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===Nuclear electricity===
[[Hinkley Point C nuclear power station]] is a project to construct a 3,200 MW two reactor [[nuclear power]] station.<ref name="ITV.com report; 21 October 2013">{{cite web|title=Government closes 'historic' deal to build first nuclear plant in a generation |date=21 October 2013 |url=http://www.itv.com/news/2013-10-21/government-closes-historic-deal-to-build-first-nuclear-plant-in-a-generation-hinkley-point/ |publisher=ITV.com |access-date=31 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231034344/http://www.itv.com/news/2013-10-21/government-closes-historic-deal-to-build-first-nuclear-plant-in-a-generation-hinkley-point/ |archive-date=31 December 2013 }}</ref> On 18 October 2010, the British government announced that [[Hinkley Point]]&nbsp;– already the site of the disused [[Hinkley Point A nuclear power station|Hinkley Point A]] and (operational at the time) [[Hinkley Point B Nuclear Power Station|Hinkley Point B]] power stations&nbsp;– was one of the eight sites it considered suitable for future nuclear power stations.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nuclear power: Eight sites identified for future plants |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11564152 |publisher=BBC News |date=18 October 2010 |access-date=18 October 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019043151/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11564152 |archive-date=19 October 2010 }}</ref> [[NNB Generation Company]], a subsidiary of [[Électricité de France|EDF]], submitted an application for development consent to the [[Infrastructure Planning Commission]] on 31 October 2011.<ref>{{cite web
 |title       = Hinkley Point C New Nuclear Power Station
 |work        = Infrastructure Planning Commission
 |url         = http://infrastructure.independent.gov.uk/projects/south-west/hinkley-point-c-new-nuclear-power-station/
 |access-date  = 14 September 2009
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100919025001/http://infrastructure.independent.gov.uk/projects/south-west/hinkley-point-c-new-nuclear-power-station/
 |archive-date = 19 September 2010
}}</ref> A protest group, Stop Hinkley, was formed to campaign for the closure of Hinkley Point B and oppose any expansion at the Hinkley Point site. In December 2013, the [[European Commission]] opened an investigation to assess whether the project breaks state-aid rules.<ref name="European Commission">{{cite web|author=European Commission |url=http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/cases/251157/251157_1507977_35_2.pdf |title=State aid SA. 34947 (2013/C) (ex 2013/N)&nbsp;– United Kingdom Investment Contract (early Contract for Difference) for the Hinkley Point C New Nuclear Power Station |publisher=European Commission |date=18 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305153044/http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/cases/251157/251157_1507977_35_2.pdf |archive-date= 5 March 2016 }}</ref><ref name="wnn-20131218">{{cite news|url=http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NP_Brussels_begins_Hinkley_investigation_1812131.html |title=Brussels begins Hinkley investigation |publisher=World Nuclear News |date=18 December 2013 |access-date=21 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222184832/http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NP_Brussels_begins_Hinkley_investigation_1812131.html |archive-date=22 December 2013 }}</ref> On 8 October 2014 it was announced that the European Commission has approved the project, with an overwhelming majority and only four commissioners voting against the decision.<ref name="October decision">{{cite news|author=Alex Barker and Pilita Clark |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/372216e6-4ec0-11e4-b205-00144feab7de.html/ |title=Brussels backs Hinkley Point C as cost forecasts soar' |newspaper=Financial Times |date=8 October 2014 |url-access=registration |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010235737/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/372216e6-4ec0-11e4-b205-00144feab7de.html |archive-date=10 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Construction is underway and is projected to be completed in 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Watt |first1=Holly |title=Hinkley Point: the 'dreadful deal' behind the world's most expensive power plant |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/dec/21/hinkley-point-c-dreadful-deal-behind-worlds-most-expensive-power-plant |work=Guardian |date=21 December 2017 |access-date=13 April 2021 |archive-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413112007/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/dec/21/hinkley-point-c-dreadful-deal-behind-worlds-most-expensive-power-plant |url-status=live }}</ref>