Rolls-Royce SMR was selected as the UK government's preferred technology for the country's first small modular reactor (SMR) project in June last year, and GBP2.6 billion was allocated in the 2025 Spending Review to enable this contract and wider programme delivery.

World first policy: The UK will be the first country in the world to offer a market framework for fusion electricity to de-risk and incentivise private investment and enable fusion to power homes and businesses.

Digital twins of existing gas assets will enable hydrogen market transformation, mapping systems holistically.

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded contracts worth £8.1m ($11m) from its Fusion Industry Programme to 14 organisations to develop shielding and fusion fuel technologies for future fusion power plants.

UK’s latest Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction, Allocation Round 7 (AR7), has allocated 6.2 GW of new renewable energy capacity (UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero statement, 10/02/2026).

This consent allows the project to build and operate up to 100 turbines with associated infrastructure. Underground onshore cables will transmit power from the landfall site near Anderby Marsh (north of Skegness) to a new substation at Surfleet Marsh in South Lincolnshire.

Britain is seeking to largely decarbonise its power sector by 2030, which will require a big increase in renewable capacity.

Russia has "unique solutions that can be utilised for powering data processing centres" and the plan is "to transition to the serial production of small floating and land-based nuclear stations".

The ambitious mission will harness the current AI and advanced computing revolution to double the productivity and impact of American science and engineering within a decade.

Modernizing power grids is critical to meeting rising energy demands, integrating renewable sources, and ensuring operational reliability. Traditional grids struggle with aging infrastructure, fluctuating loads, and the variability of renewable generation.