France’s EDF focusing on tech localisation with India

French energy company Electricite de France SA (EDF), which is collaborating with Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd (NPCIL) on the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant (JNPP) in Maharashtra, is working toward localising the technology, chairman and CEO Jean-Bernard Levy told ET in an interview.

Levy was in India May 23-24 to build on the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Paris and met senior executives and representatives of NPCIL to expedite the project. “EDF and NPCIL are working intensively on the development of this project based upon the French EPR technology. The Jaitapur project is a key pillar of Indo-French strategic cooperation,” Levy said. “EDF is actively engaged in materialising the Make in India and Skill India national initiatives as part of its localisation plans… Major partnerships have been agreed upon with key Indian industrial companies.”