Link here. Or direct to paywalled Bloomberg. Dos Bocas. Two mouths. Far southeast coast of Mexico.
"Original" estimate: $12 billion.
Over-budget by $5 billion.
Compare with Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline.
Or compare with Georgia's (US) newest nuclear plant: 250% over budget. [Update: March 7, 2023 -- unit #3 has reached critical mass and soon to go "live."]
- Vogtle 3 and 4 stations are now likely to cost roughly $34 billion.
- Nuclear power continues to fail to gain commercial respectability in the U.S.
- The Vogtle plant is up to 10 times more expensive than alternative projects in Europe.
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