The UK government has said a new public company called Great British Energy that will own, manage and operate clean power projects will explore how it will work with Great British Nuclear (GBN), a body set up by the previous government to drive the delivery of new nuclear energy projects in the UK.
The country’s Conservative government set up GBN in July 2023, saying it would help deliver the government’s commitment to provide a quarter of the UK’s electricity from nuclear energy by 2050, up from around 14% today.
GBN’s fate had been unclear since Labour took control following a general election in June.
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