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The UK has opened for consultation its assessment of a new financing model aimed at reducing the cost of new nuclear power plant projects by having consumers pay upfront through their energy bills. A solution is needed urgently because nuclear energy is seen as a vital part of the government's commitment to cutting the country's carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Seven of the UK’s eight existing nuclear plants are set to be retired by 2030.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 23 July 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-considers-Regulated-Asset-Base-model-to-finance
The UK has opened for consultation its assessment of a new financing model aimed at reducing the cost of new nuclear power plant projects by having consumers pay upfront through their energy bills. A solution is needed urgently because nuclear energy is seen as a vital part of the government's commitment to cutting the country's carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Seven of the UK’s eight existing nuclear plants are set to be retired by 2030.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 23 July 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-considers-Regulated-Asset-Base-model-to-finance