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The UK government has announced up to GBP1.7 billion (USD2.3 billion) in funding for a large-scale nuclear power plant in its autumn budget and spending review. It said it is in "active negotiations" with EDF over the Sizewell C project in Suffolk. The announcement comes days after the government introduced legislation for funding future nuclear power stations in the UK.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 29 October 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-government-earmarks-funds-for-progressing-nucle
National Grid, which owns and operates the electricity transmission network in England and Wales, has forecast that, in 2019, more of Britain's power will be generated from zero-carbon sources than from fossil fuels for the first time since the Industrial Revolution.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 21 June 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-low-carbon-power-to-outstrip-fossil-fuels-this