The Department for Energy and Climate Change has today announced that it has reached agreement with developer, EDF, to pay them £92.50 for every megawatt hour Hinkley Point C generates (The key terms include a “Strike Price” of £89.50 /MWh fully indexed to the Consumer Price Index. This price benefits from an upfront reduction of … Continue Reading ››

The Secretary of State Ed Davey today confirmed consent for the construction of Hinkley Point ‘C’ on 19^th March 2013. Both the Planning Inspectorate who spent six months examining the proposals and especially the Department of Energy and Climate Change seemed to see an expanded Combwich Wharf and the Combwich lay-down area as an important … Continue Reading ››

The representations on EDF’s proposals for Combwich made by the Otterhampton Parish Council (OPC) and others to the Planning Inspectorate (formerly the IPC) have finally come to an end. OPC have submitted a huge amount of written evidence and attended many meetings and hearings. We now have to await the outcome. The Planning Inspectorate will make their … Continue Reading ››