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Construction of the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has been delayed amid spiraling costs. The cost of getting the nuclear power station built in Bridgwater, Somerset, has been hiked by £500million and the site now looks set to open in June 2026, instead of the end of 2025.   Developer EDF Energy, which is owned by the French state, said 'significant progress' had been made on the construction site, but admitted costs looked set to reach up to £23billion, rather than previous estimates of £22.5billion. Delays: Construction of the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has ...

Hinkley Point C suffers another £500M cost rise and delay The cost of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has risen by around £500M and its start date pushed back to June 2026 due to delays arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. EDF said it expected the Somerset project to cost up to £23bn compared with a 2019 estimate of a £22.5bn maximum. The start of electricity generation from Unit One of the power station had been scheduled for the end of 2025, but work postponed last year at the height of the first lockdown has not yet been completed. In a message to employees, Hinkley Point C managi...

Hinkley Point C delayed to cost half a billion more and take six months longer to build And there could be further delays unless things get back to normal after Easter The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and yo...

Delivery of Hinkley Point C has been delayed by six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and its final cost range has also risen, EDF said in an update this morning. The energy firm – which is developer on the nuclear power facility, Europe’s largest construction project – warned last July that the coronavirus crisis created a high risk of delays directly and through its suppliers and said it would launch a study into an updated schedule and cost. With the study completed, it said today that the project is now scheduled to cost between £22bn-£23bn, up from the last announced range of...

27 January 2021 Share EDF has again revised the schedule and budget for the commissioning of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant under construction in Somerset, England. The start of electricity generation from unit 1 is now expected in June 2026, compared with end-2025 as initially announced in 2016. Delays arising from the pandemic will also increase the cost of the project by GBP500 million (USD684 million) to GBP23 billion. Stuart Crooks, managing director of Hinkley Point C (Image: EDF) "Despite being affected by the COVID-19 health crisis, Hinkley Point C has made significant progre...