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Hinkley Point C might be delayed again.
Why? Because Natural England say the £700 million spent on fish protection at Britain's next nuclear power station is not enough.
We can't go on like this.
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That was then, it could be again
70 years ago this month, Britain opened the world's first full-scale nuclear power plant, Calder Hall.
By 1966 we were generating more electricity from nuclear than the rest of the world combined.
But in 2026, we haven't completed a new station for 31 years.
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70 years ago this month, Britain opened the world's first full-scale nuclear power plant, Calder Hall.
By 1966 we were generating more electricity from nuclear than the rest of the world combined.
But in 2026, we haven't completed a new station for 31 years.
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How building data centres could cut Britain's sky-high electricity bills by billions:
- Failing electricity use has made electricity more expensive as a fixed costs of supplying power (grid, policy, balancing, etc.) are concentrated on a small share of demand.
- New demand from data centres helps dilute those fixed costs. This could save £2bn a year (£69 per year) if the Government's compute target is hit.
- Data centres are extremely profitable, even at high power prices. They care about speed, but the grid queue can create decade-long delays. Letting companies pay to jump the queue could raise billions.
- Britain could replicate the success of spectrum auctions and sell-off faster grid connections. Accelerating 3GW by 3 years is potentially worth £12bn to data centre builders!
- In the US, tech companies are making large investments in new generation (SMRs, gas, renewables) as states adopt 'bring your own power' policies. Doing the same here could accelerate clean power buildout and fund necessary gas plant renewals.
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Will Britain see new nuclear power stations across the country?
We should look to places like Dungeness in Kent for the answer.
If the Government's plans don't pave the way for new stations on existing sites like this one, they can't be taken seriously.
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Whether Dungeness is viable for a new nuclear site is a test case for whether the Government is serious about a "golden age of new nuclear"
Will Britain see new nuclear power stations across the country?
We should look to places like Dungeness in Kent for the answer.
If the Government's plans don't pave the way for new stations on existing sites like this one, they can't be taken seriously.
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Will Britain see new nuclear power stations across the country?
We should look to places like Dungeness in Kent for the answer.
If the Government's plans don't pave the way for new stations on existing sites like this one, they can't be taken seriously.
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Add your name to the campaign for a new nuclear power station at Dungeness here:
britainremade.co.uk/dungenes…
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TLDR: one of the most influential papers driving panic about data centre water usage had its maths wrong by a factor of 100, and repeatedly cited figures from an article literally called 'Overestimating AI's Water Footprint'.
NEW: How the push to ban data centre construction in Britain is based on sloppy research.
One paper widely cited in the media and by the Green Party contains multiple howlers:
- It claims that a single data centre will be responsible for 8% of the East of England's water shortfall. This is wrong by a factor of almost 100.
- It suggests data centres are to blame for England's predicted 5bn litre daily water shortfall. Yet under the most water-hungry assumptions, new data centres would account for less than 3% of it. Under more realistic assumptions, it's just 0.5%.
- It compares global AI water withdrawals with British household water consumption. But these are completely different things. Most withdrawn water is returned to its source. The comparison exaggerates AI's water footprint by around ten times.
- It repeatedly uses worst-case estimates of data centre water consumption, ignoring that many data centres use little or no water for cooling. One of its sources is literally titled Overestimating AI's water footprint.
The real cause of Britain's water shortages isn't data centres. It's our failure to build reservoirs.
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How much water do data centres use?
A lot less than you might have heard.
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10 months on from highlighting the ridiculous situation with window replacement in higher risk buildings (over 8 storeys) where building safety regulation has basically outlawed window replacement except at uneconomically high regulatory cost we still don't have a solution. @BritainRemade (1/n) nitter.siddz.com/BritainRemade/status/1…
Chris is facing a bill of more than £15,000 to replace a couple of windows.
But only £5k of that is for the actual windows.
The other £10k is fees to navigate the ridiculous planning obstacles Westminster Council and the Building Safety Regulator put in his way.
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I bust some myths about water and data centres.
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NEW: How the push to ban data centre construction in Britain is based on sloppy research.
One paper widely cited in the media and by the Green Party contains multiple howlers:
- It claims that a single data centre will be responsible for 8% of the East of England's water shortfall. This is wrong by a factor of almost 100.
- It suggests data centres are to blame for England's predicted 5bn litre daily water shortfall. Yet under the most water-hungry assumptions, new data centres would account for less than 3% of it. Under more realistic assumptions, it's just 0.5%.
- It compares global AI water withdrawals with British household water consumption. But these are completely different things. Most withdrawn water is returned to its source. The comparison exaggerates AI's water footprint by around ten times.
- It repeatedly uses worst-case estimates of data centre water consumption, ignoring that many data centres use little or no water for cooling. One of its sources is literally titled Overestimating AI's water footprint.
The real cause of Britain's water shortages isn't data centres. It's our failure to build reservoirs.
samdumitriu.com/p/will-data-…
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Work starting on a third Menai crossing is great news for George, who asked us about this last year.
A new crossing is so important because the two existing antique bridges are so often closed, causing traffic chaos and cutting off locals from their hospital.
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🏆Work starting on a third Menai crossing! 🏆
Fantastic to see after our longstanding campaign to get the crossing built.
This is massive for North West Wales.
📢 @markjhooper has announced the next steps for the Menai Crossings and easing congestion around the M4 Newport.
Find out more:
🔗 gov.wales/plans-third-menai-…
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Good pro-building steps in this plan:
- Leave Aarhus: stops campaigners holding infra hostage via legal challenge
- Scrap environment quangos: these orgs have failed. Replacing them is good for building & nature.
- Accelerate nuclear reform: abundant, secure clean power faster.
🔴 Tories pledge to cut £50k from cost of new homes
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