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The Song of Ruth literally adapted from 1:16 sums it up nicely. Look it up.
My life was not all 'plain sailing' after that. I was pained so much for an entire year since – and I still am. My anima, the part of my soul involved in loving the world, has been stolen from me, and I search for the piece to fill in its place. I don't want revenge and consolation, I want to find and thank my life for existing. For having a way to smile again. I want to follow my soul to its home, for, even in the new land to which my Lord has sent me, I am not home. 'Home is where the heart is,' so they say.
After being a solo soprano singer for a mere five minutes, I lost an angel and a master in one swipe. Whilst I didn't let depression eat me as much as she had before – I had my God to hold me there – I had trouble concentrating beyond my fiction, because I knew the real world carried bite.
I applied for university, and that in itself was somewhat of a bad idea. Not that I didn't want to learn. Learning has always been my poison. But the application itself rubbed friction between my mother and I; she wanted me to go to a town her brother knew well, to a world of commerce and high status. I applied to that university due to peer pressure and indecision, not because I truly wanted to.
But this came with its perks. My confidence – and, sadly, arrogance – built when I was preparing. I had to be myself (my intelligent self? Who knows? 'Pretentious' might be a better word) in interviews, and the inner devil in me escaped, with her brutish self-importance. With no cold waters over my head, I rallied out of control, possibly hurting those people I had loved again.
So, when I was rejected from the university for which I had strived, my heart plummeted and my head fell into a mess. And I had to flail on my own. My carrier had vanished. But, God had another trick up His sleeve. Well, not trick. The Lord does not trick.
I had prayed for clarity, and, somehow, He provided, even when I did not want what I saw.
He was the grand architect of a scheme for which I had only been a measly tool. I thought I had held the brush in my hand to paint my own journey, but He took the brush, replaced it with a keypad, and told me, "write of what I have done for you. I have led you here." Remember all things happen for a reason? This was His reason.
In 2013, I became something of a Chaplaincy Prefect – 'something' because I'm not sure exactly whether they had 'employed' me; I was told contradictory pieces of information, but, by then, it no longer mattered. I was with God in mind and spirit, piecing together my future, for all I had prayed for in my not-so-innocent, selfish youth. This line on my CV was more to me than the other prefects realised: here, I could do what I truly loved, and feel His hand guiding me onwards as before.
It was right, certainly. And I tried. Even when I didn't succeed.
I was apprehensive about my second choice university, more so when I discovered that, due to lower results than I had been predicted or to which I had aspired, I had no choice in the matter. I was not reapplying – this place was my new home, Harry Potter hall and all.
I knew why I panicked. I had one chance of three years. Mess this up and I might as well lock myself in a box as cold as my old heart. But I was coming back, fighting through doubt, to those who need me most, and to the Lord guiding me best. My moves were – and are – His.
I partook in my first Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults meeting this evening, on schedule, I guess. When I tried to explain how I had found myself in that room, aged eighteen, I simply couldn't without my stammer attacking. I knew, and I had planned, my words, but their order was stolen from me.
Yes, I cannot explain this. All I can add is that, when speaking on non-planned, spur-of-the-moment, my words above about losing the university I dearly love yet regained this one, I found the spirit dictating within me.
Look where I find myself! This place was probably a better fit for me. I have new friends, new sports, new societies and roles. New housemates and people with which to talk the madness of philosophies.
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Does Religiosity Predict Attitudes Toward Psychotherapy?
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Several studies have demonstrated that Jewish people have positive attitudes toward psychotherapy. This study differentiates among Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Jewish groups to test whether there are differences in the level of religiosity and practice among these different affiliations to Judaism and whether these differences may influence attitudes toward seeking psychological help. Despite significant differences in religiosity and level of practice, results indicate that positive attitudes are present among all affiliations. However, Orthodox Jews are significantly more likely to use their rabbi as a source for psychological counseling and perhaps as a conduit to professional treatment.
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- Inflation remains constant.
The message from analysts is that any effort to quantify future energy prices (particularly in the 2030s) is futile. But that is exactly what the government has done. Meanwhile, anti-nuclear groups have also been guilty of categorically panning the project's value to the consumer. We cannot know for sure if this will end up working out on a pound-for-pound analysis.
The degree to which environmentalism has adopted the language and logic of capitalism is striking. Twenty years ago, this debate would have revolved around deal-breaker issues of meltdown and waste. While issues of safety and radioactivity are definitely still part of the milieu, particularly post-Fukushima, the anti-proliferation movement has quite clearly decided that the zeitgeist is pocket-focussed. Thus there is more traction to be gained from the nuclear's Achilles heel - enormous capital costs and consequently high energy prices. The confounding factor for many anti-nuclear campaigners and policy makers is climate change. The introduction of carbon prices has forced nuclear back onto the agenda.
On a positive note, twenty years ago we may have also been talking about nuclear vs fossil fuels rather than renewables, so that's progress. But it should be asked how this massive state subsidisation of nuclear will affect renewable investment? A long-term shift in focus towards nuclear at the expense of off-shore wind or solar would be remedial.
