Thanks to Ipswich Suffolk Business Club for inviting Penn Commercial to join business leaders across the county to pay a fascinating visit to Sizewell C yesterday [2nd September 2025].
It is always a tremendous privilege to be able to gain ‘behind the scenes’ access to major infrastructure sites around Suffolk, and this is the most ambitious of all such schemes in recent times.
In July 2025, the Government agreed the final investment decision to give Sizewell C the go-ahead, committing £14.2bn of funding to build the new nuclear plant on the Suffolk coastline.
Sizewell C will come online in the 2030s, and will deliver clean power for the equivalent of six million homes and support 10,000 jobs, once operational.
The Government has stated that ‘the deal represents the country’s most significant public investment in clean, homegrown energy this century – in a major boost for energy security, jobs and economic growth’.
Thanks to Sizewell C’s Marjorie Barnes, Head of Regional External Affairs & Development, and Tim Johnson, Head of Commercial – Site Delivery, for an enlightening presentation on Sizewell C, outlining the development phases of the scheme, procurement (46 contracts have been secured this year so far, the majority of which are with local suppliers), staffing, accommodation, environmental commitments, local initiatives and community legacy - as well as taking us on an extensive tour of the 270-acre site.
During the visit, we also learnt that Sizewell C has been mooted since the early 1990s, with no new nuclear plant being opened in the UK since Sizewell B, which was unveiled in 1995.
To find out more about Sizewell C, visit the website at A New Nuclear Power Station for Britain - Sizewell C