Coal keeps lights on at COP26 as low wind strikes again

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15. See Rolls-Royce:

... Each £2bn reactor is expected to have a generation capacity of 470MW, enough to power 1.3m UK homes. The company hopes to build five by 2031, and then another eleven in the years that follow...

... Ministers say that the new generation of small nuclear reactors will be quicker and cheaper to build than traditional large-scale nuclear reactors. Tom Samson, CEO, Rolls-Royce SMR, said: “Rolls-Royce SMR has been established to deliver a low cost, deployable, scalable and investable programme of new nuclear power plants. “Our transformative approach to delivering nuclear power, based on predictable factory-built components, is unique and the nuclear technology is proven. Investors see a tremendous opportunity to decarbonise the UK through stable baseload nuclear power.”...

https://nation.cymru/news/nuclear-set-to-return-to-wylfa-and-trawsfynydd-as-rolls-royce-secures-funding-for-mini-reactors/