Other important costing issues to consider are:
- The taxpayer will underwrite the vast majority of the costs of a disaster.
- Our children and grandchildren will foot the bill of decommissioning.
- The price of nuclear power delivery has consistently risen, whereas renewable alternatives are falling fast.
The government's nation-building arguments about jobs and energy security are credible. Although the renewable energy industry will potentially see those jobs as directly coming from their own part of the sector. Also, the majority of jobs and construction contracts represent a short-term economic boost.
Of course this all may be academic if the European Commission decides the move is anti-competitive or represents unfair state subsidisation - a very real possibility given Germany's anti-nuclear interests. The following stoush between Britain and the EU would shake the foundations of the union.
Many people I have spoken to today have echoed my own sentiments on this. On the whole I am not anti-nuclear. But because of the unquantifiable risks of major disaster, nuclear should always be second-preference to renewable energy unless it can offer a compelling economic argument. There is conjecture on whether this is ever possible. But even with an open mind I can't see how this particular deal can be a good one for Britons.
Ed Davey has answered questions in Commons
My colleague Andrew Sparrow has followed today's parliamentary debate.
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Antony Froggatt, Senior Research Fellow with Chatham House has told the BBC:
"It is important to look at the small print which says that the price will be linked to future inflation, which means in some ways that this price is going to continue to rise going forward."
He said it was also difficult to predict how much the plant would actually cost. "The price of construction is going up," he said.
"Effect what we are saying for this to be economic, is that the price of electricity for households needs to double," he said. If this occurred it would drive mass efficiency measures as households sought to cut their energy usage. This would change the complexion of the market again.
Crunching the numbers
The Times and Telegraph have both been quoting a figure produced by CF Partners consultancy that estimates the Hinkley deal "could add another £8 a year to bills".
I spoke to Roland Vetter, CF Partners head of research, who told me the figure had now been revised to £7. He also said the figure was not per year but only for the year 2023 when the plant is due to come online.
His figures were based on increasing electricity prices driven primarily by the carbon price floor - which would be £30/tonne in 2020 and £70/tonne by 2030 both, in real terms 2009 money. To calculate the nominal carbon floor price he uses 2% inflation post 2012.
But Vetter was clear that any figures he gave were simply guidelines that involved a number of assumptions. He said he couldn't see how Ed Davey could be in any way certain of his own department's projections which estimated a saving to consumers by 2030 of £77/year.
"There will be a significant number of assumptions in that mathematical model," said Vetter. He said if the gas price changed a lot - as it has in the US with shale gas flooding the market - Decc's figures would be heavily compromised.
Vetter sent me some notes on his estimates:
- Accumulated revenues, guaranteed for 35 years for two reactors, with a CfD of £92.5/MWh real in 2012 prices, amount to about £83 billion in real terms. In nominal terms (assuming 2% CPI inflation, full inflation indexation) accumulated revenues amount to about £145 bn over 35 years (assuming 10 years planning and construction time before reactors start producing).
- Were the two reactors already on stream in 2014, then the revenues received would be £2.4 bn per annum for two reactors. Of this, about £1.1 bn would be subsidies, meaning the difference between the market wholesale price in the UK in 2014 (£52/MWh) and the strike price adjusted for 2% inflation per annum (£96.2/MWh). Per household, this would amount to approximately £11 per annum (assuming average consumption of 3,200 kWh and that the cost of the subsidies is spread among all electricity users in the UK – if some consumers like large industrial are exempted the costs per household increase). This example has to be taken into the context that the reactors won't start before 2023 and therefore this is more a theoretical number.
- Based on the current level of gas prices (about 65 p/therm for the 2015 forward market), I estimate base load power prices in 2023 (when the first reactor is expected to come on stream) could increase to about £82/MWh nominal, or £68/MWh in real terms (2014 prices to make numbers comparable with above example). Based on this estimate, the difference between the market and CfD price will still be about £28/MWh (real) when the reactors could start operating. This implies total subsidies of about £700 mn per annum or £7 for an average household (both in real terms, 2014 prices) in 2023. The calculations assume that the carbon price floor stays in place (with a lower carbon price floor the subsidies would increase).
Ed Davey responds to questions
Ed Davey has given a press conference in which he was heavily questioned on the costs to consumers. The full transcript is on Andrew Sparrow's blog. The gist of his argument seems to be that rising gas prices are driving prices up. This has informed the Decc estimates of £77 lower annual bills in 2030.
Q: [To Davey] You are supposed to be keeping energy bills down. But you have just committed to paying double the market price to EDF. Won't that lower us into higher prices.
Davey says the cost of Hinkley Point C won't touch customer bills until 2023.
By 2023 we will be in a different world, he says. If Britain was just relying then on gas, that really would be risky.
Wholesale gas prices have gone up by 50% in recent years, he says.
