Why does Farage back Brussels over new nuclear power plants?

Overlooked in the political frenzy over the success of UKIP in the two by-election results is Nigel Farage’s curious backing for Brussels’ support for massive multi-billion pound subsidies for new nuclear power plants in Britain (http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-1093_en.htm)
In fact the costs of this giant twin reactor project have continued to escalate as planning  has gone ahead by the coalition, with the full support of Labour’s leadership (if not its membership)
Back in 2006, the current Lib Dem energy secretary Ed Davey wrote on his blog, when he was a mere  opposition MP launching the Liberal Democrat energy policy, Say No to Nuclear, in which he asserted (correctly) “'a new generation of nuclear power stations will cost taxpayers and consumers tens of billions of pounds.”
The reference plant for the mega nuclear station at Hinkley Point C is the French-designed Olkiluoto plant in Finland, which started construction in May 2005 (with an original promised completion date in 2009), and for which the construction costs have doubled to at least €6.4 billion, and completion delayed to 2016. ( A similarly designed plant under construction at Flamanville  in France is suffering a four year delay with costs rising from €3.3 billion to €8.5 billion)
The initial costs for the twin UK plant has risen from under £10 bn when first proposed, then to £14bn, and increased to £16bn several months ago, when the so-called strike price of £92.50 per Mwh of electricity, double the present wholesale price, index-linked and guaranteed against French state-owned Électricité de France (EDF) loss for 35 years, which will comprise a  massive taxpayer and electricity bill ayer subsidy, inflating electricity bills for four decades to come. 
(Incidentally, Mr Farage should note, EDF simultaneously agreed a price of £38 /Mwh for its French customers) 
The new decision by the European Commision on 8 October to flaut its own rules on states aid, reverse its initial opposition to the massive subsidies requested by the coalition government, and allow a further taxpayer subsidises increase for Hinkley C to an eye-watering £34 bn, thus beggars belief.
When asked about the price increase by £18bn to £34bn, EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia told reporters in Brussels  his service had worked with these numbers in its exchanges with British authorities for a year, and he had “no explanation for the lower figures.”
Surely the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, chaired by Labour MP Margaret Hodge, will want to know why this spectacular price escalation – and future taxpayer obligation - has happened
But bizarrely, Tom Greatrex MP, Labour's Shadow energy minister, welcomed the Commission decision, telling Business Green web site (8 Oct.)"The Commission's decision emphasises the delivery of value for the consumer, and serves as a reminder to the Government that transparency and accountability are important principles." (http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2374487/breaking-hinkley-nuclear-plant-gets-eu-state-aid-approval)
Meanwhile, it should not be forgotten that the Coalition Agreement said in May 2010 that new nuclear power stations would be permitted only “provided that they receive no public subsidy.”
So much for honesty in politics!