Turkish officials hint that a Japanese-French consortium will see off its Chinese competitor to win the tender on Turkey’s second nuclear plant, SIA reprots
Japanese-French partnership is one step ahead of its Chinese rival in the race to build Turkey’s second nuclear power plant, as the official announcement of the winning bid is to be made later this week.
"The Japanese bid has the advantage, but there is still one or two issues that we need to work on together," Energy Ministry sources told the Hürriyet Daily News yesterday. "We believe that we will find a common way when [Japanese Prime Minister] Shinzo Abe comes to Turkey [May 3]." Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, the world’s biggest builder of nuclear reactors, is expected to be chosen to build the plant, Reuters also reported yesterday, citing unnamed Turkish government sources.
Energy Minister Taner Yıldız said yesterday that Ankara would officially announce by the weekend who would construct the country’s second nuclear plant, a project located in the Black Sea province of Sinop and expected to cost around $22 billion.
"We are about to finalize the agreement for construction of the second nuclear power plant. China and Japan are the frontrunners," Yıldız told reporters following his meeting with a group of members of the U.S. Congress in Ankara.
Abe is expected to arrive in Turkey late May 2 and will meet with his Turkish counterpart, Erdoğan, May 3. An agreement on the construction of the nuclear plant will be signed after the two prime ministers meet, Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported last week. There have been various reports in the Japanese media citing unnamed government sources in recent weeks claiming that Japanese firms would build the Sinop plant.
Energy Ministry sources confirmed that the remaining issues on the Japanese bid are offset issues, adding that they could easily be worked out during Abe’s visit.
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