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Major infrastructure projects highlight varying approaches to the coronavirus outbreak

EDF Energy blames ground conditions for rise but says energy bills will not go up

Let’s go for an expansive renewable energy system, backed up with energy efficiency and energy storage, says David Blackburn. Plus Mike Ellwood on the integral fast reactor, and John Barstow on the case for keeping coal...

Several workers on nuclear plant have killed themselves or attempted to, says union

The UK’s first nuclear plant to be built since 1995 is expected to cost more than £20bn

Last week’s widespread disruption illuminated the brittle nature of our infrastructureNearly a million people without power; parts of the rail network crippled; Newcastle airport plunged into darkness; a hospital temporarily...

Taxpayers are still on the hook, and renewable options are still being overlookedThe government’s new funding model at the heart of its plan for a nuclear renaissance is an improvement since it struck a deal three years...

Ministers are expected to announce plans to bolster nuclear industry this week

Linda Rogers says the CBI has its head in the sand over nuclear reactors and Iain Climie wants politicians prepared to fund action to combat the climate emergencyHas the Confederation of British Industry got its head in the...

As Hinkley Point C, Britain’s biggest nuclear power plant, rises next door, Sam, 11, dreams of protecting the fish he identifies with. He believes the only way is to go a private school – but his parents can’t afford...

Greg Clark knows nuclear cannot compete with the likes of wind and solar – but he is not giving up

Despite recent scrapping of three plants, experts still feel the energy has stake in future

Japanese giant unable to agree deal with UK as fears grow for Anglesey atomic plant• Does this mean the end of UK’s new nuclear dream?

Despite the recent scrapping of three nuclear plants experts still believe the energy has a stake in the future

The collapse of Toshiba’s project underlines the fact that new nuclear is a more unreliable proposition than wind and solarToshiba’s decision to pull out of building a nuclear power station in Cumbria last week will cause...