By 2030 the average consumer bill will be £77 lower than it would have been without nuclear if this goes ahead, he says.
Q: German prices have come down in recent months. Are we locked in to higher prices?
Davey says Germany has far more renewables.
In the UK, when the coalition came to power, only Malta and Luxembourg in the EU were producing less energy from renewables. Over the last three years the amount of power generated by renewables has doubled. Eventually renewables should lead to prices coming down, he says.
Henri Proglio, the EDF chairman, says Germany has offered the renewable energy huge subsidies. So the taxpayer is paying for this, he says.
Industry reaction
Derek Duffill, CEO, Energy Works PLC said:
"Ed Davey's proposed plans have singularly failed to address what can be done in the short term and the growing energy crisis we are facing right now. With the proposed power station not generating until 2023, a pertinent question to be asked is what will happen when we run out of power by 2015? The benefits of energy conservation measures need to be felt now, not in 10 years time. By introducing simple methods such as LED lighting, we can reduce lighting power consumption by up to 75 per cent. Lighting consumes 20% of power generated in the UK, which will have a dramatic impact on our resources as well as a reduction of our carbon emissions.
"I wholeheartedly agree with Mr Davey that it is 'essential to keep the lights on and to power British business' but we must first look at solutions we can adopt now which will use less power and lessen the strain on the national grid. By 2023, I fear it could be too late."
The manufacturers' organisation EEF, head of climate and environment policy, Gareth Stace, said:
It is good news for the security of our energy supply that progress is finally being made on developing extra capacity. However, the focus in the coming weeks must now be on the competitiveness of electricity prices and the need to avoid cost increases that are out of line with our competitors.
"The UK also needs to be able to show that the transition to a low carbon economy can be beneficial for both the economy and the environment. Government must now build on this by ensuring that UK companies in the nuclear supply chain get the amount of work to which EDF has committed."
Renewable Energy Association chief executive Dr Nina Skorupska said:
Today's announcement is a major development for the UK energy mix, but it does nothing to address the looming capacity crunch warned of by the Royal Academy of Engineers last week. Hinkley will still be a construction site when old coal and nuclear capacity is shut down. In contrast, the Government could start plugging the generation gap straight away with another reliable low carbon solution: biomass. Biomass plants take only three or four years to build and provide flexible power when we need it. It is not too late to provide support for biomass in the EMR package, and we urge the Government to do so.
"In terms of the contracts, Government must explain why it is subsidising nuclear for 35 years compared to 15 years for renewables. This is not a level playing field. The infographic pitting nuclear against solar and wind is also unhelpful. As Ed Davey stressed today, it is not an either/or choice – we need a diverse energy mix."
For reference the image referred to is below.
Energy UK said:
"It is good news for the UK and British customers that new nuclear is going ahead. There is a clear need to build new power stations and nuclear represents clean, reliable energy and jobs both during the build and while the plant is running. "The energy industry is well aware that it has a lot to do in the coming years so customers know it is working for them. This means keeping bills down by insulating our homes better so we use less energy and keep warmer. Companies are committed to being straightforward and open when prices have to go up so customers know the reasons why. It also needs to be easier for new energy companies to enter the market so people feel there is a better choice. "Building new power stations is never quick or cheap, but in the case of Hinkley development, nothing goes on the bill until 2020."
Tony Ward, head of power and utilities at consultancy group EY said:
Agreement on the price and duration of the CfD contract is one of the most significant enablers to unlock positive investment decisions, not just from EDF at their Hinkley site, but other potential co-investors, and subsequently from other developers, such as Horizon and NuGen. Whilst not the final piece of the jigsaw, this is undoubtedly one of the most significant.
"With as many as 20,000 people working at the power station site over the course of its construction, and electricity supplies secured for 2.5 million homes, new nuclear projects such as this one are vital in terms of meeting the £200bn of investment needed in the sector to secure our energy future. Looking forward, a significant construction programme of new nuclear stations in the UK could boost GDP by up to 0.34% a year and nuclear exports from £700mn up to £1.6bn."
Jamie McMillan has tweeted me with a pertinent question. It's not all about energy bills matching up. What happens if something goes wrong?
The answer is that you cannot commercially insure nuclear facilities. Essentially taxpayers overwrite nuclear projects. The liability of site operators is severely limited - something in the range of £200m. Some reports are estimated the cost of the Fukushima disaster at £250bn. For the record, there are 430 nuclear reactors currently in operation. Three major meltdowns have occurred in the 57 years of commercial nuclear generation.
Expert reaction
Dr Robert Gross, director of the Centre for Energy Policy, Imperial College has told my colleague Damian Carrington the announcement is good in theory. But past experience of nuclear construction projects should raise questions over the delivery of the project and subsequent costs if it runs overtime.
What matters is not so much whether £92.50 is a fair price (it seems reasonable) but whether it bears any resemblance to what consumers end up paying when the reactors are finished."
