I wrote below about whether the industry would get what it wanted from Chris Huhne, the energy secretary, in his speech to the Liberal Democrats today. Now his brief but initiative-packed speech is over, did they get what they wanted?
Roger Salomone, energy adviser at EEF, wanted to see reassurances over nuclear power. This is what Huhne said:
I’m fed up with the stand-off between renewable and nuclear which means we have neither – we will have both. We will have low-carbon energy, and security of supply.
And EEF’s reaction:
Given the audience that was a reassuring message on nuclear power from our perspective. He linked nuclear power to some positive things, like energy security and tackling climate change.
