Team Lincolnshire Ambassadors Shortlisted to Become STEP’s Engineering and Construction Partners.

Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) will be delivered by a public-private sector integrated team consisting of UKIFS, UKAEA as fusion partner and the successful engineering and construction partners. These key long-term and strategic partnerships will play a central role in growing a UK-led fusion industry that will stimulate economic growth.

We are delighted to announce that several Team Lincolnshire ambassadors have been shortlisted for the procurement process and include AtkinsRealis, WSP, Balfour Beatty & Turner Townsend. The full shortlist can be viewed below:

The shortlisted organisations for STEP’s Engineering Partner are:

• Celestial JV, consisting of Eni UK Limited as the lead member and AtkinsRealis, Jacobs Clean Energy (now Amentum), Westinghouse and Tokamak Energy as other members.

• Phoenix (UK) Fusion Limited, consisting of Cavendish Nuclear Ltd as the lead member, KBR Ltd and Assystem Energy and Infrastructure Ltd as other members.

The shortlisted organisations for STEP’s Construction Partner are:  

• Inovus Infrastructure, consisting of Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering as the lead member and Vinci Construction, AtkinsRealis, Mott Macdonald and WSP as other members.

• ILIOS, consisting of Kier Infrastructure and Overseas as the lead member and Bam Nuttal, Nuvia Limited, AECOM Ltd, Turner and Townsend Infrastructure Ltd and Amanda Levete Architects Ltd as other members.

• Ferrovial Mace JV, consisting of Ferrovial Construction UK Ltd as the lead member and Mace Consult Ltd as the other member.

Congratulations to our ambassadors on this amazing achievement and good luck!

Listen to Paul Methven, CEO of UK Industrial Fusion Solutions give reflections on the launch of our Whole Plant Partner procurement process, the quality of the companies involved and the progress made so far.