Small nuclear reactors and a wind farm could be built in north Wales under new plans from a UK energy firm.
Shearwater Energy said it could build the hybrid plant for "less than £8bn" and start generating carbon-neutral power by late 2027.
It said a site has been earmarked at Wylfa on Anglesey, separate to the stalled Wylfa Newydd nuclear plans.
Shearwater said it had signed an understanding with US power firm NuScale for the modular reactors.
Shearwater Energy's director Simon Forster said his company started pulling together proposals after Japanese energy giant Hitachi pulled out of the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant project in September.
The company said its hybrid model was a "flagship opportunity" for Wylfa and the UK power sector.
Mr Forster said the plans were "designed to provide decision-makers with alternatives and to ensure that the taxpayer and consumer gets the very best value for money" when the UK invests in zero-carbon power generation, something "the country is critically short of".
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