The group behind a bid to bring a £220m nuclear fusion power plant to the West of England has said it has received an “enthusiastic response” from communities close to its proposed site.
Severn Edge, the base of two, near-adjacent, former nuclear power stations at Oldbury in South Gloucestershire and Berkeley in Gloucestershire, is on a shortlist of five sites being considered for the Government’s Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) project.
The proposed prototype plant, which could be operational by 2040, is part of the UK’s efforts to become the first country to commercialise fusion energy to meet future electricity needs, as well as contribute to meeting net zero carbon emissions targets.
