Horizon Nuclear Power, new name for JV

摘要

RWE npower and E.ON UK have revealed further details of their nuclear joint venture, which is to be called Horizon Nuclear Power. The company will begin operation from 16 November working from new headquarters near Gloucester. The 50:50 joint venture was created in January and aims to develop around 6,000MW of new nuclear capacity in the UK by 2025. The company says its first reactor is expected to come online around 2020. Earlier this year the company secured development land at Wylfa on Anglesey and Oldbury-on-Severn in South Gloucestershire. Its programme of new nuclear power stations could involve more than 15 billion pounds in investment and create around 11,000 jobs, including around 800 permanent jobs at each site and up to 10,000 during construction.