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Hinkley Point C / Expert Says There Is A Loan Guarantee Precedent To Resolve EDF’s €13 Billion Funding Gap For Project Completion

By Rumyana Vakarelska
21 February 2024

UK taking hard line on future funding issue for two EPR nuclear plants in England

Expert Says There Is A Loan Guarantee Precedent To Resolve EDF’s €13 Billion Funding Gap For Project Completion
EDF is building two EPR nuclear plants at Hinkley Point C in England. Courtesy EDF.
The latest EDF annual results have given a boost of confidence to the French and UK nuclear power industries, but the French state-owned power company reported a €13bn ($14bn) funding gap caused by the delayed completion of Hinkley Point C in the UK, raising again the issue about potential UK government loan guarantees for the project.

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