Sviluppo Nucleare Italia, the joint venture of Enel and Edf, will lead the new nuclear renaissance in Italy – probably through a Mankala-type approach in which a consortium of consumers and suppliers which will share the financial burden in exchange for fixed contracts for cheaper energy. The idea is similar to that employed by Teollisudden Voima Oyj in Finland. During the meeting, Enel CEO Fulvio Conti invited the competitors ‘to invest together with us, in order to have a quota’ even though he clarified that Enel would not take leadership roles in the new reactor projects.
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