Environmental lobby group Greenpeace, which has called for the project to be scrapped, said the country could still meet its climate targets without Hinkley C. UK energy and climate minister, Amber Rudd, in an interview yesterday with Reuters, speculated that Britain’s carbon emissions reduction targets would be at risk if the Hinkley Point nuclear project were to be abandoned or postponed beyond the start date of 2025. The government has said it will not support a new reactor until after 2025, but there is no guarantee this timeline can be met. The £18 billion project was announced as long ago as Oct. 2013. Hinkley has been repeatedly delayed and the billions of pounds of state subsidies and the feasibility of the giant project have been widely criticised. However, the final decision for the project to go ahead rests with the French-state owned developer EDF, due to be announced in May.
UK energy and climate minister, Amber Rudd, in an interview yesterday with Reuters, speculated that Britain’s carbon emissions reduction targets would be at risk if the Hinkley Point nuclear project were to be abandoned or postponed beyond the start date of 2025. The government has said it will not support a new reactor until after 2025, but there is no guarantee this timeline can be met. The £18 billion project was announced as long ago as Oct. 2013. Hinkley has been repeatedly delayed and the billions of pounds of state subsidies and the feasibility of the giant project have been widely criticised. However, the final decision for the project to go ahead rests with the French-state owned developer EDF, due to be announced in May.