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- Dec 31, 203040% CONFIDENCELow confidencefrom the source
Hinkley Point C Unit 1 Now Targeted for 2030
- EDF's 2025 accounts, reported on 20 February 2026, put Hinkley Point C Unit 1 power-up in 2030, its base case, and the cost at GBP35bn in 2015 prices, nearly double the initial GBP18bn[3]
- This updates a January 2024 announcement that unit 1 was unlikely before 2030 at GBP31-34bn, which itself replaced 2027 and up to GBP26bn; 2029 was the best case and 2031 the worst[2][3]
- A further 12-month delay would add around GBP1bn[2][3]
- Causes cited include COVID-19 (a 15-month delay), Brexit, Ukraine, adapting the EPR design to UK regulation, difficult ground and electromechanical work issues[2][3]
- Hinkley Point C has two 1630 MWe EPR reactors, construction began December 2018, and since end-2023 has been financed by EDF equity, with CGN's stake down to 23.31%[2][3]
- The B1M video 'Overbudget: Britain's $57BN Nuclear Nightmare' (January 2025) covers the cost overruns; only its description and chapters were available[1]
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- [1]40%youtube.com/watch?v=ycNqII5HYMIyoutube.com· Posted Sep 22, 2026· Starts Dec 31, 2030 ✓· 53% of score
Given as scheduled, per the source: "the first 1.6 GW unit of its Hinkley Point C nuclear project in the UK is scheduled to start producing electricity in 2030".
- [2]90%EDF announces Hinkley Point C delay and rise in project cost - World Nuclear Newsworld-nuclear-news.org· Published Feb 20, 2026· 23% of score
World Nuclear News confirms EDF's announced delay, with Unit 1 "now unlikely to become operational before 2030" under a base-case scenario (optimistic 2029, pessimistic 2031), consistent with the pin's stored end-of-2030 delayed target.
- [3]85%Hinkley Point C's cost climbs to £35bn with confirmation Unit 1 will power up in 2030 - New Civil Engineernewcivilengineer.com· Published Feb 20, 2026· 23% of score
New Civil Engineer's own headline, "Hinkley Point C's cost climbs to £35bn with confirmation Unit 1 will power up in 2030," published February 20, 2026, matches the pin's stored 2030 target and "delayed" dateConfidence, though the page itself could not be directly retrieved here.
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