Warning to UK government on Sizewell nuclear power project – is it value for money?
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New Civil Engineer 4th Nov 2020 Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit head of analysis Jonathan Marshall has urged caution as the government looks increasingly likely to approve plans for the Sizewell C nuclear power station.
According to the BBC, talks between the government and Sizewell contractor EDF have “intensified in recent weeks”. However, Marshall emphasised that renewable energy solutions offer more flexibility than nuclear. “If you look at the amount of money involved in building nuclear power stations, it’s pretty easy to come up with something renewables-based that’s as firm and moreflexible,” he said. “There are not many people saying we should have loads of nuclear apart from the nuclear industry. There’s also the risk that by the time power stations are built the grid is running in a different way because they take so long to build.”
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