power shortages Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/power-shortages/ The low down on African affairs Thu, 09 Jul 2015 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 power shortages Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/power-shortages/ 32 32 South Africa signs nuclear cooperation deal with Russia https://jjcornish.com/2015/07/south-africa-signs-nuclear-cooperation-deal-with-russia/ Thu, 09 Jul 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/07/south-africa-signs-nuclear-cooperation-deal-with-russia/ At the BRICS summit in Ufa, South Africa and Russia have signed two memoranda of understanding on nuclear power cooperation. They’re part of South African efforts to lessen its reliance on coal and overcome power shortages that threaten economic growth. The agreements signed are between Russia’s state-run nuclear energy company Rosatom and South Africa’s department […]

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]]> At the BRICS summit in Ufa, South Africa and Russia have signed two memoranda of understanding on nuclear power cooperation.
They’re part of South African efforts to lessen its reliance on coal and overcome power shortages that threaten economic growth.

The agreements signed are between Russia’s state-run nuclear energy company Rosatom and South Africa’s department of energy.

They call for joint projects to educate and encourage public acceptance of nuclear power in South Africa.

They will also include programmes for training specialists in South Africa’s nuclear industry.

South Africa plans to build six new nuclear power plants by 2030 at an estimated cost of up to a trillion rand.
Analysts are wondering if it can afford this.

 

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