Alexey Likhachev added that one of the African countries has shown interest in a particular product by Rosatom, which is “mini-hydroelectric power plant”
MOSCOW, February 28. /TASS/. Rosatom considers Africa a “point of growth” for its energy and non-energy technologies, head of the Russian nuclear corporation, Alexey Likhachev, said.
“We have a number of applications from [African] states. <…> They are not making and implementing decisions very quickly [there], due to certain international events that take place on the African continent <…> But the fact that we certainly consider Africa a point of growth for both exports of energy and other nuclear technologies, this is a fact,” Likhachev said speaking in the State Duma, lower house of the Russian parliament.
He also said that one of the African countries has shown interest in a particular product by Rosatom, which is “mini-hydroelectric power plant”.
“We have received a request for these mini-hydroelectric power plants from one of the countries and are at the commercial stage. I think <…> we will soon begin implementing this project,” he said.
Likhachev also said that African states are showing great interest in floating nuclear power plants.
“South Africa – we worked there for a very long time on a high power facility, but due to political processes the work was suspended. Now we are returning, resetting. In particular [in South Africa] there is a very high demand for floating nuclear power plants,” the head of Rosatom said.
Source: Tass
