New nukes on the horizon
RWE npower and E.ON UK today announced further details of their nuclear joint venture, called Horizon Nuclear Power, which aims to develop a new nuclear power station at Wylfa on Anglesey.
Earlier this year the company secured development land at Wylfa and also at Oldbury-on-Severn in South Gloucestershire, enabling a programme of new nuclear power station development to begin that could involve more than £15bn of investment.
The newly appointed chief operating officer of Horizon Nuclear Power, Alan Raymant, said: ‘We believe Wylfa is a very good site for the potential development of a new nuclear power station and we look forward to working with the people of Anglesey and North Wales to make it a reality.
‘In addition to our work on Anglesey, one of our key next steps will be to complete the process of selecting the reactor technology for the site.’
The 50:50 joint venture between RWE npower and E.ON UK was created in January and aims to develop around 6,000MW of new nuclear capacity in the UK - enough to power a city the size of greater London - by 2025.
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