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Czech concerns over costs and delays cast shadow on French EDF nuclear bid

In the race to secure a nuclear unit tender for the Dukovany power plant, Czechia express concerns over cost overruns and delays, casting a shadow on French company EDF’s bid.

read more... 07/03/2024

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EDF extends UK nuclear outages

EDF Energy has announced further extensions to the outages of four nuclear reactors in the UK.

read more... 21/02/2024

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France stalling over EDF wholesale tax

The government was mulling scrapping any reference to the tax from its draft energy sovereignty bill, which it had initially planned to table at the beginning of the month but had now postponed, said the MPs from the government’s ruling Renaissance party, confirming a report in French daily La Tribune.

read more... 13/02/2024

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EDF's UK Hinkley Point nuclear plant start date delayed again, costs mount

French utility EDF on Tuesday again pushed back the start date on its long-delayed 3.2-gigawatt (GW) Hinkley Point C reactor plant in Britain to at least 2029, with a new estimated cost of between 31 billion and 34 billion pounds ($43.06 billion) based on 2015 values.

read more... 25/01/2024

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EDF plans new investment and extensions for UK nuclear fleet

EDF Energy has announced it will invest a further GBP1.3 billion (USD1.7 billion) in the UK's five operating nuclear power plants over the next two years and plans to further extend the lives of the four operating Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR) plants.

read more... 10/01/2024

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