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Engineering company Assystem said it had been appointed as an alliance partner on the new Hinkley Point C Commissioning Alliance.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 25 January 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsassystem-secures-commissioning-alliance-contract-for-hinkley-point-c--9422758
Ministers from the UK's Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) visited Hinkley Point C (HPC) on 23 January to see progress at the new nuclear power plant. HPC, under construction in Somerset, England, will be the first new nuclear power station to be built in the UK in almost 20 years and will provide about 7% of the country's electricity.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 28 January 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ministers-see-progress-at-Hinkley-Point-C
The world's largest crane is ready to start work at the site of the Hinkley Point C (HPC) nuclear power plant under construction in Somerset, England, EDF Energy has announced. Able to stand up to 250 metres high, 'Big Carl' can reach higher than the tallest tower at London’s Canary Wharf and can carry 5000 tonnes in a single lift, the company said.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 17 September 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Hinkley-Point-C-receives-worlds-biggest-crane
Boris Johnson expressed his "passionate" support for nuclear power when he addressed the House of Commons for the first time as UK prime minister yesterday. Seven of the country’s eight existing nuclear plants are set to be retired by 2030, while new-build projects have faced financial uncertainty over the last two years.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 26 July 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UKs-new-premier-promises-boost-for-nuclear-power
The UK has opened for consultation its assessment of a new financing model aimed at reducing the cost of new nuclear power plant projects by having consumers pay upfront through their energy bills. A solution is needed urgently because nuclear energy is seen as a vital part of the government's commitment to cutting the country's carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Seven of the UK’s eight existing nuclear plants are set to be retired by 2030.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 23 July 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-considers-Regulated-Asset-Base-model-to-finance
The UK has opened for consultation its assessment of a new financing model aimed at reducing the cost of new nuclear power plant projects by having consumers pay upfront through their energy bills. A solution is needed urgently because nuclear energy is seen as a vital part of the government's commitment to cutting the country's carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Seven of the UK’s eight existing nuclear plants are set to be retired by 2030.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 23 July 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-considers-Regulated-Asset-Base-model-to-finance
The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) on 28 March granted its first consent to begin construction of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant. The consent covers the placement of the structural concrete for the first nuclear safety-related structure at the site but does not give consent for all elements of construction.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 29 March 2017
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-regulators-approve-hinkley-construction-5773661
Chinese coal miner Wintime Energy has won shareholder approval for its proposed investment in the planned UK Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant. EDF and China General Nuclear (CGN) are jointly funding the construction of two European Pressurised Water reactors (EPRs) at the plant. Wintime Energy, known as Wing Tai Energy in Chinese, on 13 December announced plans to invest up to CNY3bn ($440m) in Hinkley through a wholly owned subsidiary of New Energy, Huayuan New Energy.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 09 January 2017
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmore-chinese-investment-in-hinkley-5711752
Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman and CEO of Hitachi, said on 30 January that the setbacks experienced by EDF in developing the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in the UK raised questions about how future NPPs, including its GBP14bn ($19.9bn) Wylfa Newydd project on Anglesey are to be funded.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 01 February 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuncertainty-over-hinkley-point-echoed-by-hitachi-4798508
EDF has received local approval to begin site preparation works for its proposed Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset, UK. The company has also submitted a nuclear site licence application and has placed an order with Areva for heavy components.
Computer graphic of two proposed EPRs at Hinkley Point
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 01 August 2011
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newshinkley-c-project-moves-forward