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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jillian Ambrose

Ministers invest £100m in EDF’s £20bn Sizewell C nuclear power station

Illustration of the planned Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk (lighter buildings, right) which will be built next to Sizewell B.
Illustration of the planned Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk (lighter buildings, right) which will be built next to Sizewell B. Photograph: EDF

Ministers have thrown further support behind EDF Energy’s £20bn Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk with a £100m investment to help develop the project while the company courts private investors.

The government’s cash injection is designed to “maximise investor confidence” in the project while French state-owned EDF works towards setting out a funding plan which satisfies investors and UK ministers.

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