US private equity giant Apollo will back the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station with a £4.5bn loan, according to reports.

A Programme Alliance Agreement has been signed between Sizewell C, Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke and Bouygues Travaux Publics who together form the Civil Works Alliance (CWA). The CWA will be ...

Each 50m-high building will house an Arabelle, the world’s largest turbine capable of producing up to 1,780MW which gives Hinkley Point C a total output of over 3.2GW. Turbine hall one is the more ...

Hinkley Point C began construction in full in 2017 and is due to start generating electricity in 2027. It is set to power 6 million homes and is billed as being 'crucial to helping Britain achieve ...

Sizewell C joint managing director Nigel Cann said: “This agreement ensures that our civils programme will be delivered by three companies with deep experience of building to the highest nuclear ...

The 500-tonne steel nuclear reactor is lowered into position at Hinkley Point The giant steel cylinder was winched up the side of the reactor building in a 12-hour operation.

Once both units are operational, Hinkley Point C will supply 7% of Britain’s electricity. It follows the steel dome's installation less than 12 months ago in late 2023, closing the reactor building.

Like other infrastructure projects, Hinkley Point C is taking longer than planned, Crooks added. Site contractors last month placed a 270-ton steelwork dome on the first reactor building.

Around 10,000 workers and 3,500 British companies are building Hinkley Point C, which will power six million homes from an expected date of summer 2027. Construction costs are reported to be ...

Like its Finnish and French twins, Hinkley Point C has suffered from cost overuns and delays. What are the team doing to claw back the losses and what does this mean for Sizewell C? Nothing on the ...

Hinkley Point C: Major milestone hit in building UK's newest nuclear power station Workers have fitted a reactor into the first nuclear power station to be built in Britain for 30 years.