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The Carbon Brief Interview: Amory Lovins

Amory Lovins is the co-founder and chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute. He has served as energy advisor to major firms and governments in more than 65 countries, including the US. He has authored 31 books...

Media reaction: UK government approves Hinkley C nuclear power plant

The Hinkley C new nuclear plant has finally been given the go-ahead by prime minister Theresa May, after a two-month review that appears to have changed little. You can read all about the details of the scheme in our...

Q&A: The Hinkley C new nuclear plant

On 28 July the board of French firm EDF voted 10-7 in favour of a final investment decision on the Hinkley C project in Somerset. It would be the UK’s first new nuclear plant in a generation. The scheme, which has...

The Carbon Brief Interview: Tom Greatrex

Tom Greatrex is chief executive of the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA). This is his first in-depth interview since taking up the role on 1 February. Until the May 2015 general election, Greatrex was Labour MP for...

Mapped: The world’s nuclear power plants

From the latest crisis over plans for Hinkley Point in the UK, to Friday’s fifth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, nuclear power plants are currently much in the news. To help provide a global overview of the...

Analysis: Hinkley delay could put UK carbon budgets at further risk

The latest delays to the Hinkley Point C new nuclear plant could spell bad news for UK carbon budgets, Carbon Brief analysis shows. A final investment decision on the scheme, due to be the UK’s first new nuclear plant...

Hinkley deal makes no economic sense - Greenpeace

21 October, 2015 Commenting on the agreement struck by French-owned EDF and China’s CGN today to build a fleet of new nuclear reactors at Hinkley and other two locations in the UK, Greenpeace UK chief...

EDF asks for three-year delay to Hinkley-type reactor in France

21 October, 2015 The construction of a French nuclear reactor of the same type being planned at Hinkley Point could be delayed by a further three years, the French press is reporting today. Energy giant EDF has formally asked the French government for permission to delay the start of its EPR nuclear reactor in Flamanville until 2020. The French utility had been set a 2017 deadline to get the reactor up and...

New state aid rules a blow for UK nuclear energy plan – Greenpeace

9 April, 2014 Brussels, 9 April 2014 – New rules on state aid adopted today by the European Commission will make it harder for the UK and other governments to subsidise nuclear energy projects like the new...

Hinkley C - Greenpeace statement and briefing

21 October, 2013 In response to the announcement of the Hinkley deal, Greenpeace UK Executive Director John Sauven said: “Hinkley C fails every test – economic, consumer, and environmental. It will lock a...