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The Hinkley Point C Project David Eccles – Head of Hinkley Point C Communications


80% C02REDUCTION

BY 2050

Climate Change Act, 2008

Combating Climate

Change

Meeting emissions

reduction targets and

mitigating risk of high

CO2 price.

Why Nuclear? Increasing

need for new

capacity

Security of Supply Safely and reliably meeting future energy

demand and diversifying risk.

Affordability and Price Stability Ensuring reasonable, stable cost of energy in a

world with increasing scarcity of resources.


Hinkley Point C

• EPR design providing low carbon

electricity for around 6 million homes.

• Can offset 10 million tonnes of CO2

emissions a year

• Capable of generating 7% of the UK’s

electricity.

• At least 25,000 different job

opportunities during construction and

5,600 workers on site at the peak.

• £100 million into the local economy

during peak construction

• 900 operational staff and contribution

of around £40 million to the local

economy during each year of its 60 year

operation.


Hinkley Point C – Project update

• National Policy Statements for Energy – July 2011

• Nuclear Site Licence – November 2012

• Generic Design Assessment – December 2012

• Planning Consent – March 2013

• Contract for Difference (key commercial terms) &

announcement of investors – October 2013

• Finalise agreements with investors

• Confirm infrastructure guarantee detail with government

• European Commission decision on state aid

• Funded Decommissioning Programme detail

FINAL INVESTMENT DECISION

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A Pathway from Education, Through Training, to Employment

Inspire

Programme

Over 50,000

student

engagements to

date.

Sustainable

Employment

Opportunities

Over 2000 now

registered with the

Employment

Brokerage

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Education Skills Employment

• Apprenticeship and

graduate programmes

• FE/NVQ Short Courses

• Construction Skills and

Innovation Centre

• Hinkley Enterprise

Project


Inspiring young people into Science, Technology,

Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

Increasing diversity through the Women Into

Construction and Engineering Programme.

The Inspire Programme

continues to work closely

with Somerset schools.


Building a Sustainable Workforce

•5,600 workers required on site during the

peak of construction.

• 400 construction apprentices will be

needed.

• Implementation of the Construction

Workforce Development Strategy. Over

£6million of investment helping to secure

sustainable and skilled jobs for local people.

• £5 million investment into Bridgwater

College.

Construction Skills and

Innovation Centre

Energy Skills Centre

• £1.6 million investment in West

Somerset College.

Hinkley Ready

Hinkley Enterprise

The new Construction Skills and Innovation Centre in Cannington

EDF Energy are investing in a

sustainable and skilled

workforce of the future.

Right: The Energy Skills

Centre

http://newsroom.edfenergy.com/Media-Library/Bridgwater-College-student-Jessica-Hargraves-sharpening-a-tool-on-an-abrasive-wheel-in-the-engineeri-9e.aspx


Hinkley Point C Jobs

Working with other large projects in advance

of the start of HPC to identify vacancies for

local people.


www.hinkleysupplychain.co.uk

Economic Boost to the Local Area

“This deal means £16 billion of

investment coming into the country….

brilliant news for the South West and the

Country as a whole”

Prime Minister David Cameron

57% of the

value of contracts for

our new build project

could be awarded to

UK firms.

• 130 local and 89 regional

companies already have contracts

associated with HPC to a value of

almost £85 million.

• Almost 1600 companies are

registered on Somerset Chamber of

Commerce's database.


Investment in the Local Community

A Section 106 agreement with Sedgemoor and West

Somerset Councils delivering almost £100million • £20million community fund;

• £7.5million housing fund;

• Over £10million invested into skills and training

and education;

• £5.5million to support economic development; and

• Nearly £16million on highway improvement schemes.


Accommodation Strategy

“Hinkley Point C poses significant

opportunities for the local housing and

development market. With 5,600 employees

on site at peak, and 500 to 1,000 suppliers

involved over the lifecycle of the project there

is likely to be substantial additional demand

for housing” Hinkley Deal 2014/15

• Shared Hinkley Supplementary Planning Document: Sedgemoor and West

Somerset.

• Joint Housing Needs Assessment: Taunton and Sedgemoor.

• HCA site development and pump priming.


Accommodation Strategy

CAMPUS

Developing a

local workforce

OWN HOME BASED

1,000’s of

registered

bed spaces

RENTAL

1,500 beds

across

three sites


The Housing Fund

£7.5million to provide support for initiatives designed to deliver

additional housing capacity. For example;

Accommodation Office and procedures for housing construction

staff.

Scheme for the accreditation of landlords, likely to be run via

LocalPad.

Stimulating new supply – seeking to support stalled housing sites

and refurbishments.

Bringing empty homes back into use.

Supporting rent guarantee schemes.

Employment of council housing officers.


The Housing Fund

Additional bed spaces to be delivered Sedgemoor DC - 800

West Somerset Council - 250

Match funding secured from

Government TBA

Target for affordable homes 160 - 500

Target for the return of empty

properties 110 - 350

Target for making properties decent 800 – 1500

1,500 new bedspaces over the life span of the Project

but targeted in the next 5 years.


The Accommodation Office

• The Accommodation Office has been set up to help people to find suitable

accommodation.

Using a database of providers a way-finding service informs people of details for

providers in a range of accommodation types:

-Hotels

-Bed and Breakfast

-Rental properties

-Rooms for rent

• A website is being developed to offer an on-line service to make access easier for

the large numbers of workers expected to stay in the local area.


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