Mars 2016 / Bloomberg

U.K. Sees No Power `Black Hole’ If EDF Scraps Nuclear Plan

March 24, 2016 — 6:18 PM CET

The U.K. won’t struggle to keep the lights on if Electricite de France SA decides not to proceed with its 18 billion-pound ($25 billion) plan to build a new nuclear-power plant at Hinkley Point in southwest England, Energy Secretary Amber Rudd said.

Britain has nine years to fill any gap in generation created by the loss of a 3.2-gigawatt project that could produce 7 percent of the country’s electricity supply, Rudd said in an interview Thursday. (…)

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