"Reactors have been built on time and in budget in some parts of the world but recent experience in Europe is not encouraging. And years ago, reactors built in the US, UK and France all suffered from setbacks and delays. We know that nuclear is a low carbon option and it could help to tackle climate change, despite the obvious concerns. What we do not yet know is whether it will turn out to be a low cost, low carbon option. You could say that the UK government is helping the world find out."
Steve Thomas, professor of energy policy at the University of Greenwich, tells me the policy may well have difficulty clearing the European Commission because it may breach regulations on unfair state aid. This would depend on whether the state aid would distort the electricity market, which Thomas felt it would. The EC would also be concerned that it could create a cascade of similar nuclear investment deals.
It's not a decision that the European Union can take lightly because there are 11 other European Union states that want the British scheme of doing things as an option," said Thomas.
Reuters has reported that:
Britain plans to submit its application for state aid clearance to the European Commission for a new nuclear power plant later this week, Energy Secretary Ed Davey said on Monday.
"I'm confident we will manage to argue our case," Davey told reporters.
Thomas says even if it clears Europe the deal represents "very bad value" for the consumer given that the world could change "six times over" during the agreement's duration.
I think signing up anything for 35 years is highly suspect. If it was a blindingly good deal, if it was half the current wholesale price for electricity I might think about it. But locking us into a deal for so long really doesn't make any sense at all.
"What we don't know is the small print of the deal and how fixed the price really is... It sounds like, if the whole thing's going to go belly up then the price can go up to prevent the company going bust. So it does sound a little bit cost plus to me.
"If that's the case, or at least part of that's the case then it really does look like a blank cheque to EDF."
Meanwhile the Science Media Centre have sent through a series of expert comments.
Sir John Parker, president of the Royal Academy of Engineering, said:
I welcome the decision announced today to proceed with a new generation of nuclear power, which is critical to long term energy security and a key contributor to meeting our carbon reduction commitments. The employment prospects for construction, engineering and services will be significant and welcome. This is good news for the UK and good news for engineering."
Prof Dame Sue Ion, a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, said:
Energy Security is fundamental to National Security and the UK is embarking on a massive programme of refreshment and renewal of our ageing energy infrastructure which has to be paid for as it does not come out of general taxation. Whilst this announcement on new nuclear stations is welcome we would do well to recall that this is already some two years later than originally foreseen – and similar delays are being experienced in the drive to deliver significantly enhanced offshore wind generation.
"Last week's Royal Academy of Engineering report GB electricity capacity margin says 'The lead times associated with closing, mothballing, reopening or building plant are such that decisions taken during a period of uncertainty can have long ramifications. Thus even a temporary interruption of clear market signals, if it occurs at a critical investment decision point, may have disproportionate effects.'
"The UK's utility sector is dominated by overseas companies with supervisory boards making decisions on an international basis. Uncertainties in the stability of the power generation sector in the UK do nothing to secure confidence in the UK as an appropriate market in which to invest.
"The Academy's Generating the future report three years ago highlighted the challenges ahead and the massive investment that would be required to meet energy security and decarbonisation targets in the UK's electricity generating mix."
Some anti-nuclear commentators have pointed to incomplete or behind-schedule projects in Europe as evidence nuclear construction is troublesome. Dr Paul Norman from the Nuclear Physics Group at the University of Birmingham says:
The announcement and confirmation that EDF Energy will build at Hinkley Point is an essential step towards the UK achieving a low carbon, diverse mix of electricity generation which can last until the middle of this century and beyond. EDF partnership with China should also be a positive move, both financially and in terms of helping to keep the project to time and to price - whilst some reactor projects have been known for delays and prices rises, two of this same reactor type are currently being built at Taishan in China, and are both to time and to budget".
Ian Crossland, author of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Science and Engineering has emailed me and he says the price looks high:
- The international energy agency reckons that the price of gas will remain reasonable steady because of increased supply from unconventional sources (eg fracking).
- In these circumstances the only way that nuclear can compete is through the application of a carbon tax. $50 per tonne should be enough to change the situation in favour of nuclear. [See Ch5 "Nuclear fuel cycle science and engineering", Ed Ian Crossland, Woodhead Publishing 2012].
- Current government policy is for the price of carbon to rise to $46 in 2020 and $108 in 2030. This is easily enough to tilt the balance in favour of nuclear.
- The price arrived at however - £93.5 /MWh(e) – looks high. Ch5 of "Nuclear fuel cycle science and engineering" estimates a levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for nuclear of about £60/MWh(e) at a discount rate of 7.5% and an overnight cost of $4669/kWh(e). Increasing the discount rate to 10% (the figure quoted in your piece) increases the LCOE to about £81/MWh(e). Presumably, the construction problems being encountered at Flammanville and Olkiloutu account for the rest.
Better than renewables?
In a comment piece today, the Guardian's Simon Jenkins says that nuclear is messy, controversial but cheaper than renewables.
