The offers submitted for construction of the Belene nuclear power plant will be marked by the beginning of July, and the price of electricity produced by that plant is expected to cost users less than four Eurocents per kilowatt-hour (kWh). Parsons are the technical consultants on the Belene project. On the basis of the final report, a proposal for negotiations would be made to the successful candidate and the exact price of electricity will become clear at that time, as it depends on the offers of the participants in the competitive bidding. Negotiations will be held on the nuclear fuel, the contract clauses and the financial terms. Besides the basic contract, it is envisaged to conclude a separate contract for the supply and management of nuclear fuel. By the end of the year, Bulgaria will sign a constructor for the Belene nuclear power plant. Head of the National Electricity Company (NEC) Lyubomir Velkov said that preparations for the start of the building were on schedule. Czech company Skoda Alliance and Russia’s Atomstroiexport are the two bidders for the design and construction of the Belene plant. The winning bidder for the project, estimated to cost about two billion Euro, should be announced by August 1. Belene’s first reactor should become operational over 2013-2015.
Skoda Alliance is able to construct Bulgaria's Belene nuclear power plant (NPP) in 8 years, instead of the initially planned 10, Miroslav Fiala, general director of Skoda JS said. We are ready to show flexibility and to co-operate with our Russian competitor Atomstroyexport, if it is in the interest of the Bulgarian party, Fiala added. No such signal from Bulgaria's National Electric Company (NEK), investor in the project, has come through so far, according to Fiala.
Italian power company Enel is also interested in investing in the construction of Bulgaria’s second nuclear plant at Belene, on the Danube, regardless of whether the cabinet will want a minority or majority stake partner. This was announced on March 1. Enel, Italy’s largest power company and Europe’s second-largest listed utility, intends to invest about 15 billion euro in the energy sector in south east Europe over the coming years and is not concerned about the amount of the funds necessary for the construction of Belene. According to Enel’s representative for the Balkans, Enrico Viale, between two and 2.5 million euro are needed for the construction of Bulgaria’s second nuclear plant.
Skoda Alliance is able to construct Bulgaria's Belene nuclear power plant (NPP) in 8 years, instead of the initially planned 10, Miroslav Fiala, general director of Skoda JS said. We are ready to show flexibility and to co-operate with our Russian competitor Atomstroyexport, if it is in the interest of the Bulgarian party, Fiala added. No such signal from Bulgaria's National Electric Company (NEK), investor in the project, has come through so far, according to Fiala.
Italian power company Enel is also interested in investing in the construction of Bulgaria’s second nuclear plant at Belene, on the Danube, regardless of whether the cabinet will want a minority or majority stake partner. This was announced on March 1. Enel, Italy’s largest power company and Europe’s second-largest listed utility, intends to invest about 15 billion euro in the energy sector in south east Europe over the coming years and is not concerned about the amount of the funds necessary for the construction of Belene. According to Enel’s representative for the Balkans, Enrico Viale, between two and 2.5 million euro are needed for the construction of Bulgaria’s second nuclear plant.
Source: IntelliNews