The Arctic as a resource base
What’s wrong with Russia’s official documents on the Arctic.
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Publish date: November 25, 2005
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The Worldwatch report Renewable energy 2005 states that green energy installations produce 160 GW of electricity, which equals 4 percent of total world energy production.
According to the organizations experts, the quantity of alternative energy projects has rapidly increased in recent years. At least 48 countries (including 14 developing countries) have some kind of federal programme for renewable energy systems development. The majority of such countries expect green energy to supply about 30 percent of energy by 2012, Gazeta reported.
China is becoming one of the leading countries in clean energy development, following experience of Germany, the United States, Spain and Japan. China plans to increase clean energy production on 10 percent by 2012.
What’s wrong with Russia’s official documents on the Arctic.
As uranium supplies from Russia fall under the shadow of potential sanctions, and while Ukraine’s allies look to wean themselves off nuclear fuel produced by Moscow’s Rosatom corporation, owners of left-for-dead mines in the US are looking to revive their deposits.
The European Union doubled its purchases of Russian nuclear fuel in 2023, data from Eurostat and the UN’s international trade service Comtrade show.
The output of Russian nuclear power plants in 2023 decreased by 2.8% compared to 2022. A decrease in output occurred for the first time in 10 years a...