Brazil has historically relied on hydro for as much as 80% of its electricity, but changes in rainfall patterns produced droughts that reduced this to 65% by 2018.

The MOU, the first such document between Russia and Nicaragua, details a wide range of areas, in particular, raising public awareness about nuclear technologies, the development of Nicaragua’s nuclear infrastructure, and non-energy applications of nuclear energy in industry, agriculture and medicine.

Uranium One is an international group of companies, part of Tenex (a subsidiary of Rosatom), and one of the world’s largest uranium producers with a diverse portfolio of assets worldwide, including in Kazakhstan, Tanzania and Namibia.

Electricity consumption in Brazil should increase by an average 3.5%/year over the 2021-2031 period

A $1.2 billion pilot stage aiming to produce 35,000 tons of green hydrogen is planned for 2022-2024, before a $7.2 billion first productive stage aiming for an output of some 215,000 tons of green hydrogen - enough to power 1.6 million homes.

Chile has unveiled a new National Energy Policy, a roadmap for the development of the sector, which targets 80% of renewables in power generation by 2030 and 100% by 2050

Николай Шульгинов и Министр горнорудной промышленности и энергетики Бразилии Бенто Албукерке на площадке «Российской энергетической недели» обсудили перспективы расширения партнерства двух стран в топливно-энергетической сфере.

The US$700m project, which is expected to generate 2 TWh/year, will include 140 turbines with a maximum power of 7 MW.

Situated in southeast Venezuela, the Orinoco Belt contains some of the largest reserves of crude in the world, but the oil needs dilution and upgrading because of its extremely high viscosities and heavy metal content.

Argentina's nuclear sector has three PHWRs with a total generating capacity of 1641 MWe across the Atucha I, Atucha II and Embalse power plants.

Over 90% of Brazil’s LNG import volumes in the first half of 2021 were from the United States.

CGE is one of the largest electricity distribution companies in Chile and supplies electricity to 45% of the country's households.

Komarov added that the CNTRD is Rosatom's first project in Latin America "of such significance".

In 2013, Chile approved a new legal target of 20% by 2025 for the share of non-conventional renewables in the power mix (23% in 2020).

Before work was suspended, it was in line to be the world’s first operating SMR. The government licensed it as a prototype in 2009.