Hinkley Point B power station, near Burnham-On-Sea, has resumed power generation this week after a month of scheduled downtime.
EDF Energy said the 480-megawatt Hinkley Point B-7 nuclear plant “resumed outputting power to the transmission network late on Wednesday night, March 19th.”
The spokesman added that the plant had been taken offline for “planned maintenance” on February 14th.
Meanwhile, EDF has also said this week that it hopes to start operating the first new nuclear reactor at Hinkley Point C in 2023.
The Government will guarantee a loan to finance the project as well as a fixed minimum price for the electricity it generates for 35 years.
The investors could therefore earn a return of up to 21% over the lifetime of the project, according to a report from Carbon Connect analysts this week.
“Expected equity returns on Hinkley Point C are around 19% to 21%, substantially higher than expected equity returns on Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects and regulated electricity network assets,” the report stated.
