The covid-19 pandemic has led to a six-month delay in the expected completion of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.
In an update, client EDF Energy said that the start of electricity generation from Unit 1 was now expected to be in June 2026, compared to the end of 2025 as had been announced initially in 2016.
The cost of the project is now estimated at £22bn-£23bn, based on 2015 prices.
Meanwhile EDF has maintained the risk of delay of the nuclear reactors at 15 and nine months respectively, which it said would incur a potential extra cost of £700m in 2015 prices.
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