Articles by
Adam Vaughan
Hitachi scraps £16bn nuclear power station in Wales
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Adam Vaughan
Hitachi has scrapped plans to build a nuclear power station in Wales, becoming the second firm in two months to abandon a major nuclear project and triggering “a full-blown crisis” for the UK energy’s strategy. The £16bn Wylfa plant on Anglesey was meant to be the next in a line of new nuclear plants behind Hinkley Point C but the Japanese conglomerate failed to reach a deal with the UK government.
Hitachi set to cancel plans for £16bn nuclear power station in Wales
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Adam Vaughan
The Japanese conglomerate Hitachi looks certain to cancel its plans for a £16bn nuclear power station in Wales, leaving Britain’s ambitions for a nuclear renaissance in tatters.
Electric cars exceed 1m in Europe as sales soar by more than 40%
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Adam Vaughan
Europe hit the milestone nearly a year after China, which has a much larger car market, but ahead of the US, which is expected to reach the landmark later this year driven by the appetite for Tesla’s latest model.
Ben & Jerry’s joins the campaign to support onshore windfarms
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Adam Vaughan
Tubs of Strawberry Breeze-cake, Cherry Gale-cia and other wind-themed ice-creams will feature in a campaign by Ben & Jerry’s to persuade the government to rethink its opposition to onshore windfarms.
Driving force: are electric cars crowding out traditional engines?
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Adam Vaughan
The summer of love for battery cars prompted newspaper editorials heralding the end of the internal combustion engine. One bank even forecast that all new car sales in Europe would be electric within two decades. Meanwhile, diesel car values have plummeted.
Hinkley Point C is £1.5bn over budget and a year behind schedule, EDF admits
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Adam Vaughan
French state-owned EDF said the cost overrun for two new reactors at Hinkley in Somerset could hit £2.2bn, taking the total spend to £20.3bn, up from £18bn previously.
UN asks UK to suspend work on Hinkley Point
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Adam Vaughan
A United Nations committee has asked the UK to suspend work on the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset because of the government’s failure to consult with European countries over the project.
Blast at French nuclear plant does not pose contamination risk, say experts
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Adam Vaughan
Authorities say fire in turbine hall was outside nuclear zones of Flamanville power station near Cherbourg
French nuclear power in ‘worst situation ever’, says former EDF director
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Adam Vaughan
The French nuclear industry is in its “worst situation ever” because of a spate of plant closures in France and the complexities it faces with the UK’s Hinkley Point C power station, according to a former Électricité de France director.
Renewables made up half of net electricity capacity added last year
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Adam Vaughan
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said the milestone was evidence of a rapid transformation in energy taking place, and predicted capacity from renewable sources will grow faster than oil, gas, coal or nuclear power in the next five years.
Solar and wind ‘cheaper than new nuclear’ by the time Hinkley is built
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Adam Vaughan
UK government’s own projections expect onshore wind power and large-scale solar to cost less per megawatt hour than new nuclear by 2025
Scrapping Hinkley for renewable alternatives would save ‘tens of billions’
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Adam Vaughan
Solar and wind would generate the equivalent power to Hinkley over the plant’s planned lifetime for £40bn less, says analysis comparing future costs
