Re:Use of nuclear technology gets green light in Rwanda
by credit_guy on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @11:35PM
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> ~12k acres for every additional 100MW in solar
On paper lots of things look easy. Rwanda has 12MW of solar as of now [1] and doing feasibility studies for 30MW more. Feasibility studies, not ongoing construction. For one reason or another, they don't find it that easy to install hundreds of MW of solar.
On the other hand, it doesn't look like this green light for nuclear technology is directed towards power generation. Russia will provide a 10MW reactor, but it appears Rwanda is more interested in non-energy applications, like medicine, or food sterilization.
On paper lots of things look easy. Rwanda has 12MW of solar as of now [1] and doing feasibility studies for 30MW more. Feasibility studies, not ongoing construction. For one reason or another, they don't find it that easy to install hundreds of MW of solar.
On the other hand, it doesn't look like this green light for nuclear technology is directed towards power generation. Russia will provide a 10MW reactor, but it appears Rwanda is more interested in non-energy applications, like medicine, or food sterilization.
[1] https://www.mininfra.gov.rw/index.php?id=85