COVID-19 blamed as cost of Hinkley Point C nuclear plant rises again

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EDF Energy says work schedules have been adjusted because of disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The company said that 'significant progress' was made in many areas during 2020 despite COVID disruption. Pic: EDFCompletion of the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant has been delayed further and the cost revised upwards by £500m, according to EDF Energy.

In an update on progress in construction of the UK's first new nuclear power plant for a generation, the French energy firm saidIt was originally supposed to have started producing electricity - enough to power 7% of the country's needs - from 2017 at a cost of £18bn.The country's largest crane, known as Big Carl, is in use at the Hinkley site in Somerset.

 

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