They put Horizon Nuclear Power, the joint firm to develop the plant, up for sale.

BBC: Bids for Wylfa nuclear power project going on table

Hitachi is buying Horizon Nuclear Power, which was intending to build reactors on existing sites at Wylfa, Anglesey, and Oldbury, near Bristol.

BBC: Nuclear power: EDF extends life of two UK plants

Developer Horizon Nuclear Power has previously said it hopes to lodge a planning application for the new Wylfa plant by the end of 2011.

BBC: Wylfa among locations chosen for new nuclear stations

In October, they sold their interest in Horizon Nuclear Power, which was to build reactors at sites near Anglesey and Bristol, to Japan's Hitachi.

BBC: Centrica pulls out of new UK nuclear projects

Horizon Nuclear Power said a new station could deliver up to 800 high quality permanent jobs, rising to 1, 000 during maintenance and up to 5, 000 jobs during construction.

BBC: Wylfa nuclear plant to operate for two more years

Horizon Nuclear Power - a conglomerate formed by E.

BBC: Oldbury nuclear power station shutdown: What next?

During his monthly departmental question session in the Commons on 1 November 2012, Ed Davey said it was "excellent news" that Hitachi had "acquired Horizon Nuclear Power", which was intending to build reactors on existing sites at Wylfa, Anglesey, and Oldbury, near Bristol.

BBC: Minister hails Hitachi nuclear acquisition

In July it was announced the Areva group and China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corporation (CGNPC) group were to bid for the Horizon project, which includes Wylfa B.

BBC: The existing Wylfa plant on Anglesey

While new coal plants seem to be on the horizon in Texas, power companies operating in the state are also aware of a shift toward cleaner technologies, including nuclear power, which has no environmentally harmful emissions.

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