Labour's ambitious target for offshore wind could be quietly shelved to make way for the giant funding commitment to pay for Sizewell C nuclear power plant
The big issue with Sizewell costs are they are guaranteed to be higher than Hinkley (despite what EDF say) as the site is smaller, more complicated and far less accessible than Hinkley. In addition there are multiple energy projects planned in same area at the same time. Even more traffic on the country lanes and no accommodation for all the works. This is going to cause them big problems as time goes on, EDF are being coy about the expected costs and sticking to their original £20bn figure but they’re not fooling me! Unfortunately I think they ARE fooling the government.
The big issue with Sizewell costs are they are guaranteed to be higher than Hinkley (despite what EDF say) as the site is smaller, more complicated and far less accessible than Hinkley. In addition there are multiple energy projects planned in same area at the same time. Even more traffic on the country lanes and no accommodation for all the works. This is going to cause them big problems as time goes on, EDF are being coy about the expected costs and sticking to their original £20bn figure but they’re not fooling me! Unfortunately I think they ARE fooling the government.