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Originally Posted by Bibio
i thought the uk struck a deal with china for our power. there was supposed to be a deal struck that our wholesale power prices would not rise above £xx.
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There was a finance deal struck with China and EDF to build Hinkley Point nuclear power station that guaranteed that the electricity generated would be bought at almost £100/kWatt/hr which was, at the time, outrageously expensive, today it looks like a bargain.
The fly in the ointment is that this 3rd gen (EPR) reactor has never been shown to work and its forerunner at Flamanville has many issues and is 10 years behind schedule and 4 times over budget.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/sci...xpensive-mess/
The Finnish EPR build started in 2005 (EDF again) and won't produce power until 2022.
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I thought Bulb was ethical but from what stories are now emerging they may have been greenwashing some of their environmental claims. Nice website though
