EDF looks to cut costs by taking Hinkley contractors to Sizewell new build

By Will Ing2018-12-10T06:00:00

Firm says it can cut 20% off price by using existing suppliers on next nuclear new-build

EDF Energy has said it wants to transfer the Hinkley Point C supply chain to its next nuclear new build in order to reduce construction costs by 20%.

Speaking at the Nuclear 2018 conference held in London last week, Colin Matthews, non-executive chairman of EDF, said supply chains were “starved” by a lack of work after construction of the last new nuclear facility – Sizewell B on the Suffolk coast and completed by Laing Construction back in 1995.

Matthews said: “What if this time was different and, having built Hinkley Point C, we were to reuse and to develop that supply chain’s skills further? What if we were to transfer all of the experience from Hinkley Point C into the new construction?”

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