Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Governments around the world are stepping up efforts to expand both these nascent sectors, with Germany, France, and Japan all announcing new hydrogen R&D and infrastructure funding in recent months and the UK government reportedly poised to do the same.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Prospective investors will be subject to ‘strict national security checks’, minister vows Prospective investors in the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk will undergo “strict national security checks”, the government has said, as it formally kicked off a hunt for outside investment.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2020

government unveiled its contract for difference with EDF’s 3.2-gigawatt gigawatt Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in 2012, it proudly proclaimed that the arrangement proved new nuclear did not need direct subsidy. ” RAB: Nuclear's next top model? Another option: State-backed nuclear funding?

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy kicks off new Nuclear Fuel Fund to encourage investment and in nuclear supply chain. The UK government has launched a new £75m fund that aims to catalyse investment in the nuclear fuel sector.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

  Lots of spice for clean investment this week. The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. 14% of total investment came from the feds, with $33.7B 14% of total investment came from the feds, with $33.7B Happy Monday! 

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Carbon capture, hydrogen, nuclear, EVs, and renewables all set to benefit from £12bn government stimulus plan, but critics warn funding falls well short of the level required to trigger a green recovery.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 4, 2021

The plan was developed in response to a 2018 SMR roadmap and followed a CAD$20 million (USD $16 million) investment in the Canadian molten salt reactor developer Terrestrial Energy in October. Aside from these gestures of government support, there have recently been SMR-related developments in less obvious markets. and the U.K.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Government touts RAB funding model as 'win-win' for climate and consumers, but pushing upfront costs onto energy bills could prove controversial. The new financing rules are likely to provide a major boost for EDF's hopes of building a £20bn nuclear power plant at Sizewell C in Essex.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Prime Minister announces £9.7bn of inward infrastructure investment, as government launches new £400m public-private clean tech innovation fund. The fantastic £9.7bn of new investment we have secured today will power our economic recovery, creating thousands of jobs and helping to level up across the country.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2024

What fate awaits the power sector under what will likely be a Labour government, and why is the question so important? gigawatts of nuclear power lost between now and 2028, and Hinkley Point C won’t be online until after 2030 at the earliest. Investment in new nuclear has never been more important.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 27, 2024

But in the summer of 2016 there was little they could do to stop the French government from investing in what would soon become the most expensive power station in the world. All six trade union representatives on the board of Électricité de France (EDF) voted against a deal to build a nuclear power station in the UK.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 21, 2022

The Sizewell B nuclear Power on the Suffolk coast, September 2021 (image credit: Debra O’Connor / Shutterstock.com). Recently the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson boldly stated that the government plan is to “build a nuclear reactor every year rather than once every decade”. Additionally, Scotland wants out.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

.” The green labeling system from the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, would define what qualifies as an investment in sustainable energy in the 27-nation bloc. Under certain conditions, gas and nuclear energy could be part of the mix, making it easier for private investors to inject money into both.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2022

Following a meeting with industry figures yesterday, the Prime Minister revealed plans to significantly expand the share of UK's electricity produced by nuclear power from around 16 per cent today to 25 per cent by 2050 - a move which would require major investment in new nuclear power capacity in the coming years, according to various reports.

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Business Green

MAY 13, 2022

The Future Nuclear Enabling Fund aims to support the government's ambition to approve eight new reactors by 2030. State-of-the-art technologies and innovative new business are to be encouraged into the UK nuclear power sector following the launch of a £120m government fund today.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

A small modular reactor ( SMR ) consortium is “eagerly awaiting” a government announcement that could help the U.K. regain its former leadership in nuclear technology. Yesterday the consortium, which is led by British power systems manufacturer Rolls-Royce, pledged to create 6,000 jobs in the U.K. And this week, U.S.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

A raft of innovative nuclear power projects and atomic regulatory research efforts have won a share of £3.3m in government funding today, in a move Ministers hope will unlock the development of new cutting-edge reactors in the UK. The funding includes £2.5m The funding includes £2.5m

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2022

The government has launched a £160m funding programme to support its goal of delivering up to 5GW of floating offshore wind capacity in the UK by the end of the decade, alongside the announcement of a new industry 'champion' to spearhead the scaling up of the cutting-edge technology.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Hitachi has confirmed it is walking away from a proposed new nuclear power plant in the U.K., raising serious questions about government plans to fund new nuclear projects. has 9GW of nuclear power capacity, most of which will be retired in the early 2030s. The projects had a combined capacity of 5.8

