UK biz lobby urges govt to favor nuke, coal power

LONDON: Britain needs to build more nuclear reactors and cleaner coal plants while putting less emphasis on wind power if it wants a secure low-carbon future, business lobby group CBI said yesterday.

The CBI said in a report that current British government policy, which favors wind power, is making energy security and climate change targets harder to achieve because it will lead to less investment in other forms of low-carbon electricity generation.

"Large chunks of our energy infrastructure urgently need replacing," deputy-director general of the CBI, John Cridland, said.