December 19 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria has decided to invite five companies to submit binding offers in the process of selection of a strategic investor in the 2,000 MW Belene nuclear power plant (NPP) project, the energy ministry said on Thursday.
The shortlisted candidates are: China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, Russia's Atomenergoprom, a subsidiary of Rosatom, France's Framatome and US-based General Electric, the energy ministry said in a statement.
Invitations for submitting binding offers will be sent to the shortlisted candidates by the end of January 2020.
Framatome and General Electric have been put on the shortlist after they proposed to supply equipment for the project and arrange financing for it, the energy ministry said.