Sizewell

Nuclear project is plunged into crisis as French giant EDF ‘threatens to quit’ Sizewell C. EDF is prepared to walk away from the Sizewell C nuclear project unless the Government makes a key investment commitment in the coming weeks, unions …

Sizewell

If greenlit and completed – Sizewell will provide reliable, low-carbon power to six million homes and meet around seven per cent of the country’s consumption demand. Sizewell’s Director of Financing Julia Pyke told City A.M. that Sizewell will be a …

Sizewell

The UK government purchased an option to take a 20% stake in Electricite de France SA’s Sizewell C nuclear power plant, a move that potentially eases the way to removing China from the project. The UK bought the option in …

Wind vs Nuclear

Nuclear Free Local Authorities and the environmental group Possible have issued an open letter urging policy makers to bring forward new onshore wind projects and abandon ‘expensive’, ‘slow’ and ‘risky’ nuclear plans. To mark Global Wind Day – 15th June …

Sizewell

Designation of NNB Generation Company (SZC) Limited: draft reasons. This sets out the Secretary of State’s draft reasons for designating NNB Generation Company (SZC) Ltd, under the Nuclear Energy (Financing) Act 2022. The Nuclear Energy (Financing) Act established the legislative …

Sizewell C

A consortium hoping to use heat from the UK’s proposed Sizewell C nuclear power station to capture carbon dioxide from the air on a giant scale say they have successfully completed a research and development project and are ready to …

Octopus & Bulb

Octopus submits last-minute bid for electricity supplier Bulb. Octopus Energy has made a last-minute entry in a three-way race to buy collapsed electricity and gas supplier Bulb. Centrica, the owner of British Gas, and Masdar, an Abu Dhabi-based energy company, …

Nuclear Hydrogen

Westinghouse Electric and Bloom Energy Corp have entered into a Letter of Intent to pursue clean hydrogen production in the commercial nuclear power market. The companies are teaming up to identify and implement clean hydrogen projects across the nuclear industry. …