Nuclear New Build Generation Company (NNB GenCo) is a subsidiary created by
EDF Energy
EDF Energy is a British integrated energy company, wholly owned by the French state-owned EDF (Électricité de France), with operations spanning electricity generation and the sale of natural gas and electricity to homes and businesses through ...
to build and then operate two new
nuclear power stations
A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As is typical of thermal power stations, heat is used to generate steam that drives a steam turbine connected to a generator that produces e ...
in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
. The new plants are to be
Hinkley Point C
Hinkley Point C nuclear power station (HPC) is a two-unit, 3,200 MWe EPR nuclear power station under construction in Somerset, England.
The site was one of eight announced by the British government in 2010, and in November 2012 a nuclear site ...
and
Sizewell C and will eventually produce up to 6.4GW in total.
EDF originally entered the UK nuclear industry with the acquisition of
British Energy
British Energy was the UK's largest electricity generation company by volume, before being taken over by Électricité de France (EDF) in 2009. British Energy operated eight former UK state-owned nuclear power stations and one coal-fired power ...
in 2009. At the same time, EDF established NNB GenCo as a separate subsidiary for the construction of additional new nuclear plants.
Centrica purchased a 20% stake in British Energy from EDF, and also had an option to acquire 20% of NNB GenCo, but on 4 February 2013, Centrica stated it would withdraw from the project.
The company's plans include building four new nuclear reactors adjacent to existing plants, two at Hinkley Point C in
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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and two at Sizewell C in
Suffolk. Framatome's (previously
Areva)
European Pressurized Reactor is the preferred design for the sites.
See also
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Economics of new nuclear power plants
Nuclear power construction costs have varied significantly across the world and in time. Large and rapid increases in cost occurred during the 1970s, especially in the United States. Recent cost trends in countries such as Japan and Korea have ...
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Nuclear power in the United Kingdom
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Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom
Energy in the United Kingdom came mostly from fossil fuels in 2021. Total energy consumption in the United Kingdom was 142.0million tonnes of oil equivalent (1,651 TWh) in 2019. In 2014, the UK had an energy consumption ''per capita'' of 2.78t ...
References
External links
EDF Energy new build
{{British nuclear power plants
Energy companies established in 2009
Nuclear power companies of the United Kingdom
Électricité de France
British companies established in 2009