Russian state corporation, Rosatom, is ready to supply mini hydropower plants to Central Asia’s nations.
“We are currently studying the possibility of supplying mini hydropower plants to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan,” Director of Atomenergomash (the mechanical engineering division of Rosatom) for International Activities, Roman Murashov told reporters in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on the sidelines of EXPO-2017.
According to him, Hungary’s Ganz EEM (the subsidiary of Atomenergomash) produces containerized mini hydropower plants and components for mini hydropower plants. “We plan to supply these mini hydropower plants to the Central Asian countries,” Murashov noted.
The estimated budget of the project for development of mini hydropower plants is some 2.46 million euros.
Established in 2007, Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, with headquarters in Moscow, is a state corporation (non-profit organization) in Russia, which is the regulatory body of the Russian nuclear complex. Rosatom runs all nuclear assets of the Russian Federation, both civilian and military, totaling over 360 business and research units, including all Russian nuclear icebreaker ships. Along with commercial activities which move forward nuclear power and nuclear fuel cycle facilities, it acts as a governmental agent, primarily in the field of national security (nuclear deterrence), nuclear and radiation safety, basic and applied science. Besides, it has the authority to fulfill on behalf of the Russian Federation the international commitments undertaken by the nation with regard to the peaceful use of atomic energy and non-proliferation.
Rosatom is the only vendor in the World that offers entire range of products and services of the nuclear industry. Rosatom holds 2nd place in the World in terms of uranium deposits ownership, 4th in terms of nuclear energy production, produces 40% of the World’s enriched uranium and 17% of the World’s nuclear fuel. Rosatom is the only vendor in the world able to offer the nuclear industry’s entire range of products and services.
The Russian Government has set three major goals for Rosatom: ensure sustainable development of the Nuclear Weapons Complex; increase nuclear contribution in electricity generation (to 25%-30% by 2030) with continued safety improvement; and strengthen the country’s position on the global market of nuclear technology, by expanding traditional markets and winning new ones.
