge (ECC), presented by Ground Engineering and Mott MacDonald, were revealed at last week's GE Basements & Underground Structures conference.
Meet the 2024 ground engineering early careers challengers
The teams involved in this year's Early Careers Challenge, run by Ground Engineering and Mott MacDonald, met at a kick-off meeting this summer.
Geoquip Marine, University of Bristol sign offshore geotechnics research deal
Offshore geotechnical solutions provider Geoquip Marine and the University of Bristol have launched a four-year collaboration, focusing on advanced experimental geotechnics research, skills development and industry-academia collaboration.
Teesside’s carbon capture project gets planning approval
Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power), a proposed full-scale integrated power and carbon capture project in North Yorkshire, has been granted planning permission.
‘Ground drilling sector feeling brunt of net zero U-turn’
The UK’s ground drilling industry has been left in the cold, says British Drilling Association director Richard Fielden.
Q&A: Mott MacDonald’s Tony O’Brien on optimising geotech contribution to net zero
Mott MacDonald geotechnics global practice leader Tony O’Brien recently received the British Geotechnical Association’s prestigious Skempton Medal.
White paper calls for more financial support for geothermal energy
More financial support is needed to develop geothermal energy projects across the UK, a new white paper by the British Geological Survey (BGS) has said.
Driving decarbonisation in ground engineering with PAS 2080
Arup engineer Cameron Hughes discusses the recently updated PAS 2080 specification for whole life carbon management in buildings and infrastructure, and the opportunities available for the ground engineering sector to drive decarbonisation.
‘Decarbonising our built environment is crucial to reaching our 2050 goals’
Ground Engineering student editor and civil engineering student Jaya Basra takes a closer look at carbon management in infrastructure.