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The feeling in the room was that, due to the regulations, Europe is pricing itself out of the general market – although due to data sovereignty a market will be retained.. Generally, green energy is more expensive, which also distorts the market.But programmes like the Bernwick bank 4-GigaWatt wind farm may ease the UK situation in the longer term..

Although self-generated power looks like a silver bullet, bought utilities are significantly cheaper than those self-generated.These pressing needs are making self-generation and nuclear a more likely option.. Fusion as well as fission is being discussed, but what is a realistic timescale?.The group felt that DCs need to be part of regional, city, utility, industrial and energy strategies.

Joined up thinking may improve the situation and help to find a path forward..Discussion in the room moved to nuclear self-generation for a while and how far we are away from viable small nuclear power self-generation.

The modular size of small nuclear is critical.

Due to the need for power resilience, sites would need to have some arrangement of N+1 power units – if each unit is too large then the investment costs would be simply too high.To support the growth and inclusion of more SMEs in the delivery of public works projects, we need greater visibility of the public spending flowing down the supply chain.

Suppliers should invest in automated, digital payment and contracting systems and processes.Digitisation will improve transparency, information exchange, payment performance and contract management across the supply chain.

Standard components and digital tools - the construction Platforms ‘ecosystem’.The underpinnings of a potential marketplace are set out in the Playbook, which states that Government:.