Energy
Our current energy market is continuously changing. In the last three decades we’ve seen a decline in the cost of coal, nuclear generation on the rise and vast increases to the price of oil, all of which create further issues around climate change, sustainability and energy security. Atkins is fully engaged in, and actively enhancing its capability for, all aspects of the developing energy market.
In electricity generation, we support both conventional and nuclear sectors to maintain output and extend the life of assets, and we’re engaged in planning and enabling the next generation of nuclear power stations.
We have a long history supporting electricity transmission and distribution in the UK, providing design services and turnkey projects to upgrade and replace aging infrastructure. We also provide new connections for ‘local’ generation schemes.
The clean-up of the UK nuclear industry is underway with the formation of the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency, and Atkins has a significant presence in clean-up work at many of the UK’s nuclear sites. We also support regulators to develop their policies and processes.
Carbon reduction is vitally important to the threat of climate change, and we play a leading role managing government programmes on behalf of the Carbon Trust. We also provide consultancy services to the energy efficiency and renewable markets, ranging from school awareness programmes, to biomass & wind power developments.
You can read the latest Atkins comment on the UK energy challenge by clicking here.
For more information, see our ‘Areas of Business’ pages relating to this content:
Conventional Power
Nuclear
Oil & Gas
Renewables