Framatome inaugurated its India operations base in Navi Mumbai, in the presence of officials from the French Embassy and Consulate, Framatome and EDF. Framatome said this underscores the company’s strategic commitment to strengthening its presence in India and supporting India’s goal of 100 GWe of nuclear power capacity by 2047.
“Framatome has been present in India for years through local subsidiaries Jeumont Electric and Corys,” said Framatome CEO Grégoire Ponchon. “We are delighted to expand our presence in the country as it embarks on a new phase of nuclear energy development. India offers a wealth of engineering talent and, to support our expansion, we plan to hire more skilled professionals, strengthening our team and capabilities in India and complementing our global strategy.”
Framatome said it is ready to support India’s dynamic nuclear sector for the Long-Term Operations (LTO) of existing plants and new build programmes, including SMR. “Currently, we support Framatome’s global projects by offering multi-disciplinary engineering capabilities in mechanical, process, electrical, and instrumentation & control domains.” said Framatome India CEO Navnith Nair. “Beyond that, we are eager to collaborate with Indian utilities and partners, leverage our global expertise, and contribute to both existing plant life extensions and, in coordination with the EDF Group, new nuclear builds as the sector evolves.”
India currently has 25 operable nuclear reactors with an installed capacity of almost 9 GWe, generating around 3% of the country’s electricity. In addition, India has a pipeline of around 13 GWe of nuclear projects under various stages of construction that will increase India’s installed nuclear capacity to over 22 GWe.
