Jumping on the bandwagon: EDF embraces hydrogen and carbon capture in bid to keep Sizewell C relevant

Adding electrolysis and CO2 removal to newbuild nuclear plants is an innovative flexibility hack. But it won’t move the needle on their abysmal economics.

How times change. Secure, baseload generation has been the main selling point of nuclear power for decades: the promise of a reliable source of electricity, generating constantly around the clock, 24/7, has mesmerised UK energy policymakers since the first civil nuclear power station came online in the 1960s.

Today, nuclear power’s cherished inflexibilit…