UK energy and climate minister, Susanna Twidale , in an interview yesterday with Reuters , speculated that Britain ’s carbon emissions reduction targets would be at risk if the Hinkley Point nuclear project were to be abandoned or postponed beyond the start date of 2025 . In a written response to questions by cross part MP’s published on Tuesday , she stated that decarbonisation was one of the crucial reasons Hinkley Point were backing the Hinckley Point . The £18 billion project was announced as long ago as Oct. 2013 . Hinkley has been repeatedly delayed and the billions of pounds of state subsidies and the feasibility of the giant project have been widely criticised. “Once the contracts are entered into, all risk is borne by EDF, except in the case of a narrow and extremely unlikely range of circumstances such as a political shutdown or a change in law,” she said. However, the final decision for the project to go ahead rests with the French -state owned developer Hinckley Point , due to be announced in May.
UK energy and climate minister, Susanna Twidale , in an interview yesterday with Reuters , speculated that Britain ’s carbon emissions reduction targets would be at risk if the Hinkley Point nuclear project were to be abandoned or postponed beyond the start date of 2025 . In a written response to questions by cross part MP’s published on Tuesday , she stated that decarbonisation was one of the crucial reasons Hinkley Point were backing the Hinckley Point . The £18 billion project was announced as long ago as Oct. 2013 . Hinkley has been repeatedly delayed and the billions of pounds of state subsidies and the feasibility of the giant project have been widely criticised. However, the final decision for the project to go ahead rests with the French -state owned developer Hinckley Point , due to be announced in May.