“Public subsidies in connection with the international effort to combat climate change are first and foremost meant to support the just transition of the energy system towards energy savings and renewables in countries of the Global South that are most impacted by the effects of global warming (mitigation). They are also needed to help these…

China’s state—backed nuclear company is hoping to take an equity stake in the troubled £10bn Moorside nuclear plant being developed by debt—hit Toshiba in Cumbria. The Japanese conglomerate is on the hunt for a project partner to safeguard Europe’s largest planned new nuclear plant after France’s multinational electric utility company (Engie) pulled out of the…

Officials at EDF Energy say they are still analysing feedback from the Stage Two consultation process for Sizewell C and have a “huge amount” of work to do before they embark on presenting final plans for the £14bn project [Stage 3). Mr. John McNamara for EDF said “we will hold a community forum and circulate…

Every day for some six years 300 — 400 tonnes of water have washed through the remains of the four nuclear reactors destroyed during the Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011. Some of the water is groundwater that scientists have failed to prevent running through the site, but a lot of it (300 tonnes at…