In the leaders' statements to the media after the summit, President Putin said that "a promising area for expanding bilateral cooperation is nuclear energy", while Vietnamese President To Lam said "we also agreed to explore opportunities for stepping up our cooperation on new energy sources and clean energy, as well as facilitate the green transition and sustainable development".

There is increasing market acceptance of Russian SMRs, despite Western geopolitical pressures. Numerous countries in Central Asia, including Uzbekistan, which agreed an SMR investment with Rosatom, using a RITM200 reactor commissioned to build it by 2026.

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Brent slid 40 cents, or 0.5%, to $84.84 a barrel, WTI were at $80.34 a barrel, down 39 cents, or 0.5%.

The parties plan to discuss the current state of and prospects for the continued development of a comprehensive strategic partnership between Russia and Vietnam in the trade and economy, scientific and technology, and humanitarian fields, and exchange opinions on relevant items on the international and regional agenda.

Tolerant fuel with silicon carbide shells will not only minimise, but completely eliminate the risk of a steam-zirconium reaction – the main cause of almost all past accidents at NPPs.

The world’s most populous nation expects to add 15.4 gigawatts in the year through March 2025, the most in nine years, said people familiar with the matter, asking not to be named as the information isn’t yet public.

At the end of 2023, solar and wind accounted for nearly 24% of installed capacity in India, with respectively 73 GW and 45 GW, while hydropower capacity reached nearly 52 GW.

The proposed plan will seek approval from the country’s Economic Council and should require US$8.3bn of private sector investment, in three phases.

Changes including allowing full foreign ownership of renewable energy projects have already helped secure a pipeline of 99 gigawatts of wind and solar developments.

Brent rose 2 cents to $85.35 a barrel, WTI was down 6 cents to $81.51 per barrel.

В ходе переговоров стороны обсудили двустороннее взаимодействие по всем трекам межправкомиссии, включая вопросы сотрудничества в экономической, энергетической и транспортной сферах, а также в области туризма.

Речь шла о взаимодействии в области строительства энергообъектов на территории Кубы, в том числе нового энергоблока мощностью 200 МВт и сооружении солнечных электростанций мощностью до 360 МВт.

Для ускорения энергетического перехода в России уже внедрены механизмы привлечения инвестиций в строительство объектов ВИЭ, действует программа развития микро-генерации на ВИЭ у граждан и в домашних хозяйствах, внедрена система добровольного изменения объемов потребления потребителями, а также реализуется дорожная карта по развитию систем накопления энергии.

Thermal power, which accounts for the bulk of China’s carbon footprint, fell 4.3% in May from the previous year, the biggest drop since 2022, the statistics bureau reported on Monday.