The European Commission is allowing the UK to subsidise the construction of a nuclear power plant which is to account for 7 percent of the country's electricity needs.
The UK has revised its scheme in such a way that the subsidies are “in line with EU state aid rules”.
The €17 billion plant, Hinkley Point C, is to be built in Somerset in south-west England, at the site of its sister plants Hinkley Point A and B. It should start operating in 2023, for 60 years.
The decision i...
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