HINKLEY BY NUMBERS

6m homes will be powered by Hinkley Point

5.6m cubic metres of earth will need to be excavated – enough to fill Wembley Stadium one and a half times

4 31acres contruction site equivalent to 145 football pitches

5,600builders and engineers will be on the site at any given time

750 employed when finished

2,490 miles of electric cabling will be used

20,000 trees and shrubs will be planted

230,000 tons of steel – enough for a railway from London to Rome

50m hours of work to construct the power station

60pc of the parts will come from British companies