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The Wire · Wednesday 11 November Good morning. Here is today's Energy & Infrastructure news. 👇 | Five items overnight, every one dated, opened at the primary source and checked before it went in, with our read on each. Three minutes with your coffee and you are up to speed. | |
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 Water · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · 10 November 2026
English mayors asked to form eight councils with a say on rivers and water
The Minister for Water and Flooding told Parliament on 10 November that the Environment Secretary has asked mayors, and council leaders where there is no mayor, to set up eight regional water councils in England, one for each river basin district. The councils will bring local leaders, businesses, farmers, environmental groups, infrastructure providers and community representatives together to shape water planning, which the minister linked to cleaner rivers and coastlines. The government will give them £1 million this year, and a Water Bill due next year will set out more detail.
| | Our read Water companies and their contractors will be dealing with these councils before the Water Bill fixes their formal role, so it is worth getting to know each one early. |
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 Renewables · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · 11 November 2026
RWE and KKR commit £12 billion to build Vanguard offshore wind farms
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Energy company RWE and investment firm KKR have announced a £12 billion investment and a final decision to build the Vanguard West and Vanguard East offshore wind farms, the government said on 11 November. The farms are due to be running by 2030. They could supply the equivalent of around three million homes and will support more than 2,400 jobs in construction and operation.
| | Our read With the money now committed, Vanguard West and East become firm work for the supply chain to bid for and deliver. |
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 Waste · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · 10 November 2026
Government-funded clean-up begins at illegal Wigan waste site holding 18,000 tonnes
Work has begun on a government-funded operation to clear an estimated 18,000 tonnes of commercial and household waste from the illegal Bolton House Road site in Wigan, Defra announced on 10 November. Specialist teams aim to remove up to 25 lorry loads a day, and the job is expected to finish in spring 2027. The Environment Agency has made five arrests in its investigation.
| | Our read When the taxpayer has to pay to clear an illegal site, waste crime ends up costing everyone, legitimate waste operators included. |
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Water · Uisce Éireann · 10 November 2026
Boil water notice stays in Tipperary Town as Irish water utility connects new source
Uisce Éireann, Ireland's national water utility, said on 10 November that crews are connecting a new borehole to the Cordangan Water Treatment Plant in Tipperary Town. A boil water notice remains in place there because the quality of the existing boreholes keeps fluctuating. The accelerated works are expected to finish before the end of 2026, after which sampling will inform talks with the Health Service Executive (HSE) on lifting the notice.
| | Our read Homes and businesses in Tipperary Town should not expect the boil water notice to lift as soon as the new borehole is connected. |
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 Energy & Grid · SSEN Transmission · 10 November 2026
Lairg and Rogart invited to shape £1.62 million community fund from new grid works
SSEN Transmission, which runs the high-voltage electricity network in the north of Scotland, is consulting people in and around Lairg and Rogart on a new South Loch Shin Local Fund, expected to be worth £1.62 million. It announced the consultation on 10 November. The fund is linked to the grid connections for the Lairg II and Chleansaid wind farms, including new substations and an overhead line, and will open in 2027.
| | Our read The fund comes with the new substations and overhead line, so the communities closest to them will have money from the project to draw on from 2027. |
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