Sofia cancelled the Belene project in 2012 after failing to find investors and facing pressure from the United States and the European Union to limit its energy dependence on Russia, which had been under contract to build the plant. In June, parliament ordered the government to revive the project.
Bulgaria plans to keep a blocking stake in the venture, Petkova said. She added that the government would prefer an investor who plans to build the plant within eight years for about 9 billion euros (USD 10.23 billion). Ms Petkova told a parliamentary hearing that "We have a site on which the necessary infrastructure is in place and we believe the conditions exist for this project to be completed in a shorter term than 10 years.”
(novinite.com)
