Romania signed a 4-billion-euro ($5 billion) contract with six companies, including Italy’s Enel SpA and the Czech Republic’s CEZ AS, to build and operate two nuclear power plants.
“We’re doubling nuclear generation capacity to keep our independence and increase energy security,” Finance Minister Varujan Vosganian said at a news conference in Bucharest yesterday.
“This is a very good signal that Romania remains attractive to foreign investors.” Construction of the plants, slated to finish by 2015, will double the number of reactors in Romania, each with a capacity of 700 megawatts.
(KATHIMERINI, 21/11/2008)