French state-controlled power group EDF has made a binding offer to build six Generation III EPR nuclear power reactors at the Jaitapur site in the Maharashtra region of western India, the company said on Friday.
EDF said the planned facility would have an installed capacity of 9.6 GW making it the largest nuclear station in the world. It would generate up to 75 TWh of electricity a year - enough to cover the annual consumption of 70 million Indian households, while avoiding the emission of 80 million tonnes of CO2 per year.
“The submission of EDF’s binding techno-commercial offer for the Jaitapur project is a major step forward for the group and the French nuclear industry,” said EDF chairman and chief executive officer Jean-Bernard Levy.
EDF said the planned facility would have an installed capacity of 9.6 GW making it the largest nuclear station in the world. It would generate up to 75 TWh of electricity a year - enough to cover the annual consumption of 70 million Indian households, while avoiding the emission of 80 million tonnes of CO2 per year.
“The submission of EDF’s binding techno-commercial offer for the Jaitapur project is a major step forward for the group and the French nuclear industry,” said EDF chairman and chief executive officer Jean-Bernard Levy.
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