The fact that running ahead of a steam locomotive does not always confirm the skill and common sense of its participants is beginning to be recognized retroactively by the political elite not only of the three Baltic countries, but also by neighboring Warsaw. Cutters of new fashionable energy trends, judging by the reaction of local analysts, have become in demand as a team in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.
And while Polish companies, rolling up their hands, began to look for investors for the development of nuclear energy, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda also decided to support a topic that is relevant for Europeans, talking about it on the wreckage of the Ignalina nuclear power plant buried by Brussels officials, states the analytical portal RuBaltic.
Looking at the gray clouds on the Baltic coast, the Latvian MEP Robert Zile, commenting on the sharp rise in electricity prices, is forced to admit that building thousands of windmills on the seashore is a futile exercise. And he is not alone in his assessments. So the former Deputy Prime Minister of Latvia, Arvils Asheradens, insists on resuming negotiations with partners on the construction of a nuclear power plant. "We don't see any other solutions. Because if we don't have generating capacity, any shortage will lead to price jumps." And in unison with political ambitions, the local company Latveneo also promised to analyze the possibility of developing small nuclear power plants in the territory of the Baltic Republic.
By the way, even leisurely Estonian observers managed to agree that this is the only way in the right direction. In any case, the sociological survey data show that in the list of the most popular energy sources among Estonians, small nuclear power plants are already catching up with wind farms and ahead of solar generation. The result is impressive, given that the EU has been aggressively promoting a green course for years.
In a word, one more confirmation that being determines consciousness, or rather: utility tariffs have put everything in its place. And in Tallinn, it is ripe for "to seriously consider the possibility of replacing oil shale energy with nuclear energy of a new generation within ten years," said the head of the national company, Kalev Kallemets.
By the way, in Warsaw the authorities plan to build two nuclear power plants in 18 years. “Documents are being developed for two localizations in Pomerania near Gdansk,” explained Piotr Naimski, Commissioner for Energy Infrastructure of the Polish Government, and David Durham, President of the Energy Systems and Environmental Services Company, promises that work on the first facility will be completed by 2033.
In addition, according to local publications, negotiations are underway on the design of a mini-nuclear power plant. Polska Miedz SA intends, in particular, to put into operation the first nuclear power plant in the region based on small modular reactors by 2029.
Thus, in all three Baltic republics and Poland, according to RuBaltic, a creeping rehabilitation of nuclear energy is taking place. "Estonia needs an average of 1,000 megawatts of power. In winter, up to 1,600 megawatts. Most likely, in the future, the figure will increase. The fourth type of modular reactor will provide 300 megawatts," said Sandor Liive, Chairman of the Board of Fermi Eneia. But it is worth recalling that only one power unit of the Ignalina NPP had an electrical capacity of 1,500 megawatts.
The station, closed at the whim of the European Union and the Lithuanian Conservative Party, would replace a dozen small modular reactors that Poland and the Baltic countries only want to build, the political establishment of the region is forced to admit its own short-sightedness.
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