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Reports: Coronavirus forces EDF to delay application for new UK nuclear plant

Business Green

French energy giant looks set to lodge plans to build Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk later than planned. However, the firm did not announce a new timetable for submitting plans for the £16-20bn project, which - as with Hinkley Point C - EDF it is developing in partnership with Chinese state-owned firm CGN.

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Hitachi Walks Away From Two UK Nuclear Projects

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EDF is currently building Hinkley Point C, which will add another 3.2GW in the middle of this decade. EDF’s Sizewell C is also waiting confirmation over a possible new funding model, with a new CFD off the table. has 9GW of nuclear power capacity, most of which will be retired in the early 2030s.

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King's Speech, SMR deals, and Minister cools on hydrogen heating: BusinessGreen's most read stories of the week

Business Green

BusinessGreen rounds up the most widely read stories on the site this week Energy Minister: Hydrogen will have 'very small role, if at all' in heating UK homes EXCLUSIVE: Lord Callanan touts heat pumps and heat networks as replacement for vast majority of fossil gas boilers as he warns that hydrogen remains 'very problematical' for home heating. -

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Hinkley Point C confirms fresh delays, as MPs raise nuclear decommissioning concerns

Business Green

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. In a statement, Stuart Crooks, managing director of Hinkley Point C, said the latest delays were a direct result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Sizewell C: Government confirms plan to take £670m stake in nuclear power project

Business Green

Sizewell C project takes major step forward as government unveils plans to establish Great British Energy, a new arms-length public body to oversee UK nuclear power pipeline.

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UK’s National Grid accelerates 20GW of clean energy connections

Smart Energy International

National Grid is accelerating the connection of up to 20GW of clean energy projects to its electricity transmission and distribution networks in England and Wales as part of ongoing collaborative work across industry in the UK.

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Government must reach decision on new nuclear projects to sustain workforce, industry warns

Business Green

The new government is being urged to move quickly to decide on the future of proposed nuclear development projects in the UK, such as the planned Sizewell C development, in order to sustain levels of growth within the nuclear workforce, which is now at its highest level in five years.