Despite the hype and sense of inevitability about a massive new nuclear power programme, it looks like some of the key players are less convinced. Left Foot Forward reported some weeks ago that the chief of E.ON says new nucleartest
Last week Spain generated nearly half of its electricity from renewable sources – the UK currently generates just 5.5%
The Green party and others have criticised the Conservative party leader for acting green but in reality being anything but.
The chief executive of E.ON UK, Paul Golby, has told Reuters news agency that he does not believe any new nuclear station will come online before 2020 saying, “It’s clearly not possible to accelerate the build time.”
Professor David MacKay – soon to take up post as a key adviser to Energy Secretary Ed Miliband – has poured fuel onto the media fire telling the Today programme that blackouts could be caused from a shortage in power stations around 2016. Looking at the numbers, it is difficult to see how he has come to that conclusion.
