Hinkley Point C revisited: Dr Ding Chen

A new 35 year contract to build the Hinkley C power station signed between the UK government and the French company EDF energy and China's CGN in September 2016 has given rise to a number of concerns both regarding security and what the ultimate price of the electricity for the consumer will be. At a recent Cambridge Public Policy workshop participants with expertise in energy policy debated our energy futures and the UK's portfolio approach to energy policy including a new nuclear Renaissance and whether or not the contract itself is fit for purpose.