The UK does not need EDF's proposed Hinkley Point new nuclear plant as it has plenty of alternative options for keeping the lights on, rival energy giant SSE has said. The importance of the £18bn ...

You don't have to be a Sinophobe, or indeed a Francophobe, to wonder whether the Hinkley Point nuclear power project is entirely in the British national interest. The new prime minister wants a fresh ...

LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Britain should get on withapproving the $24 billion Hinkley Point nuclear power projectotherwise the world's fifth-largest economy could face powershortages in the future, ...

The French energy giant made the final investment decision at a board meeting last night, clearing the way for the project to go ahead. Reports said the board voted by ten to seven in favour. EDF in ...

Simply sign up to the Renewable energy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Of all the thorny questions facing Theresa May in her review of the Hinkley Point nuclear power project, one ...

Water pumped out from Hinkley Point B meets the Bristol Channel, Somerset, England, November 12, 2013. Hinkley Point C is expected to provide 7 percent of the U.K.'s total electricity requirement.

Plans to erect more than 140 pylons connecting Hinkley Point C to Avonmouth have been approved by the government. The Secretary of State has granted development consent, external for an application ...

The Government is poised to give the green light to the controversial Hinkley Point nuclear power plant. Downing Street and the new Department for Business and Energy are working flat out so that an ...

Simply sign up to the Renewable energy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Of all the thorny questions facing Theresa May in her review of the Hinkley Point nuclear power project, one ...

LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Britain should get on with approving the $24 billion Hinkley Point nuclear power project otherwise the world's fifth-largest economy could face power shortages in the future, ...