Spotlight: Offshore wind subsidy reforms, plans for 100,000 new homes and £25bn road investment plan

ENERGY

✒️ Streamlined regulation to power growth and boost British industry | Press release from Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Environment Agency and Emma Hardy MP

📰 UK gov aims to cut hydrogen permitting delays with time-limited trial approvals | H2 View

📰 NESO yet to finalise new timeline for connections reform | Utility Week (paywall)

📰 UK seeks views on Clean Industry Bonus changes | reNews

📰 Ofgem appoints BSI to govern standards for energy system digitalisation | Energy Live News

📰 Scottish fishing industry body calls for no more offshore wind consents | Renewables Now

📰 Offshore wind developers will pay to upskill UK communities | Innovation News Network

📰 Dogger gets bigger and bigger! | Energy Live News

📰 UK subsidy shift could put offshore wind back on track | Reuters

📰 National Grid connects the UK’s largest BESS | Solar & Storage Xtra

📰 Equitix consortium launches £500m storage platform | Renewable Energy News

🗣️ £640m bond to boost Scotland’s green energy network | Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce

📰 National Wealth Fund commits £200m to UK battery storage push | BusinessMatters

📰 National Grid’s battle for 50m pylons to deliver clean energy | The Times (paywall)

📰 Block Elon Musk’s bid to supply UK home energy, Ed Davey urges | The Guardian

📰 Door slams shut for AR7 submissions | reNews

📰 Devastating 'fuel poverty gap' doubles in five years with energy prices still rising | Metro News

📰 WEF and Accenture Set Out the Path for a Global Energy Transition | Sustainable Times

📰 Multi-million pound boost for Welsh businesses to cut carbon | Public Sector News

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INFRASTRUCTURE

📰 How should the UK road network optimise its resilience to climate risks and impacts? | New Civil Engineer (paywall)

📰Building tomorrow: Financing for sustainable infrastructure | Circular

📰Green Finance Institute funding UK EV charging | EV Infrastructure News

📰 Government outlines £25bn RIS3 investment prioritising maintenance and renewal | New Civil Engineer (paywall)

📰 Network Rail and the Met Office are to increase their co-operation on research into the effects of weather on the network | Railway Gazette

📰 UK Power Networks turns up the heat in new project | Energy Live News

🗣️ Business Investment in Nature | WWF and the Green Finance Institute research report on Business Investment in Nature: Supporting  UK Economic Resilience and Growth

📰 Why energy insight is the new infrastructure investment | EM Magazine

📰 UK’s Data Centre Fast-Track Plan Sparks Alarms Over Environmental Fallout | Sustainable Times

📰 UK Emerging as Prime Destination for Tech Growth | Business News Wales

✒️ Kimmins puts people at the heart of budget decisions | Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure

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DEVELOPMENT

✒️ Turning the tide: government clears path for almost 100,000 homes | Press release from Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Angela Rayner MP

✒️ Place Building – Developing Homes & Communities | Report from the University of the Built Environment, advocating focus on more long-term targets

📰 UK needs 100,000 ‘beautiful’ council homes a year to solve affordable housing crisis, report claims | Building Magazine

📰 Applications for commercial-to-resi PD right up 33% year-on-year | Planning Resource (paywall)

📰 New research published on brownfield land | British Geological Society

📰 Britain cares more about data centres than housing | The New Statesman

📰 From hard hats to smart tech: The rise of AI in construction planning and project delivery | PBC Today

📰 A Landmark Supreme Court Ruling: What It Means for Developers and How Advantage Ensures Protection | pbc today

📰 UK Design Capital of the Year 2025 shortlist: Glasgow's ambition for sensitive regeneration | Building