Hinkley nuclear power is no match for renewables

Energy capacity auction shows offshore wind dramatically outstrips nuclear - and ministers must take noteHinkley Point C nuclear power station was conceived in the days when offshore wind cost ?150 per megawatt hour and a few misguided souls, some of them government ministers, thought a barrel of oil was heading towards $200.Successive governments swallowed the line that Hinkley represented a plausible answer to the UK's threefold energy conundrum - keeping the lights on, reducing carbon emissions and producing the juice at affordable prices for consumers and business. Continue reading...