Romania should lower its stake in two nuclear reactor projects at its power plant in Cernavoda to encourage private investors and make the sector more competitive, the economy minister said on Thursday. The European Union state has a 51 percent stake in a deal to build two more reactors by around 2016 in a partnership with major power firms. His comments reflect the centrist coalition government's new drive to attract investors to its cash-strapped power production sector by listing minority stakes and striking public-private partnerships to build new generation facilities. The head of state-owned hydro power plant Hidroelectrica estimated Romania could see up to 2,000 megawatts of new generation over the next 3 to 5 years, in wind energy and gas- and hydro-fired plants. Albania – Telecoms, Mobile & Broadband . read more

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