...in a planned new nuclear power plant, Belene, by Jan. 9.
NEK (former NETC) executive director Lyubomir Velkov told reporters all five short-listed bidders had been invited to sweeten their bids and said NEK hopes to choose a partner for the 4.0 billion euro ($5.75 billion), 2,000 megawatt plant in the first half of the year.
The bidders include Italy's Enel , Germany's E.ON and RWE , Czech CEZ , Belgium's Electrabel, owned by French utility Suez .
(Reporting by Tsvetelia Ilieva, editing by Anthony Barker)
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Keywords: BULGARIA NUCLEAR/BELENE =2 SOFIA
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