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EDF, the French state-backed energy giant, is drawing up secret plans for a stock market flotation of one of Britain's biggest providers of electric vehicle charging infrastructure amid soaring demand from motorists.
comments The super-crane is nicknamed Big Carl and it lifted a 575 ton steel cylinder into place at Hinkley Point today The crane stands at 656ft tall and is higher than several famous structures, including London's Gherkin tower It is known as Big Carl, after Carl Sarens, head of the Belgian family business which constructed the crane Able to carry 5,000 tonnes in a single lift, Big Carl is expected to be at Hinkley Point for the next three years The world's largest crane completed its biggest ever lift today, hoisting a 575 ton steel cylinder into place at Hinkley Point. The super-cran...
UK to start talks over Sizewell C nuclear power station Top Story December 15, 2020 LONDON: The government is to begin talks over the construction of a new £20 billion nuclear power plant as it set out plans for a clean energy system it said will create thousands of jobs. It confirmed negotiations are taking place with EDF Energy over the Sizewell C site in Suffolk, which could generate 3.2 gigawatts of electricity, enough to provide 7 per cent of the UK’s energy demands. Any deal would be subject to a range of approvals on areas such as value for money and affordability, the government ...
Image: Shutterstock The government has published its Energy White Paper in a bid to clean up the UK energy system and provide a roadmap to net zero. The policy paper builds on the Prime Minister’s ten-point plan for clean energy, aimed at creating more than 200,000 jobs in the UK. But what does the industry think? Scale and opportunity of the energy transition is revealed Emma Pinchbeck, Chief Executive at Energy UK, said: “Today’s White Paper reveals the scale and opportunity of the energy transition, with aims in it to at least double the amount of clean electricity produced today, s...