The French 'Areva' to extend a loan of € 1.5 bn for the construction of Belene NPP

Georgi Velev
georgi.velev@klassa.bg


The French and German export credit agencies (ECAs), Coface and Hermes could extend a loan of €1.5 bn for the construction of Belene NPP, stated yesterday before Klassa anonymous sources. The bid was placed by the French company Areva last Friday during a workshop on the construction of the nuke plant. This tender was submitted to Deputy Energy Minister Marii Kosev. The information on the offer was not denied by the Ministry of Economy and Energy after an inquiry made by Klassa.

Besides this loan, so far bids on the project funding have been placed by the Russian side. Rosatom is willing to invest overall €2 bn in the construction of Belene NPP against the acquisition of a stake in the nuke plant which subsequently might be reduced. In fact, the funds deposited so far by NEK (National Electricity Company) reaching over BGN 1 bn will be added to the total assets amount of the future construction project of Belene NPP. The China Development Bank has also expressed interest in investing in the construction of a second NPP some time ago.

According to the initially contracted price, the Belene NPP construction is expected to cost € 4 bn but because of the recent project delay, the Russian side insists now that the construction of both blocks should cost not less than € 6.3 bn. The project contractor is the Russian Atomstroyexport JSC (ASE).

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