Jeremy Leggett – a letter to the industry
When I am having a bad day on the frontiers of the solar revolution, I try to imagine being the chief finance officer of British Energy, who will probably be having a much worse day, and indeed, vocational, life. He or she is supposed to raise multiple billions for a new generation of nuclear plants, but a few questions need answering by the owners and likely suppliers first. EDF, owners of British Energy, are majority-owned by the French government, like the French reactor-building company, Areva, which is widely expected to build most or all new British reactors (if they are ever built). I imagine an e-mail from CFO to CEO about these questions…
