Hinkley Point C

Overview

Location

Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Structure

Contract for Difference (CfD), Greenfield Infrastructure, Mega Infrastructure Project, Private Infrastructure Investment

Delivery Model

Private Infrastructure Investment with Long-Term CfD Revenue Support

Financing

Private Sponsor Capital / Long-Term Government-Supported Revenue Stabilisation

Revenue / Payment Model

35-Year Contract for Difference (CfD)

Scale / Scope

3.2 GW nuclear power project comprising two EPR reactor units and associated generation, cooling-water, electrical, grid connection and supporting infrastructure. Cost and schedule figures are deliberately preserved as the £48-50bn range EDF itself reports, not a fabricated single midpoint. EDF/CGN equity split, the £2.2bn cost-of-delay figure, and the £1.6bn "lessons learnt" cross-charge to Sizewell C are documented in research notes as editorial intelligence not currently persisted to any schema-compatible field.

Project Developments

• Project · 20 February 2026EDF confirms Hinkley Point C cost rise to £48-50bn and delay to 2030

  EDF's 2026 accounts confirmed Hinkley Point C's total cost has risen to £48-50bn (from ~£18bn at 2015 FID), with Unit 1 now expected in 2030. A forecast timing, not yet an achieved milestone as of this cut-off.

Participants & Roles