Poland launches nuclear-related tenders

Monday, 7 February 2011 Poland's largest power group, Polsksa Grupa Energetyczna (PGE), has launched two tenders related to the construction of the country's first two nuclear power plants. The first tender is for a ten-year, 1.25 billion zloty ($435.7 million) contract to provide technical advice as the owner's engineer to support the investment program. The second contract – worth some 120 million zloty ($41.8 million) – is to provide environmental analysis, site characterization and licensing services. The contract notices were published in the 5 February edition of the Official Journal of the European Union. PGE said that it plans to construct two plants, each with a capacity of some 3000 MWe.