Nuclear Power
Classifying low carbon as renewable could deter from growing renewable infrastructure, seven EU nations claim
The move seeks to drum up more investment in the sector to improve domestic energy resilience
EDF has said it will consider the technical and business case of the potential life extension of Heysham 1 and Hartlepool nuclear plants
The Treasury is reportedly reviewing the government spending on projects such as roads, rail and schools
The UK and French state-controlled energy giant EDF are reportedly expected to take a 50% share each in the project
The Business Secretary has said the UK “should copy the French”, benefitting those who do something “in the national interest”
In his last major speech as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson said the next Prime Minister needed to “go nuclear and go large”
The Prime Minister will reportedly promise to give more government support to the planned Sizewell C nuclear power station
The financial package will support the construction of two new reactors at Sizewell C, which will generate 3.2GW of electricity
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is still currently under Russian control