France agrees bailout for EDF to proceed with Hinkley Point C
by Terry Macalister Energy editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#17DHP)
Money will be made available to help build nuclear plant, says economics minister, as union repeats call for project to be shelved
The French government has promised a financial bailout for cash-strapped energy group EDF so that it can proceed with the 18bn plan to build the first nuclear reactors in Britain for 20 years.
France's economics minister, Emmanuel Macron, said it would be a mistake for the 85% state-owned company not to build a new Hinkley Point C power plant in Somerset and he would ensure it happened.
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