According to Sergey Alekseenko, a Global Energy expert, Scientific Director of the Institute of Thermophysics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, geothermal energy is considered to be the most environmentally friendly form of energy as no greenhouse gases are emitted during its generation which does not require large areas of land.
Startup BigMoon Power, based in the Canadian province of Halifax, has developed a prototype plant that will generate electricity from the energy of ocean tides. The innovation will be applied in the Bay of Fundy located on the east coast of Canada.
As it follows from the basic scenario forecast of the International Nuclear Association, the global demand for uranium for nuclear reactors will increase by 27% by 2030, i.e. to 79.4 thousand tons versus 62.5 thousand in 2021. The conservative scenario assumes an increase by 12% (up to 70 thousand tons) while an optimistic scenario – by 58% (up to 99 thousand tons).
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