The best to be said of the Hinkley nuclear power station announced this morning by the government is that it was announced at all. After decades of indecision, the certain prospect of lights going out across Britain as coal stations closed finally forced Whitehall's hand. The coalition has taken a decision on energy, praise be. And nuclear is at least cheaper than wind.
This is a fairly common theme with commenters and tweeters today but there doesn't appear to be a consensus on which is cheaper.
I spoke to Steve Thomas, professor of energy policy at the University of Greenwich, about the question of renewables vs nuclear and he was adamant that the production costs of nuclear do not add up when compared to renewable energy - in particular on-shore wind.
If you take on-shore wind, it is massively cheaper than nuclear. In a good site, it's not much more expensive than gas-fired generation."
Off-shore wind and solar prices were more expensive, but Thomas said the costs were coming down - unlike nuclear.
The problem with nuclear is that the costs are going up and they've always gone up through the entire fifty or sixty years of nuclear history, the real cost of power from a nuclear power station has only ever gone up."
The Guardian's Damian Carrington today wrote a blogpost that agreed with Thomas that the price journeys of nuclear and renewable energy meant that the deal made little sense.
Energy efficiency is cheapest and the cost of renewable energy is falling. In contrast, gas prices have risen by 50% in five years and the cost of nuclear energy has trebled since 2008."
According to WWF, the Committee on Climate Change's Low-Carbon Innovation report:
"Showed that technologies like offshore wind could stimulate economic growth in the UK more than nuclear. This was supported by a research by Cambridge Econometrics, which highlighted the economic benefits of offshore wind."
Professor David Elmes of Warwick University said today that :
The investment in new infrastructure and jobs that [the Hinkley plant] brings shows that today's announcement is as much about UK industry as it is about energy policy. It is good to be moving forward instead of still debating, but in the future we will need a mix of sources of energy costing different amounts. Nuclear has a part to play in that mix, but it may not prove to be the cheapest."
Consumer bodies reaction
Consumer watchdogs Consumer Futures and Which? have raised questions of the value of this deal and suggested ways in which it might be secured to make it consumer friendly. Adam Scorer director of Consumer Futures said :
Today's deal to build new nuclear power plants could mean we will pay more than the market price of electricity for decades to come.
From the perspective of today's market, a guaranteed price of £92.50 MWh moves the risks of future variations in wholesale prices from investors onto consumers, will likely see household bills increase and will distort future investment in electricity generation.
Consumers will again feel that the energy market is stacked against them.
We should recognise that this has not been an easy deal for Government to broker. Investment in new nuclear may be vital and Government may be right to offer a guaranteed long-term price to encourage investment. But the absence of competition to build new nuclear power leaves Government in a fundamentally weak bargaining position.
Inevitably, this has been a confidential business negotiation. However, before the Energy Bill casts it in stone, it along with other aspects of the energy market, should be subject to independent scrutiny if consumers are to be able to trust they are getting a fair deal.
We will be closer to the end of the century than its start when this deal lapses. It is vital that consumers can be confident it is as keenly priced as it could have been."
Richard Hall, Consumer Futures head of energy regulation, said the organisation would not be conducting an investigation to try and put exact numbers on future electricity bills because:
"So much is contingent on future market forecasts, which are very difficult to predict... You can't forecast 35 months out, let alone 35 years out."
Which? executive director Richard Lloyd said:
Rising energy bills are one of the top concerns for cash-strapped consumers, so everyone will want to be assured that the price the Government has agreed for new nuclear power is fair.
The Hinkley deal commits billions of pounds of bill-payers' money but it has been done without transparent, independent scrutiny. If it emerges that the Government has overpaid, we believe there should be a mechanism to refund consumers instead of a windfall to the suppliers.
We can't afford to continue with a situation where suppliers and ministers blame each other for energy price rises. We now need an independent expert review, that reports to Parliament, of all energy policy costs, with an assessment of whether consumers are getting value for money and where savings can be made.
The National Audit Office should also be responsible for ongoing reviews so that ministers' decisions are held to account and consumers can have more confidence that their money is being spent wisely."
Jonathan Isaby, political director of the TaxPayers' Alliance said:
"Yet again consumers and taxpayers are footing the bill for politicians to intervene in the dysfunctional energy market that they have created. Subsidies to guarantee investment in nuclear power will be paid for by households through higher energy bills, at a time when throwing money at uneconomic forms of renewable energy has already pushed bills to breaking point. The Treasury's financial guarantee creates the danger of taxpayers bailing out French state-owned EDF if something goes wrong with the deal. Ministers should instead focus on more affordable forms of power generation available today, rather than guaranteeing profits for energy firms and leaving families to pay the price."
The Financial Times has run a piece on the policy decisions that drove Britain's nuclear industry offshore and necessitated foreign investment and expertise if Britain is to rebuild its nuclear sector.
Experts say the loss of this global lead has its roots in decisions made by governments in the 1980s and 90s, when the UK made a huge bet on natural gas.
"The mistake during the dash for gas was in not thinking strategically and not keeping a domestic nuclear option open," says Matt Brown, director of Pöyry, a consulting and engineering company.
