Alro, Enel and E.ON, competing for 2.2bn-euro project

Electrical power producer Nuclearelectrica, which operates the nuclear power station in Cernavoda had, by the end of last week, received 15 letters from 16 companies interested in taking part in completing the construction work on reactors III and IV of the plant. Electrabel (Belgium), Electrica (Romania), RWE Power (Germany), E.ON Energy (Germany), Enel (Italy), Iberdrola (Spain), KHNP (South Korea), AES Romenergia (USA), the consortium made up of Ansaldo (Italy) and AECL (Canada), Unit International Belgium – Turkey, Cema Hora (The Czech Republic), Gabriel Resources (Canada), AFEN (Romania), Alro (Romania), ASAM – TESS Conex Iasi (Romania) have all expressed an interest in providing their services. The completion of the works to make reactors III and IV of the Cernavoda plant operational is a business estimated at 2.2 billion euros. Representatives of Nuclearelectrica have announced that all the companies that have submitted letters of interest will be notified as to whether they qualify for the next stage scheduled for June 30 or not. Ioan Rotaru, deputy general manager of the state-owned company, has recently said that the authorities are planning on selecting 4 – 5 investors for the shortlist with a view to setting up the project company for reactors III and IV.