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France struck a deal with China last week that could pave the way for Chinese involvement in EDF’s proposed new nuclear plant, Hinkley Point C.
French power giant EDF and infrastructure conglomerate Areva signed an agreement with Chinese nuclear firm China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group that includes the joint development of new reactors. EDF said the three signatories “will consider co-operation in future international projects”.
EDF would not comment on whether the deal had implications for its plans to build nuclear plants in the UK, but executive vice president Herve Machenaud told Chinese press the deal laid the ground to “build deeper and more sustainable co-operation in the sector”.
In what Machenaud described as an “unprecedented” move, EDF will provide technical support, along with involvement in operation and investment, to the Chinese.
EDF is involved in protracted wrangling with the UK government over the “nuclear strike price” it will get for electricity produced by Hinkley Point C, but talks are “making progress”, according to statements by the company and the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
This article first appeared in Utility Week’s print edition of 3rd May 2013.
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