{"id":17710,"date":"2026-05-21T15:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/17710\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:22:13","slug":"ntpc-inks-mou-with-electricite-de-france-for-cooperation-in-nuclear-power-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/17710\/","title":{"rendered":"NTPC inks MoU with \u00c9lectricit\u00e9 de France for cooperation in nuclear power generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779376933_263_1x1_spacer.png\" alt=\"According to the statement announcing the move, the two state-owned entities would seek to establish a framework for jointly assessing \u201cfeasibility and approach for collaboration\u201d.\" title=\"According to the statement announcing the move, the two state-owned entities would seek to establish a framework for jointly assessing \u201cfeasibility and approach for collaboration\u201d.\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779376933_263_1x1_spacer.png\" class=\"lead-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n                    According to the statement announcing the move, the two state-owned entities would seek to establish a framework for jointly assessing \u201cfeasibility and approach for collaboration\u201d.<br \/>\n                                          | Photo Credit: Reuters\n                                      <\/p>\n<p>As India seeks to spur uptake of nuclear-based power generation, state-owned National Thermal Power Corp Ltd (NTPC) informed it has inked a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with their French counterpart \u00c9lectricit\u00e9 de France (EDF) to explore opportunities in India\u2019s nuclear power space.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement announcing the move, the two state-owned entities would seek to establish a framework for jointly assessing \u201cfeasibility and approach for collaboration\u201d. This would entail, among other things, assessment of EDF\u2019s European Pressurised Reactor (EPR)\u2019s suitability for Indian requirements, potential for maximising localisation and large-scale deployment, examining economic and tariff aspects alongside evaluating potential project sites.<\/p>\n<p>NTPC is targeting to institute 30 GW of nuclear capacity by 2047.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, in persuasion of the target, it has formed a joint venture with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) and carved a wholly owned nuclear subsidiary, that is, NTPC Parmanu Urja Nigam Ltd (NPUNL).<\/p>\n<p>Essential to note, India holds a target of having 100 GW nuclear capacity by 2047.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time-new\"> Published &#8211; April 09, 2026 01:40 am IST<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to the statement announcing the move, the two state-owned entities would seek to establish a framework for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12859],"tags":[8739,4250,13296,13295,13294],"class_list":["post-17710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-electricite-de-france","tag-edf","tag-electricite-de-france","tag-ntpx-inks-mou","tag-nuclear-capacity","tag-nuclear-power-generation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}