The government has set aside £1.7bn to invest in a new nuclear plant as part of plans to reach net zero, Budget documents have shown.
As part of a transition to “a more resilient energy supply”, the government is expected to invest the £1.7bn in the new Sizewell C nuclear plant.…
Energy firm EDF is hoping its landmark Hinkley Point C project in Somerset will provide a blueprint for the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk. The plans include two reactors which the company says would be capable of generating enough low carbon electricity to supply more than 6M…
The agreement with NNB Generation Company (NNB Genco), a subsidiary created by EDF Energy to build and operate Hinkley Point C, will remain in place until the £23bn station is commissioned. As part of the contract, Jacobs will be a preferred supplier in agreed areas of scope and support. Jacobs…
The first of three prefabricated steel rings to form the reinforced cylinder around the nuclear reactor at Hinkley Point C has been lifted into position by the world’s largest crane, dubbed “Big Carl”.
Moving the 575t ring, which is 17m tall and has a diameter of 47m, is the biggest lift…
EDF Energy has announced plans to set up an engineering centre in Bristol to support its work at Hinkley Point and Sizewell nuclear power stations.
The plans announced by EDF Energy’s managing director for Hinkley Point C Stuart Crooks at the annual Nuclear Industry Association conference will see the new office…
Atkins, Wood and Frazer-Nash Consultancy have won places on Hinkley Point C’s Technical Support Alliance.
Set up to provide engineering and technical services to the nuclear new build project, the alliance will work in collaboration with EDF Energy’s Nuclear Generation Technical Support Alliance to assist with full life cycle services. Atkins,…
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