Nuclear Power Stations: Construction

(asked on 19th October 2015) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2015 to Question 11023, how many developers are developing proposals at each of the sites referred to in that Answer; what indicative electricity strike rates have been discussed with those developers; and what (a) generating capacity and (b) potential timescales have been discussed with each developer in each case.


Answered by
Andrea Leadsom Portrait
Andrea Leadsom
This question was answered on 22nd October 2015

I set out the position below. It is too soon to say what any strike price might be for these projects.


Site

Developer

Proposed generating capacity

Potential timescale for operation

Wylfa

Horizon

2.7 GW

mid-2020s

Oldbury

Horizon

2.7 GW

to be confirmed

Moorside

NuGen

3.6 GW

mid-2020s

Sizewell

EDF/CGN

3.2 GW

to be confirmed

Bradwell

EDF/CGN

to be confirmed

to be confirmed


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