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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Lauren Almeida

EDF will invest £1.1bn in Sizewell C plant, France and UK announce

The construction site entrance to Sizewell C in Suffolk
The government thinks the Sizewell C plant could support 10,000 jobs and create 1,500 apprenticeships. Photograph: Chris Radburn/Reuters

French energy company EDF will invest £1.1bn in the Sizewell C nuclear plant in Suffolk, the UK and France announced on the first day of a state visit to the UK by the French president, Emmanuel Macron.

The company will take a 12.5% stake in the nuclear project, alongside a previously announced £14.2bn investment by the UK government, which has a majority stake.

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