The next generation of nuclear power stations will not produce electricity as cheaply as offshore wind farms, the industry has admitted.
The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) said yesterday that the government still needed new nuclear plants to help achieve its aim of Britain’s carbon emissions being net zero by 2050.
It said that proposed plants at Sizewell in Suffolk, Wylfa on Anglesey and Bradwell in Essex were all likely to cost in the region of £60 per megawatt-hour (MWh) generated.
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Wind and solar are much better than nuclear. We need to continue investing in them so that prices drop even more.