Energy Information Administration - EIA - Official Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government

January 10, 2024 - The British nuclear power plant Hinkley Point C, which is currently under construction, is increasingly turning out to be a cost trap. Following a

February 18, 2023 - Electricite de France SA said the cost of building its flagship Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in the UK is set to spiral further to £32 billion ($38.5 billion).

The source of clean energy shouldn't be displaying "negative learning" over time

We are building two new nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point C in Somerset, the first in a new generation of nuclear power stations in the UK.

January 27, 2021 - EDF Energy says it has made "significant progress" but the plant will now not open until June 2026.

5 days ago - In January 2024, EDF announced ... final cost would be £31–35 billion (2015 prices, excluding interim interest), approximately £41.6–47.9 billion in 2024 prices, and with Unit 1 becoming operational in 2029-2031. In 1981, the UK government announced plans to expand its nuclear power stations and the group Alliance against Hinkley C was founded to oppose construction of another plant at Hinkley ...

September 25, 2019 - Power company EDF says "challenging conditions" mean the final bill could now be up to £22.5bn.

March 12, 2024 - UPDATE: I’ve been getting feedback asking about how the methodology I employ in this article would be applied to renewable energy sources, for comparison. I added a section to the end comparing…

December 6, 2023 - A new database just released by Britain Remade presents the capital costs of 49 nuclear power plants, of which 39 were completed since 2000.1 You can see the costs per megawatt (MW) of installed capacity in the table below.

January 25, 2024 - Taking into account price rises, the final cost is one-third higher than expected and the construction takes years longer, developer EDF said.

September 25, 2019 - Hinkley Point units are U.K.’s first new reactors for decades

March 28, 2022 - French utility EDF said it would have to announce new delays and cost overruns for its Hinkley Point C nuclear plant project in Britain due to the Ukrainian conflict, supply chain disruption and inflation, among other reasons.

Answer (1 of 4): It really depends on the country and who is building it. A lot of highly specialized industrial equipment and associated skill sets have to be in place before you can even begin. Take the pressure vessel, for example, for a large pressurized water reactor (on the order of 1,000 M...

Answer (1 of 5): No one knows. Literally, it’s all just guesses and projections. No small modular reactor has been built, approved to operate and connected to the grid, so it’s all just spreadsheets with no empirical validation. And the nuclear industry is rife with very optimistic ...

May 24, 2021 - The new jobs will include roles in construction, welding and electrical installation roles.

January 28, 2021 - Opening of UK nuclear power plant could be delayed by six months

January 30, 2024 - It seems hardly believable that the cost of building our flagship nuclear plant, Hinkley Point C in Somerset, has now spiralled to as much as £46 billion.And it also means that the plant may not be de

Nuclear power plant now expected to total £25bn-£26bn with further delays anticipated

July 3, 2017 - French energy firm EDF says the new power station faces further delays and an extra £1.5bn of costs.