Netherlands talking to three suppliers to build new nuclear power plants

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Dutch Minister for Climate and Energy Policy Rob Jetten attends a European Union energy ministers meeting on high energy prices, in Brussels, Belgium November 24, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo

AMSTERDAM, June 29 (Reuters) – The Netherlands is talking to “three potential and interested suppliers” to build two new nuclear power plants, Energy Minister Rob Jetten said on Thursday in a letter to parliament.

It concerns the American company Westinghouse, the French state-owned company EDF (EDF.PA) and South Korea’s KHNP.

The Netherlands is planning to build two new nuclear power plants by 2035 which will play an important role in the country’s energy transition, as it aims to make its power production carbon neutral by 2040.

Reporting by Charlotte Van Campenhout; editing by David Evans

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