RWE npower takes options at Wylfa

The Times
December 30, 2008
Ian King

RWE npower, the energy supplier, has secured options to buy farmland at Wylfa, Isle of Anglesey, near the existing Magnox nuclear power station. It has also secured a connection to the national grid for any new nuclear power station to be built at the site. The news comes days after competition regulators were criticised for not ordering EDF, the power group, which is taking over British Energy, the nuclear power generator, to sell land at Wylfa as a condition of the deal. Wylfa is regarded as one of the most attractive locations for a new nuclear power station.