Articles by
Dave Toke
Tens of billions of taxpayers money at risk as pressure mounts to spend billions more on new nuclear
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Dave Toke
Giant portions of public spending are now at risk of pouring down a nuclear power black hole as calls for the Government to make direct investments into new nuclear power plant intensify.
No we don’t need any more nuclear power stations to power electric cars
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Dave Toke
Desperate to cover the latest catastrophic meltdown to hit the nuclear industry as Toshiba sinks under the weight of its failures to construct nuclear power plant through its Westinghouse subsidiary, nuclear supporters are spreading fake news about the alleged need for new nuclear power stations to power electric cars.
Why Trump might not make much of a difference to action on climate change
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Dave Toke
For a start the Paris Agreement already has enough national states as signatures representing a high enough proportion of global greenhouse gas emissions to remain valid with a US withdrawal. The Agreement requires there to be signatories representing at least 55 per cent of global emissions, and there's more than that left in the agreement without the USA.
EDF leaders get desperate over Hinkley C
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Dave Toke
EDF leaders are now in such a state of panic over their Hinkley C proposals that desperate messages were being sent out to tell the British Government that they need to take a £6 billion equity share in the proposal.
Why UK Government will be signing a blank cheque for Hinkley and Bradwell in one go
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Dave Toke
If Theresa May says that she will agree to Hinkley C but will not agree to the Bradwell project, then it is likely that the Chinese will walk away from Hinkley, thus ending the project - unless the French Government came up with even more money and risk-taking.
EDF to postpone Hinkley Construction start to at least mid 2019
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Dave Toke
Once again, EDF's superb public relations is convincing people that its disastrous Hinkley C power plant project is moving ahead, whilst the reality is that it is announcing that the project will not be started until at least 2019.
Dutch tender award for offshore wind plant is 25% cheaper than Hinkley C contract
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Dave Toke
The Dutch Government has awarded a contract to build two 350 MW Borssele offshore windfarms for 87 euros per MWh (£74 per MWh), some 25 per cent cheaper than the current value of the contract for Hinkley C.
Will Japanese or US Governments end up paying for Moorside nuclear plant?
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Dave Toke
According to spokespersons for the proposed 'NuGen' nuclear development at Moorside in Cumbria either or both the Japanese and American Governments could end up part-paying for the proposed 3.8 GW project. That is if it ever happens (which I doubt).
UK renewable energy auctions system discredited by offshore windfarm contract fiasco
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Dave Toke
The Government's much vaunted 'contracts for difference' (CfD) auction system for funding renewable energy has been thrown into disrepute after a key project awarded a contract has had its contract cancelled by a government agency.
EDF postpones Hinkley C decision until next year
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Dave Toke
The French Government has been faced with what seems to many to be the ludicrous prospect of heavily subsidising a power station to supply the British with electricity.
Renewables ‘too much power’ problem is really nuclear’s fault
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Dave Toke
So let's get this right, the Torygraph is saying that nuclear power plant can't or won't turn down their power stations, so it's windfarms and solar farms that are the problem?
Small Modular Reactors: wishful thinking on a grand scale
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Dave Toke
ake a large number of scientists who have grown up with the firm belief that nuclear power is the future of energy, face them with the fact that nuclear power is proving to be undeliverable in anything like the scale, time and cost that has been originally envisaged in UK Government plans, and what do you get? Wishful thinking about 'small modular reactors' or 'smrs'!
