29 January 2021
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Horizon Nuclear Power, the UK project developer owned by Japan’s Hitachi, has withdrawn its application for planning consent for the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant. Earlier this month, Horizon had for the second time secured a deferral on a decision for the Development Consent Order for the project on Anglesey.
Hitachi intends to manage the site under the control of its subsidiary Hitachi Europe Limited (Image: Horizon)
Horizon was to develop two UK Advanced Boiling Water Reactor units at the site in North-West Wales, with the intention to contribute to the energy policy of the UK government, as well as maintaining the business foundation that supports the nuclear industry in Japan. Last September, however, Hitachi announced it will end its business operations on the Wylfa project, which it had suspended in January 2019, and Horizon said it would take steps for the orderly closing down of all its current development activities.
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Wylfa Newydd Developers behind Anglesey’s Wylfa Newydd have officially pulled the plug by withdrawing their planning application for the £16bn project. Despite the promise of hundreds of well-paid jobs in an area decimated by economic blows over recent years – but also opposed by anti-nuclear groups – a failure to reach a funding agreement with the UK Government saw work ‘paused’ on the long awaited project in January 2019. Ongoing troubles saw Hitachi announce last September that it was pulling out completely, initially leaving its Horizon Nuclear Power subsidiary to try to secure new investors for the site near Cemaes. But, with Horizon set to be wound up by the end of March 2021 and despite an expectation that the UK Government would announce a decision over the long delayed planning application by April 30, the company today informed the Planning Inspectorate that it was formally withdrawing its Development Consent Order (DCO) bid.
Planning application for Anglesey nuclear project withdrawn as developer pulls plug
Hitachi withdrew from the £16bn project after failing to reach a funding deal with UK Government
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Developers behind Anglesey’s Wylfa Newydd have withdrawn their planning application for the £16bn project.