October 2026




In this issue

ENERGY · TUNNELLING
Earba pumped storage
Gilkes Energy's 1.8 GW / 40 GWh scheme swaps one giant cavern for up to six 70 m-deep shafts on the shore of Loch Earba.

SOLAR · TRENCHLESS
Whitestone Solar Farm
750 MW of solar on 1,370 ha of former South Yorkshire coalfield, with trenchless crossings of the M1 and River Rother.

RAIL · BRIDGES
DIRFT 4
Over £1 billion of rail-served logistics east of M1 J18, with two new road bridges and a cycle bridge over the live motorway.

WIND · PILING
126MW Chatteris Wind Farm, Cambridge
Vattenfall's up to 15 turbines on soft, high-groundwater Fenland could need an indicative 300–750 foundation piles.
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