Green groups reaction
Greenpeace has released a briefing that purports to debunk some of the claims the government has made about consumer benefits from the Hinkley deal. The document concludes:
The Hinkley strike price deal is deeply unfair to consumers. While a state-owned French company, and state-owned Chinese companies reap the benefits, UK households will be getting ripped off for the next 35 years."
Greenpeace estimates that British consumers will end up paying £82 billion for the Hinkley plant through their power bills. Whether Greenpeace's numbers are right or not, Ed Davey's statement that the plant would be "built without money from the British taxpayer", while technically correct, is misleading. This is no freebie.
Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven said:
Hinkley C fails every test – economic, consumer, and environmental. It will lock a generation of consumers into higher energy bills, via a strike price that's nearly double the current price of electricity, and it will distort energy policy by displacing newer, cleaner, technologies that are dropping dramatically in price.
"With companies like Dong Energy now saying the price of offshore wind will drop so much it will be on par with nuclear by the 2020s, there is no rationale for allowing Hinkley C to proceed."
The briefing document from Greenpeace makes some other interesting points:
- £92.5/MWh is nearly double the current market price for electricity. Meanwhile the National Audit Office, in its briefing for the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Select Committee, quoted 2011 revisions to DECC's costs of nuclear power as being £74/MWh. The original claim of cost in the 2008 White Paper, on which UK Government justified supporting new nuclear, was £38/MWh.
- The Government contract with EDF for Hinkley is expected to guarantee it a fixed price for 35 years, inflation-indexed until 2060. This is double length of time commitment for renewable energy sources (15 years).
- The 10% rate of return on investment reportedly given to EDF is double what is offered to renewables. When DECC was challenged over the reduction in the rate of return under the Feed in Tariff (FiT) for small scale solar PV, it stated, "we continue to consider that a significantly lower tariff is needed to provide generators with a rate of return of 4.5% to 5% for well-located installations. We are not persuaded that a higher rate of return would be reasonable given the focus of the FiT's scheme ... and given the current investment climate."
Friends of the Earth have also chimed in with a statement. Policy and campaigns director Craig Bennett said:
With rocketing gas prices sending fuel bills soaring and fresh warnings over climate change, investment in low-carbon power is crucial - but nuclear power isn't the answer.
The quickest way to end our costly fossil fuel dependency is though energy efficiency and renewable power, not new reactors that will suck up precious investment and take years to complete.
Investment in German renewables has led to a massive fall in the wholesale cost of electricity. The Government should be following this example, instead of locking the UK into costly nuclear power for decades.
Investors are crying out to develop Britain's vast renewable energy potential, but they need the confidence to do so. That's why they want a clean power target in the Energy Bill."
Nick Molho, head of climate and energy policy at WWF-UK, said:
Now that the Government has agreed a deal to support to EDF's proposed new plant at Hinkley, it is essential that clear mechanisms are in place to prevent any future cost overruns from having an impact on the funding available to other low-carbon technologies such as renewables.
"This will be key to protect investment certainty for such technologies where there is significant potential to reduce costs, and to support economic growth in the UK without the environmental concerns associated with nuclear power, most notably the absence of a long-term geological storage solution for high level radioactive waste."
Political wrap
The Guardian's Andrew Sparrow is running a wrap up of the reaction to this divisive announcement on the politics live blog.
Often politicians are accused – rightly – of being obsessed with the immediate or the short-term: tonight's headlines, this week's GDP figures, next year's elections.
But from time to time they take decisions that will last for decades, and today's announcement of the go-ahead for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C is just such a moment.
Government announcement
The full text of Decc's announcement is predictably hyperbolic but there are some key statements to analyse. The Guardian's Damian Carrington was quick to spot the price caveat buried in the notes to editors.
According to the press release, the agreement contains:
- Arrangements whereby the Strike Price would be adjusted downwards to reflect changes to the amount of tax payable by the project company in certain circumstances.
- Arrangements whereby the Strike Price could be adjusted, upwards or downwards, in relation to operational and certain other costs (including balancing and transmission charges and business rates) at certain fixed points, and in relation to certain future changes in law (including in respect of specific nuclear taxes, and uranium and generation taxes).
The government said:
Building HPC will have significant benefits for the UK economy, including:
- A massive investment by EDF Group and its fellow investors of around £16 billion to build the plant. UK companies could benefit from getting up to 57% of the work;
- 25,000 jobs created during construction, with 5,600 people employed on site at peak of construction, and 900 permanent jobs over 60 years of expected operation;
- Power provided for nearly 6 million homes, an area almost twice the size of London, with the site meeting around 7% of the UK's electricity demand when running at full capacity; and
- A clean, home-grown source of electricity, which will reduce the UK's emissions by 9 million tonnes of CO2 per year, helping to meet climate targets.
