Energy and Power 2026 | Summary + gallery

The partnerships, fit-out, and construction services group’s infrastructure division has secured a project to replace more than 300,000 sq ft of roofing across two buildings at the Cumbrian nuclear processing site.

Announced at Place’s Energy & Power event this morning, the energy firm has reworked its plans for an onshore wind farm between Rossendale and Rochdale, the main element being a reduction from 17 turbines to 12.

The Department for Net Zero and Energy Security has granted development consent orders for onshore infrastructure in Fylde for the Morgan and Morecambe offshore wind farms, which are due to be built in the East Irish Sea.

While the decision to refuse the pipeline permission to conduct surveys on council-owned land was unanimous, it will likely only serve to delay the delivery of Progressive Energy’s carbon capture scheme.

EDF subsidiary Hynamics and social enterprise Menter Môn will join forces to deliver a power plant capable of producing zero-emission hydrogen, having secured support from the Welsh Government’s £1bn Growth Deal.

A request from the controversial pipeline scheme’s promoters to carry out surveys will be discussed at a council committee next week.

Cavendish Nuclear and Amentum want to build a facility in Cumbria to process sodium coolant from the £2.6bn decommissioning of the Japanese Monju Fast Breeder Reactor.

Engineering consultancy, Curtins, has released data for 2025/26, reinforcing its commitment to transparency, collaboration, and accelerating low‑carbon design across the built environment.

Construction of Ib vogt and Firma Energy’s Dean Moor Solar Farm by Workington will take between 18 months and two years to complete.

Cheshire West and Chester’s planning committee is also expected to approve Taylor Wimpey’s pitch for 110 homes in Tattenhall, and a 94-acre solar farm.

Originally given the go-ahead by the county council in 2024, the Sesona proposal to build a facility at the Thornton-Cleveleys site returned to committee on technical matters.

The county council has served an enforcement notice on the energy company, requiring the restoration of the Preston New Road fracking site in line with approved planning conditions.

The 134-acre Ince site was acquired last March to enable expansion of the Protos energy park.

Seals of approval were given to all of the applications on the local authority’s planning committee agenda this week, setting the area up for an influx of houses in Whitehaven, Carlisle, and Brampton.

Announced at The Great North Summit in Leeds, the funding will be spread across the next 10 years and will support investment in areas crucial to regional growth, such as energy, transport, infrastructure, regeneration, and housing.

Marram Energy Storage Hub would provide long-term storage for wind energy that otherwise would have been wasted, as well as six days of supply for the country’s gas energy needs.

Fylde Council has voted to approve the 34,000 sq ft “technology exemplar building”, which will seek to put Blackpool Council’s data centre campus’s green goals into action by exploring sustainable cooling methods.

SP Electricity North West will commence constructing a 33,000-volt substation in a few weeks, eyeing a 2027 completion for the key part of infrastructure for Blackpool Council’s envisioned data centre cluster.

Grid connection availability was cited as one of the main reasons for the renewable energy company’s decision to abandon the project, which had been estimated to be capable of powering more than 34,000 homes.