Implementing the engineering Capital Value Process (CVP) in South Wales means that while the feasibility study work is in progress, it is impossible to present a holistic picture of what the most likely portfolio of SWIC Deployment solutions might look like.
The deployment programme being implemented in South Wales is unlike those being proposed by the other UK industrial clusters.
Money and ambition will be key to rolling out hydrogen as a means to tackle the decarbonisation challenge, Costain's Dave Richardson tells Ed Reed.
Rather than seeking to simplify complex issues and problems by breaking them down into their component parts, systems thinking focuses more on the development of a holistic understanding as well as the relationships and interactions between elements within a system.
Engineering as we know it had its origins in the Age of Enlightenment that dominated the world of ideas in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries when science played an important role as pragmatism, logic and rational thinking replaced the authority of tradition and religion.
As challenges go, the race to net zero is a major task. The UK has set the goal of achieving this by 2050, with a major push into renewable energy, hydrogen and carbon capture to deliver this ambitious target.
BP (LON: BP) has awarded engineering contracts for the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) and East Coast Cluster (ECC) carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) projects.
Questions of green or blue hydrogen are by the by, there is a major need for construction to get under way in order to achieve net zero participants at the fourth episode of Hydrogen – Tracking Transition said recently.
It is widely accepted that the way we fuel our cars, heat our homes and generate power, needs to change if we are to meet our decarbonisation commitments and address the developing climate crisis.
Amid the debate around hydrogen and what niche it may fill, there is an increasing focus on the resource as a storage medium.
Few people would dispute the fact that the planet is fast-approaching a ‘tipping point’ when it comes to carbon emissions, which explains why achieving net-zero greenhouse gases by 2050 isn’t just a UK target, but a legally binding responsibility. This ambitious decarbonisation commitment will force multiple industries to undergo transformational change, and a shift in mindset is key among organisations large and small. But what role will digitalisation play?
The UK has set the goal of reaching Net Zero by 2050. To achieve this outcome, the country must tackle both supply and demand, while also overseeing far-reaching changes in how energy is delivered. Crucially, we must do all of this working within the constraints and opportunities associated with our existing energy system infrastructure.
The UK has set the goal of reaching Net Zero by 2050. To achieve this outcome, the country must tackle both supply and demand, while also overseeing far-reaching changes in how energy is delivered. Crucially, we must do all of this working within the constraints and opportunities associated with our existing energy system infrastructure.
The role that carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) will have to play in the future energy mix currently splits opinion.
Construction and engineering firm Costain has said it is on track to meet expectations as it swung to a profit and grew revenue in the first half of the year.
The debate around which direction the UK should take in terms of blue or green hydrogen is complex.
Repurposing the UK’s natural gas network to take into account future consumption will require major changes for infrastructure, whether it is towards hydrogen or electrons.
Industry leaders have urged governments to put incentives in place to speed up the deployment and uptake of hydrogen.
Hydrogen comes in a rainbow selection of colours, but will there also be a pot of gold waiting at the end?
Infrastructure firm Costain has been awarded work to shave off up to £750million from the total cost of a pioneering clean energy development in Aberdeenshire
Infrastructure firm Costain's Aberdeen team will work on contracts worth £4 million for a range of projects, including North Sea oil and gas, nuclear and carbon capture.
Demand for studies from North Sea operators was not enough to stop profits plunging at UK infrastructure firm Costain in the first half.
"You don’t look like a typical engineer," is a remark I often hear when I explain to those outside the industry what I do for a living. To me, there’s no such thing as a “typical” engineer anymore.
Costain has appointed Steve Carter as a project director to join its 70-strong upstream team in Aberdeen.
Bosses at Costain Group said the engineering and construction firm delivered a "strong" set of results in 2018 and built up a record order book.