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GridteamAI · The Wire |
23 September |
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Great British Energy · 22 September 2026
Great British Energy formally opens its new Aberdeen headquarters
Great British Energy formally opened its Aberdeen headquarters on 22 September, alongside a £750,000 partnership with local education and industry bodies to build a renewable energy workforce. The company has committed that five per cent of its workforce will be entry-level and early-career roles aimed at disadvantaged communities.
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Our read
The Aberdeen base turns GB Energy from a Whitehall policy into a physical presence in the sector it is meant to back.
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Network Rail · 22 September 2026
Network Rail to close Birmingham New Street for £13m Christmas power upgrade
Network Rail will close Birmingham New Street to all trains from 24 to 28 December for a £13 million overhead power line upgrade. The work is the first phase of a three-year programme to replace equipment dating from the 1960s, with further Christmas closures planned in 2027 and 2028.
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A three-year Christmas closure programme signals how much of the network's power infrastructure is now past its designed life.
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Transport for London · 22 September 2026
TfL awards Costain £120m contract for South Kensington Tube transformation
Transport for London has appointed Costain to design and build the transformation of South Kensington Underground station, reported at £120 million. The scheme adds step-free access to the Circle, District and Piccadilly line platforms, a new eastbound platform and an accessible entrance on Thurloe Street, with completion targeted for 2031.
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Step-free access has been the stated ambition for years; a signed design-and-build contract is the first commitment with a completion date attached.
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Uisce Éireann · 22 September 2026
Uisce Éireann to renew 764 metres of Blackrock water mains
Uisce Éireann is replacing over 764 metres of ageing water mains along Cross Avenue in Blackrock, Dublin, to cut leaks and supply disruption and support future housebuilding in the area. The work is expected to complete in early 2027, part of the utility's push to cut national leakage from 49 per cent in 2014 to the current 36 per cent.
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Our read
The leakage figure is the real story: a national utility still losing more than a third of what it treats, one mains replacement at a time.
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