Built Environment Networking Blog: Infrastructure Utilities News

Government Invests £500 Million in Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor

The government is accelerating growth across the Oxford to Cambridge Corridor with a major £500 million investment package aimed at delivering new homes, infrastructure, and business space, while strengthening transport links and creating thousands of new jobs. Communities and businesses across the region will benefit from improved connectivity, including the reopening of the Cowley Branch […]

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Aviva Investors provides financing towards Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has provided £200 million of financing towards the design, build and maintenance of the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (‘HARP’) in North West England. The investment has been made by Aviva Investors on behalf of Aviva’s Insurance, Wealth and Retirement (‘IWR’) business, providing up […]

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Major Investments Accelerate UK Battery Storage Expansion as AMP Clean Energy and Pulse Clean Energy Secure Over £495 Million

Two leading UK-based energy firms, AMP Clean Energy and Pulse Clean Energy, have announced major investment milestones in August 2025, securing a combined total of over £495 million to expand their Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) operations across the country. These investments signal growing institutional confidence in battery storage as a key enabler of the […]

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National Wealth Fund provides loan for crucial coastal flood defence improvements in Wales

The National Wealth Fund (NWF) is providing a £92 million commitment to support crucial improvements to coastal flood defence barriers in Denbighshire, North Wales. The debt financing package, which is provided through the NWF’s Local Authority function, offers the lowest cost long term finance for local authority infrastructure projects and will facilitate Denbighshire County Council’s restoration […]

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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners charges to the top of the UK battery stack

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has, through its flagship fund CI IV, taken Financial Investment Decision (FID) and issued Notice to Proceed (NTP) to commence construction of two further Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects in Scotland. Coalburn 2 is situated in South Lanarkshire, adjacent to CIP’s existing Coalburn 1 BESS project, and Devilla is situated […]

Posted by: Deividas Krupstas

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Pension fund commits £48.5m to build renewable energy infrastructure

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership (“Border to Coast”) has made the first commitment within its innovative UK Opportunities portfolio on behalf of Partner Funds, driving capital into the build of new renewable energy infrastructure. The LGPS pool, the largest asset manager outside London and Edinburgh, has committed £48.5m to Capital Dynamics’ Clean Energy UK Fund […]

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Noventa Energy acquires innovative heat from wastewater assets from Scottish Water Horizons

Noventa Energy (Noventa), a leading provider of decarbonised heating and cooling solutions, has acquired three innovative heat from wastewater assets from Scottish Water Horizons, located in Glasgow, Stirling and Campbeltown. These assets, the first of their kind in the UK, will be partially repowered to benefit from Noventa’s proprietary, world-leading technology to reduce emissions and […]

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£4bn Teesworks energy project given green light by Government

The highly anticipated Net Zero Teesside project – set to bring thousands of jobs to our region – has today received the green light from Government, with work beginning by the end of the year. The £4billion project – led by bp and Equinor – will establish the world’s first industrial-scale carbon capture, utilisation, and […]

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