Renewable energy

Arctic, Renewable energy

Villages in Russia’s Arctic make coveted progress with renewables energy

MURMANSK – A coupe of tiny settlements above Russia’s harsh Arctic Circle are offering a glimpse of the kind of economic savings and power that can be produced by making the switch renewable sources. The two small villages of Chavanga and Tetrino in Russia’s northwest  along the White Sea became the Murmansk Region’s first settlements […]

Russia’s expensive toy: Huge risks, rising costs, zero sense

ST. PETERSBURG – Last October, the St. Petersburg-based shipyard Baltiisky Zavod – Sudostroyeniye officially announced it was planning one year later to make delivery of the world’s first floating nuclear power plant. The newbuild, which has spent an eternity in construction limbo, is to be moored in a remote area in Russia’s Far North. Despite […]

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