Rosatom deems nuclear energy to be crucial to economy decarbonization

Minsk, 19 July – Neftegaz.RU. Nuclear energy plays the key role in resolving economy decarbonization problems, Deputy Director of Rosatom's Regional Center for Eastern Europe Vladimir Gorn made the statement during the Electric Transport Day organized by the Belarusian Energy Ministry in association with the the Russian corporation Rosatom, BelTA learned.

On 16 July experts discussed electric transport development trends in Belarus as well as the new opportunities the commissioning of the Belarusian nuclear power plant opens up for Belarus from the point of view of transport decarbonization.

Vladimir Gorn said:

• Nuclear energy plays the key role in resolving economy decarbonization problems
• Nowadays NPPs represent one of the most reliable sources of clean energy
• Belarus has chosen safe nuclear energy as the national energy strategy
• It is a decision of strategic importance that will allow providing the country's economy with a reliable source of energy for many years in addition to helping the country reach the sustainable development goals

• A new age of green transport transition has begun
• World corporations intend to make more electric vehicles and fewer automobiles with internal combustion engines
• For us as a producer of accumulation systems based on lithium-ion batteries it is a signal that heralds the start of revolutionary processes

Lithium-ion batteries as part of electric transport have become popular recently due to a number of advantages, they do not require expensive service, they can be charged from a common power socket, and need no special room for charging.