Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Station will be built 'clearly and categorically'

A guaranteed price for the electricity generated at the power station is expected to be around £15 per megawatt hour less than the £92.50so-called strike price awarded to EDF for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station being built in Somerset. — Computer generated image of the planned Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant

The delayed multi-billion pound Hinkley Point nuclear power station will definitely go ahead, the head of French giant EDF assured MPs today.

Vincent de Rivaz, chief executive of the firm behind the project, admitted it had been a “long road”, but insisted confidence in the £18 billion project remained.

He told the Energy and Climate Change Committee “clearly and categorically“ Hinkley Point C will be built.

French economy minister Emmanuel Macron has said EDF will make a final investment decision on Hinkley Point in early May.

Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Station will be built ‘clearly and categorically’

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