Coal keeps lights on at COP26 as low wind strikes again

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17. From your linked article

Rolls-Royce has previously said that there was a “pretty high probability” Trawsfynydd could house the first reactor by the early 2030s.

So at least 10 years away... so what do we do in the meantime?

Again the question is at what cost to the consumer?

The secondary theme of this OP was the high cost to provide electricity when the winds didn't blow but as I showed in a similar post, the power from the Hinkley Point C plant will be double the current cost of off shore wind (BTW, it wasn't initially but over time wind and solar will get cheaper and better thru manufacturing improvements and innovation).

Another interesting quote from your article

Investors see a tremendous opportunity to decarbonise the UK through stable baseload nuclear power.

IMO, the problem with investor owned nuclear power plants is that at some point a bean counter is going to start making decisions on where to cut the budget to increase the return to the 'investors' and it will once again prove the adage - privatize the profits, socialize the loses.