HINKLEY WIND FARM

Crippling blow

May 14 2008

The Guardian, Eco-soundings, John Vidal

There have long been fears that a new generation of nuclear power will be at the expense of renewable energy, and now proof emerges from an unlikely corner. Super-confident French-owned utility firm EDF is planning to buy British Energy, the owner of most UK reactors, and to build two giant new reactors at Hinkley Point in Somerset. Sadly, it finds that there is barely space for one on the old nuclear site. So the company is now thought to be quietly buying up nearby land. The trouble is, it's earmarked for a nine-turbine windfarm.

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