Government confirms Hinkley Point C project following new agreement in principle with EDF

Following a comprehensive review of the Hinkley Point C project, and a revised agreement with French company EDF, the United Kingdom Government announced on the 15 September 2016 that it had decided to proceed with the first new nuclear power station for a generation. However, UK ministers would impose a new legal framework for future foreign investment in Britain’s critical infrastructure, which would include nuclear energy and apply after Hinkley.

The UK formally signed the £18bn contract with France and China to build the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station on the 29 September 2016.

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BBC News, 15.09.16: Hinkley Point: UK approves nuclear plant deal http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37369786

ESO: Background information: Hinkley Point gets final investment approval from France's EDF / Hinkley Point: New hitch for UK nuclear plant deal http://www.europeansources.info/record/hinkley-point-gets-final-investment-approval-from-frances-edf-hinkley-point-new-hitch-for-uk-nuclear-plant-deal/

CAPX, 15.09.16: Hinkley Point is a symptom of Britain’s broken energy market http://capx.co/hinkley-point-is-a-symptom-of-britains-broken-energy-market/

The Guardian, 15.09.16: Hinkley Point C nuclear power station gets government green light https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/15/hinkley-point-c-nuclear-power-station-gets-go-ahead

Politico, 15.09.16: Theresa May gives Hinkley the green light http://www.politico.eu/article/uk-has-approved-hinkley-with-conditions-report/

Politico, 15.09.16: Theresa May’s nuclear power play short circuits http://www.politico.eu/article/theresa-mays-nuclear-power-play-short-circuits-hinkley/

The Telegraph, 15.09.16: Hinkley Point will be obsolete before it even starts, but Theresa May had no choice http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/09/15/hinkley-point-will-be-obsolete-before-it-even-starts-but-theresa/

The Guardian, 15.09.16: Theresa May accused of avoiding security and cost issues of Hinkley https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/15/theresa-may-accused-backing-down-hinkley-point-c-deal

The Conversation, 16.09.16: Hinkley C must be the first of many new nuclear plants http://theconversation.com/hinkley-c-must-be-the-first-of-many-new-nuclear-plants-65524

The Conversation: Tag: UK Energy Policy http://theconversation.com/uk/topics/uk-energy-policy-5914

The Guardian, 29.09.16: Hinkley Point: ministers sign go-ahead for nuclear power plant https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/29/hinkley-point-ministers-sign-go-ahead-for-nuclear-power-plant

BBC News, 29.09.16: Hinkley Point contract is signed http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37502547

UK: GOV.UK: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy: Press Release, 29.09.16: Hinkley Point C contract signed https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hinkley-point-c-contract-signed

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