• M&E delay pushes Hinkley C first reactor start up back a year

    Mechanical and electrical headaches have pushed first power at Hinkley Point C back yet another year – with the price tag swelling by £1.4bn to £48bn at today’s prices.
    EDF has confirmed lower than expected productivity on the vast electromechanical installation programme means Unit 1 is now scheduled to start up in 2030.
    That is a year later than the previous best-case 2029 target, itself already two years behind the earlier 2027 revised timetable and five years adrift o

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