HPC News Update – October 2021
Cutting edge pylons take shape The world’s first operational T-pylon – the first new design for an electricity pylon in Great Britain for nearly a
New visitor centre opens at Cannington Court
The new Hinkley Point Visitor Centre has been officially opened by the High Sheriff of Somerset, Thomas Sheppard, at a reception for local stakeholders. Some
Project Update October ’21
Five years after getting the go-ahead, the number of people across Britain working on the Hinkley Point C power station has reached 22,000. The growing
HPC News Update – September 2021
Vital springs installed General Electric (GE) has been working with teams from EDF and Bylor to make huge progress on the Unit 1 Conventional Island
HPC News Update – July 2021
Another huge concrete pour completed Some 722m3 of concrete has been poured for the Unit 1 inner containment structure, which will sit around the reactor
HPC News Update – June 2021
Huge slabs lowered into place by Big Carl The world’s largest crane Big Carl lifted huge slabs each weighing 547-tonnes into position on Nuclear Island
HPC News Update – May 2021
Work well underway on dome assembly The dome is now being assembled in Bunker 5 by team members from Bylor and Tissot using large steel
Hinkley Point C smashes regional investment target and predicts 1,700 new jobs in next year
Hinkley Point C smashes regional investment target and predicts 1,700 new jobs in next year New figures show spending in the South-West has hit £3.2
Somerset Business Survey 2021 – Economic Impacts of COVID-19 and Prospects for Recovery
Somerset’s five Local Authorities are jointly undertaking this vital survey to help us better understand and respond to local business needs, with a particular focus
HPC News Update – April 2021
Emmeline pushes ahead under the Bristol Channel The site’s second tunnel boring machine (TBM), Emmeline, has reached full bore mode as she excavates an outfall
HPC News Update – March 2021
First turbine rotor successfully tested At the end of February, Unit 1’s first low pressure (LP) rotor was successfully tested in GE’s factory in Belfort,
HPC News Update – February 2021
New waste consolidation centre opened Waste is now being bulked and consolidated at HPC rather than at off-site locations, following the recent opening of HPC’s
Hinkley Point C – Update from Stuart Crooks – MD Hinkley Point C
Hear from Stuart Crooks, Managing Director of Hinkley Point C as he gives an update on project progress and the impact of COVID-19.
HPC News Update – December 2020
Second tunnel boring machine gets to work The second, and largest, of the three tunnel boring machines (TBM) needed to create the tunnels for HPC’s