U.S. giant Apollo will supply the U.K.'s overdue Hinkley Point C nuclear power station with a £4.5 billion ($6 billion) financing package in one of the biggest private credit deals in Britain. Hinkley Point C owner EDF has faced huge bills to finish the project's construction after Chinese co-owner CGN halted its funding.

(Reuters) -Apollo Global will provide 4.5 billion pounds ($6.08 billion) in financing to support Britain's long-delayed Hinkley Point nuclear project, the U.S. private equity group said on Friday. The nuclear project will be funded by proceeds from Apollo-managed affiliates,

Apollo, a U.S. asset management group, plans to provide a $6 billion loan to the British nuclear project Hinkley Point C being built by a French multinational electric utility company.