HINKLEY POINT C NEWS
Turbines for Hinkley Point C to be supplied by Alstom
Emergency Diesel & Heat Exchangers from Rolls-Royce
Alstom has been selected as the preferred supplier of the turbines for the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station to be built in Somerset. UK Ministers have negotiated a price of £92.50 per megawatt hour for the electricity produced at the Somerset site - around double the current market rate. The so- called 'strike price' could fall by £3 if another mooted development at Sizewell goes ahead, allowing for efficiencies in development and testing. Subject to the signing of a final contract, Alstom will supply two 1,750 MW conventional islands for Hinkley Point C, based on its Arabelle steam turbines, together with other non-nuclear construction work. The Arabelle steam turbines are the same type that have been installed at
Flamanville 3 in Normandy, where EDF has been building France's first EPR unit since December 2007. The reactor at Flamanville was originally planned to be commissioned this year, but is now expected to start up in 2016/17. At least one third of the Alstom project will be UK content. Alstom’s UK teams will perform erection of the turbine generators, and undertake service throughout the lifetime of the project. The Arabelle turbines will be delivered from Alstom’s Belfort site in France, whilst
other equipment will be delivered from other advanced facilities and suppliers in the UK and in the rest of Europe. Alstom said there would be a number of supply chain opportunities for UK
companies once the final contract is signed, in particular in the areas of steelwork, pipework, lagging, electrical and controls. Companies that want to work with Alstom on Hinkley Point C have been asked to register their interest by sending an email to
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alstom.com Other key suppliers for Hinkley Point C have also been confirmed. Bouygues TP/Laing O’Rourke will carryout the civil work, while Costain will be responsible for marine-related activities. Areva will supply instrumentation and control equipment, and nuclear steam supply system and fuel components. EDF has said that Hinkley Point C had the potential to create 25,000 job opportunities in the UK during its construction, including 400 apprentices. It will create 900 jobs when operational.
Rolls-Royce has been awarded ‘pre- ferred bidder’ status for a contract to supply an integrated emergency diesel system for Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. This will comprise a diesel powered generator made by Rolls-Royce Power Systems and Rolls-Royce patented instrumentation and control technology. The preferred bidder status has
been awarded as the next stage in early works for Hinkley Point. Harry Holt, President, Nuclear at
Rolls-Royce, said: “We are delighted to be awarded preferred bidder status to supply the Ultimate Diesel Generators for Hinkley Point C. “This deal is in addition to the preferred bidder status which we have already been awarded for contracts to design and manufacture a number of heat exchangers, and coolant treatment equipment for the reactor systems.”
For Hinkley Point C their Commercial Director, Ken Owen, said: “This contract signals that UK manufacturing can be competitive from both a technology and cost point of view for nuclear new build activities.” He explains: “This is an important step and demon- strates the time and invest- ment Rolls-Royce has made in getting ready for nuclear new build in the UK. The whole of the UK supply chain has increasingly important opportunities in construction and manufacturing.”
Key facts about the Hinkley Point C power plant project
HINKLEY POINT C is a proposed 3.2 GW nuclear power plant project involving two EPR reactors (each of 1.6GW) capable of producing 7% of the UK’s electricity. • The new power station is designed to operate for at least 60 years. • EPR reactors are an evolution of the pressurised water reactor technology – as used at Sizewell B and in 58 nuclear reactors owned by EDF in France. They have enhanced safety features with quadruple safety systems. They are more efficient and produce less long-lived radioactive waste compared with existing water reactors. They also use less uranium than current generation reactors. • The Hinkley Point C construction site covers 175 hectares. • Main earthworks will require the excavation of 4m cubic metres of earth. • It will use 3m tonnes of concrete. • It will use 230,000 tonnes of steel reinforcement. • Studies show that 57% of construction value could be supplied in the UK.
According to Jonathan Gaventa, Director of the environmental
think tank Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G), there are five ways that the UK could be powered at lower cost to the consumers than by Hinkley Point C: • Improved energy effiency could reduce consumption by more than the projected capacity of HPC, according to a McKinsey report for the government, • Onshore wind power, which is much cheaper and offshore wind power which is likely to also become cheaper than power from the HPC, • Solar power which by 2016 has become cheaper than power from HPC, • Interconnectors to Norway, Denmark and France, according to a report for NIC and • Savings in electricity due to improved storage and flexibility, according to a NIC report for the government.
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