Russia, China willing to fund nuclear projects as several African countries explore controversial power source

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Faced with power shortfalls, demands for greener energy and drought threats to hydropower, a growing number of African countries are considering a shift to an unexpected power source – nuclear energy.

South Africa has the continent’s only commercial nuclear power plant. But according to the International Atomic Energy Agency , a third of the 30 countries around the world considering adopting nuclear power are in Africa.

Benson Kibiti, director of communications for Power for All, which aims to get reliable energy to most of the 1.1 billion people globally over the next decade, said off-grid solar was the smartest economic choice for Africa. In southern Africa, the push to consider nuclear power is being driven in part by the drying of hydroelectric dams as a result of the climate crisis.

Getting nuclear power isn’t cheap, Chipala admitted, but both Russia and China have shown interest in financing any nuclear project in the country, he said. In terms of expanding energy access to those without it – about one in three Africans according to the World Bank – Kibiti said off-grid renewable projects are a smart choice as they do not require expensive connections to the national grid.

 

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Are they just funding it or are they simply going to own it? Either way we will be indebted to them.

You bet they are😜

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