Nuclear power operator goes green

Nuclear power operator goes green: A major player in the nuclear power industry found itself on the receiving end of some love from the green half of the energy sector after two major announcements.
So often mentioned in the same breath of Hinkley Point and the trials and tribulations of building the nation’s next generation of nuclear power, EDF has caught everyone wrong footed.
Gloucestershire-headquartered EDF wheeled out its big guns to cut the ribbon on an offshore wind farm and a major battery storage operation.
Jean-Bernard Lévy, the EDF group chairman and CEO, said: “These two innovative projects demonstrate our expertise in renewable energies and electricity storage.
“They contribute greatly to decarbonisation of the energy mix in the UK, our second largest market after France.”
The French-owned business, which has its UK headquarters in Brockworth, aims to double its renewable energy generation by 2030.
Its 41.5-MW offshore wind farm is at Blyth, off the Northumberland coast, and the 49-MW battery storage facility in Nottinghamshire.
The wind farm uses five MHI Vestas V164 turbines with a power rating of 8.3 MW and is the first one in the offshore wind industry using self-floating and submersible gravity-b