Campaigners have written to Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal, Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, about the billions spent on nuclear project Sizewell C, after costs were speculated to end up spiralling to £40 billion.
EDF Group’s chief executive Luc Rémont has hit back at the national French auditor’s claims that the energy company should delay its investment in UK nuclear power project Sizewell C.
The UK’s Sizewell C nuclear power plant is likely to cost around £40 billion, according to the Financial Times.
Campaigners have written to Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal, Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, about the billions spent on nuclear project Sizewell C, after costs were speculated to end up spiralling to £40 billion.
EDF Group’s chief executive Luc Rémont has hit back at the national French auditor’s claims that the energy company should delay its investment in UK nuclear power project Sizewell C.
The UK’s Sizewell C nuclear power plant is likely to cost around £40 billion, according to the Financial Times.
As interest and investment in nuclear energy increases around the world, will Scotland’s longstanding opposition to the technology see it miss out on an economic boost?
A campaign group has urged the NAO to review the UK government’s spending assessment for the nuclear power project in Suffolk.
Multi-millionaire boss of Global Energy Group (GEG), Roy MacGregor, is targeting new nuclear power contracts as the UK government pushes ahead with plans for a £20 billion investment in the Sizewell C project in Suffolk.
Ecotricity founder Dale Vince, a Labour donor, has called for an urgent cost review of the Sizewell C nuclear power station and Net Zero Teesside carbon capture project.
In our exclusive interview, Centrica boss Chris O’Shea discusses his green ambitions for Britain's multinational energy company.
British energy supplier Centrica is prepared to “walk away” from a planned investment in the Sizewell C nuclear plant, according to its chief executive.
The UK government needs to act now to attract companies in order to take the lead in the global nuclear fusion industry – which could be worth up to £31 trillion, new research has said.
The UK and US governments will invest £40.5 million in a joint project aimed at commercialising nuclear fusion energy.
The UK’s energy secretary said modular reactors could fuel a “fourth industrial revolution”, with recent interest in the sector “supercharged by the rise of AI”.
Scotland's only nuclear power plant, Torness in Dunbar, will generate power until 2030 following a £1.3 billion investment from EDF.
Billions of dollars have been raised on promises of limitless power from nuclear fusion. However, the technology will not deliver affordable power within our lifetimes.
Global investment in the energy transition must double to $3.5 trillion a year to keep global warming below catastrophic levels, according to a new report by analytics and consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie.
GMB Union has warned UK chancellor Rachel Reeves to steer clear of funding cuts for UK nuclear sites in Wednesday's budget.
North Sea operator Viaro Energy is continuing its focus on nuclear power after forming a strategic partnership with reactor technology developer Terrestrial Energy.
Climate tech venture studio Ventex has grabbed hold of a remote survey firm that specialises in the nuclear industry.
The UK named four companies, including a division of Rolls Royce Plc, to proceed to the next stage of a contest to build the country’s first small modular nuclear power plant, a potentially key technology for reaching net-zero emissions.
With new funding announced for the prospective Sizewell C plant, the government seems committed to nuclear power. However, the cost of nuclear newbuild in the UK is staggering and, even if built, sufficient new capacity will not arrive soon enough to help mitigate climate change. UK electricity consumers should hope that the target of 24 GW of nuclear capacity by 2050 slips into obscurity.
Nuclear power would “leave a legacy of debt and radioactive waste for generations to come”, the Scottish Greens have said.
The UK government aims to build a large nuclear power plant in northern Wales as it seeks to boost the stable, low-carbon electricity source alongside wind farms to reach its climate goals.
The UK government has awarded a £196 million grant to build the first next generation nuclear fuel facility in Europe in a bid to further isolate Russia from global energy markets.
Increases in water demand for the energy transition are set to run in parallel with climate change-induced alterations to water supplies, with possibly severe implications for the viability of different energy transition sources.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is committing hundreds of millions of pounds over the next decade to Britain’s nuclear deterrent and energy infrastructure as part of a “critical national endeavour” to safeguard the industry and protect the country.