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 5, 2021

The German government has agreed to a multibillion-euro compensation deal with major utility firms on Friday over its ongoing nuclear energy phaseout. million were made to EnBW and EON/PreussenElektra to make up for investments made at plants when their licenses were renewed in 2010. The majority of the €2.4 billion ($2.9

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

The government is widely expected to unveil a wave of decarbonisation and energy policies on Thursday as part of a package that had been badged as 'Green Day' by Whitehall insiders. The [US] Inflation Reduction Act is already helping to attract billions of dollars more of private sector investment in green industries.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

For years, China’s booming economy was a horse every government wanted to hitch its wagon to. Today, relations have soured between China and many Western countries, with potentially serious implications for clean energy supply chains, investment and even existing infrastructure. government performed a U-turn this year.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2023

Former Business and Energy Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg spoke of his desire for people to “stop demonising oil and gas” in a private meeting with the head of the United Arab Emirates’s state investment company, DeSmog can reveal. Rees-Mogg agreed with Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak that “hydrocarbons need to be part of the [energy] solution”.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Green business groups and campaigners welcome the government's renewed focus on the net zero transition, but warn plan lacks long-term policies and sufficient funding in key areas. It is also less than half the amount the Government is committed to spending on new roads.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A new research collaboration brings together researchers and industrialists from the UK and Japan to explore novel ways to detect and dispose of radioactive nuclear debris. On 11th March 2011, a major earthquake followed by a tsunami caused an unprecedented accident in the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The government has unveiled further details of its hotly-anticipated vision for the UK's net zero transition, signalling a major overhaul of Britain's energy market to scale up renewables, clean heating, nuclear, energy efficiency, carbon capture, and hydrogen technologies over the coming decade and beyond.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The government must rebalance nuclear's place in the energy portfolio and bring the public onside while there is still time, argues Bright Blue's Andrew Leming. Hitachi's withdrawal from proposed nuclear power sites in Anglesey and Oldbury last month dealt a sharp blow to the government's net zero emissions strategy.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2022

International Energy Agency argues nuclear power can play a significant role in supporting transition to a renewables-dominated energy system worldwide. And the nuclear industry must quickly address the issues of cost overruns and project delays that have bedevilled the construction of new plants in advanced economies.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

Developer reveals flagship project is facing further delays, as Public Accounts Committee raises alarm over wider nuclear industry decommissioning costs. The Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant is facing a further year delay and an additional £3bn of costs, according to an update from developer EDF.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 19, 2024

billion) of further, direct investment into electricity networks to facilitate the connection of clean assets and renewable energy sources. National Grid forecasts a 64% growth in power demand to 2035, the UK’s target for net zero. National Grid ESO has released a network upgrade plan, calling for £58 billion ($73.6

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It also has set and met ambitious clean energy and has the potential to produce an enormous amount of clean electricity, heat, and hydrogen with offshore wind and nuclear power. trillion in clean energy investments in 2022, with investment growing by 12% since 2020, up from 2% in 2015.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Currently, governments cannot simply ‘skim off’ company profits. They do not inspire confidence in the ability of the EU Commission to diagnose and address the root cause of the problem: chronic lack of investment in indigenous European energy supply. The country’s investment in wind energy didn’t take off until the late 1990s.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 31, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is placing a major focus on nuclear hydrogen as a component of the US government’s proposed $7 billion push for clean H2 production. The idea is to be able to focus on carbon emission-free production powered by energy already installed. Why use nuclear energy to produce hydrogen?

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Eco-Business

MARCH 24, 2021

Governments are investing in a new range of small nuclear power plants, with little chance they’ll ease the climate crisis.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Currently, we use fossil fuels, biofuels and nuclear power to provide this baseload. Tidal range, stream and lagoon power are obvious solutions which currently do not get the political attention they deserve. The government's baseload strategy is to use nuclear power.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

UK Research and Innovation has confirmed an initial investment of £18m in a programme to design a compact nuclear power station.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The European Union’s scientific and political communities are locked in a battle over whether gas and nuclear can be considered green investments. It’s a “green investment guidebook,” said Henry Eviston, spokesperson on sustainable finance at WWF European Policy Office.

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