Henri Proglio, Chairman and CEO of EDF Group, said:
A "Strike Price" of £89.50/MWh fully indexed to the Consumer Price Index. This price benefits from an upfront reduction of £3/MWh built in on the assumption that EdF will be able to share the first of a kind costs of the EPR reactors across the Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C sites. If EdF does not take a final investment decision on Sizewell C, the Strike Price for Hinkley will be £92.50/MWh. The development of Sizewell C will be subject to relevant consent and regulatory and other approval procedures at the appropriate time."
Welcome to the eco audit
Energy and climate change secretary Edward Davey has described agreement with French and Chinese contractors to build the UK's first nuclear power station since 1995 as an "excellent deal for Britain and British consumers".
Davey and prime minister David Cameron said the Hinkley Point C station would provide energy security for Britain and form the foundation of cost-effective carbon reduction. Davey said:
For the first time, a nuclear power station in this country will be built without money from the British taxpayer. It will increase energy security and resilience from a safe, reliable, home-grown source of electricity."
In return for an expected investment of £16 billion, the UK Government has guaranteed French company EDF an energy price of £92.50 per megawatt hour. This 'strike price', for power generated from 2023, is almost double current wholesale energy costs. But the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) released a statement today which said new nuclear power stations could mean a £75 reduction in power bills by 2030.
Do the numbers add up? Today I will be speaking to energy policy experts and stakeholder groups and crunching the numbers on the UK biggest energy announcement in almost two decades.
You too can help with the investigation. Please write your thoughts in the comments below, tweet me, or email me. If you are quoting figures or studies, please provide a link to the original source. Later I will return with my own verdict.


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This is a wall of text. Abbreviated version is in post 2.
A lot of people have had trouble linking four terminals (both here and in other gaming forums I've read with threads asking for help) so I thought I'd post this. If you follow this simple guide, you won't waste too much time grinding levels in the arena and can get on with the game until a point when there is minimal grinding for Colored Hexes necessary.
Play the game normally until you reach Chapter 10. By the time you get there, you should have a good amount of the RED colored hexes built up, probably in the range of 40-60 of them. I personally had around 45 and I'd traded 15 of them in for energy stations, meaning I had 60ish RED colored hexes in chapter 10.
If you find yourself struggling prior to chapter 10 (most likely in the first 2 or 3 chapters), grind a LITTLE bit in the arena to get strong enough to defeat your problem areas. A lot of people have troulbes with the Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 bosses. For Chapter 2 make sure you use Metal Coated bullets with your MACHINE gunner so you scratch his defenses up as fast as possible, using the available covers to your advantage. Don't forget to try to set up your first 3 resonance charges in your first 3 moves during the fight, so that hopefully you can squeeze in a Tri-Attack early on to get him down to a manageable level. For Chaper 3's boss use the environment to your advantage and take out the 2 smaller enemies asap, then focus your attention on the big guy. Make sure one of your two pistol users takes out the oil resevoir thing that he uses to recharge his health asap or this fight is nearly impossible. I believe I used hollow point rounds with my machine gunner too on the big guy.
After Chapter 3 it's smooth sailing to Chapter 10 for the most part once you've mastered the combat system. I actually did 10 fights at each level for levels 1-10 in the arena, so I had a pretty decent level to tackle the rest. That said, at the start of Chapter 10 my character's levels were only in the 50's and even that is only because I was working on the 1000 bomb throws, rotating it between chars, which added 15-20 levels onto each character. My main machine gunner was level 33ish in machine guns and my two pistol users were 21 and 24 in pistols by the end of chapter 10. It doesn't take a crazy high level to get this far.
Once you've done all the missions in Chapter 10, trade in 5 red hexes for a red energy station and head to level 5 using the elevator from level 4 up on the top-right side of the map as you're leaving Ebel. I say red hexes here because that's MORE than likely the one you'll have a considerable amount of, as it starts dropping early in the game. If you have a crap load more of another, possibly the light green one which I had quite a few of, then feel free to grab that color energy station and use it. There is an item drops x 2 and a RARE item drops x 2 terminal on level 5. Place the red energy station near them and connect red hexes from the energy station to the two terminals (should only take one if you put the energy station between and right below them). Then connect the energy station all the way to the elevator with red hexes. Take the elevator back to level 4.
Now, plaster the area immediately around the elevator on level 4 with the rest of your red energy hexes until those 2 terminals activate back on level 5. A message pops up when they do, don't worry.
