1 week 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 ...

January 25, 2024 - The project in southwest England, Britain's first new nuclear plant in more than two decades, was at the last update expected to start operations in June 2027, with an estimated cost of 25-26 billion pounds, which also was a revision of a previous 2025 start date at a cost then estimated at ...

August 30, 2023 - The long read: Building Britain’s first new nuclear reactor since 1995 will cost twice as much as the 2012 Olympics – and by the time it is finished, nuclear power could be a thing of the past. How could the government strike such a bad deal?

January 26, 2024 - LONDON (AP) — A major nuclear plant that Britain’s government hopes will generate affordable, low-carbon energy could cost up to 46 billion pounds ($59 billion), and the completion date could be delayed to after 2029, the firm developing it said Wednesday.

January 23, 2024 - The final cost of the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant being built in Somerset may soar by about a third, according to the French firm developing it. EDF now estimates that the cost could hit £46bn, when taking price rises into account. The completion date could also be delayed by three years.

French group EDF warns pandemic delays will push back estimated start-up date to 2026

January 24, 2024 - The owner of Hinkley Point C has blamed inflation, Covid and Brexit as it announced the nuclear power plant project could be delayed by a further four years, and cost £2.3bn more.

May 5, 2023 - CGNPC will make its investment in the UK through its new company, General Nuclear International (GNI). The final investment decision on the project was announced in July 2016. The plant’s first unit is expected to be operational in 2027. The project was originally estimated to cost £16bn ($27bn).

February 20, 2023 - EDF warned in a results presentation on Friday the cost of the Hinkley Point C project, Britain's first new nuclear plant in more than two decades, "could reach 32.7 billion pounds" based on inflation indexes as of June 30, 2022. Its previously published cost estimate in May 2022 was 31-32 ...

January 24, 2024 - Electricite de France SA’s nuclear ... energy project. EDF now expects the two reactors it’s building in southwest England to cost between £31 billion and £35 billion in 2015 terms, the French energy company said in a statement on Tuesday....

February 14, 2018 - John Vidal: Decoding the news: Work on the UK's first nuclear power station to be built in 20 years has got the green light, but there is still strong opposition

January 27, 2021 - Electricite de France SA said the completion of its flagship British nuclear plant project will be delayed at least six months and cost about 500 million pounds ($687 million) more than previously planned because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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The UK's Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant, which was expected to be completed in 2027 and cost up to GBP26 billion, is now unlikely to be operational before 2030, with the overall cost revised to between GBP31 to GBP34 billion (in 2015 prices), EDF has said.

February 16, 2024 - French energy firm swung to profit in 2023 despite impairment charge on struggling nuclear project in UK

September 25, 2019 - EDF Energy blames ground conditions for rise but says energy bills will not go up

February 23, 2023 - The Hinkley Point nuclear project, under construction by EDF in south-west England, continues to suffer from inflation and delays.

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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).