Roam this area near the level 5 elevator (still on level 4 mind you) where your glowing red hexes are and you will more often than not run into groups of enemies that have Gold Mimics, Wrecking Balls, and/or humanoid enemies "something" Mask. The MASK guys are the ones that drop what we want now, which is the STRAIGHT LINE COLORED LIGHT BLUE HEXES. We'll be farming approximately 75-80 of these. We will ultimately be using these blue colored hexes to link those same 2 terminals on level 5 with the item drop x 1.5 terminal on level 4, the experience x 1.5 terminal on level 6, and the all terminal effects x 2 terminal which is also on level 6. It will take a total of 293 hexes turned blue with all 5 terminals connected for all 5 of them to activate. If you're JUST going for the achievement, feel free and leave out the Item drops x 2 terminal on level 5 so you don't have to grind as many, but by linking the other 4 other than that one, you'll not only get the 4 terminal achievement but also link those 4 termianls to the arena, giving you the 1.5x exp and 2x terminal effects, for a total of 3x exp for arena grinding (this part is included in the arena grinding guide). We're basically killing 2 birds with one stone here. Leaving out that one terminal only reduces your need by 30 lit hexes, which is 7.5 of the light blue hex lines we're grinding. That's only another 4 or 5 fights, tops, so why not just link all 5?
**Important*** if you don't get the humanoid enemies with MASK in their name, leave the fight. If you do, kill them first then kill the leader. Don't bother with any of the other enemies as they don't drop the hexes we want anyway and will only slow you down. I was getting 2 of the blue hexes almost every fight, and occassionally 1 or 3. It took less than an hour for all my blue hex farming.
Once you have 75-80 straight blue colored hexes, I suggest 80 to be safe (which gives you 320 total hexes, so some room for error in placing them), start by building off of the item drop x 1.5 terminal on the bottom of level 4. Earlier on in the game you have to activate this terminal as part of a main story quest and it was covered by a light blue hex so you should already have a light blue hex to build off of. If not, you'll need to farm 5 more light blue hexes and place a light blue energy station to start building off of.
Connect the 1.5x item drop terminal on level 4 with the elevator to level 6, the elevator to level 5, and the arena. Then head up to level 6 and continue connecting to the all terminal effects x 2 terminal, and the exp x 1.5 terminal. Then head back to level 4 and up to level 5. Overwrite your red hexes with the light blue and connect to your two terminals here (item drop x 2 and rare item drop x 2). You may have to dismantle the red energy station you placed if it's blocking your path to those two terminals. If you placed it where I did you won't have to dismantle it. Finish off by placing the rest of your hexes wherever you see fit to light up the rest of the 293 required hexes. Bingo, achievement unlocked for 4 terminal chain as well as arena set up for grinding those levels!
At this point I would suggest progressing to Chapter 11 and staying there at the arena BEFORE doing the duel on the rainy bridge long enough to grind up Zephyr's machine gun against the arena level 20 gold blob. The reason for doing Zephyr now is that the other two are gone temporarily so you don't have to press B to skip them every round, you can just absent mindedly hit the A button to start each attack while watching a movie. At the beginning of Chapter 12, Vashyron is alone as well so that's the best time to level him with this method before you complete the chapter 12 main story mission. Then at the END of Chapter 13 after the 1st of the two story missions, before triggering the scene for the 2nd story mission, you can exit to the world map with just Leanne in your party to grind her machine guns on the gold blob too. Granted you can grind with all 3 members in your party rather than these 3 times, but it's easier with just the one as you don't have to skip the other two characters' turns. Don't forget to equip your EXP trainer accessory from chapter 9 (feed the dog quest, take doll to weapon shop guy in Ebel), as well as an auto trigger. Just have him duel wield a pistol to take out the other two blobs and then you can just sit there and push A in front of the gold blob with the machine gun equipped, letting the timer run out and he'll fire. I took his machine guns from level 15 to level 30 in about 10-15 minutes, and am currently grinding him up as I type this. The gold blob method was not my idea and I don't take any credit for it.
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1. Don't grind any levels or farm hexes until Chapter 10 unless absolutely necessary
2. In Chapter 10, grab an energy station of your most abundant color (red or green)
3. Take the level 4 elevator that goes to level 5
4. Place energy station and use colored hexes to activate the side by side terminals for Item x 2 and Rare item x 2, and connect them to the elevator back to level 4
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6. Stay on level 4, on the glowing hexes you just activated, and run circles farming the "MASK" humanoid enemies for 80 light blue straight line colored hexes, equip your Lucky Charm trinket on your character while you do this for extra items. Doubt it helps with hexes since I think they're rare drops but I had it on and got 2 light blue hexes almost every fight.
7. Activate the Item x 1.5 terminal on level 4 and connect it to the Arena, the elevator to level 5, and the elevator to level 6
8. On level 5 continue your light blue line from the elevator to connect to the item x 2 and rare item x 2 terminals
9. On level 6 continue your light blue line from the elevator to connect to Exp x 1.5 and Terminal Effects x 2 terminals
10. Continue placing light blue lines on levels 4, 5, and 6 to fullfill the 293 hex requirement for all 5 terminals to activate
Now your achievement unlocks and you have an arena with Item x 7, Rare item x 4, and Exp x 3 effects in place!
**extra note** put the barrel magazine or the +12 magazine on your machine gun while farming the golden blob. It speeds it up. You don't need all the extra scopes for higher charge speed. I dropped my charge speed from 170+ down to 133 in order to add the +12 magazine and saw a huge increase in exp speed.
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