No need to compare nuclear and renewable energy: Rosatom chief

There is no need to compare nuclear and renewable power and the need is to find the 'right mix', chief of Russian atomic power corporation Rosatom chief Sergyey Kiriyenko said.

Speaking to a select group of Indian journalists here, Kiriyenko stressed that renewable and nuclear power need to be mixed to achieve a carbon free economy.

"We don't have to compare renewable energy and nuclear power. It is about optimum mix. Economies become burdened if they depend on one source of power," said Kiriyenko, who has also served as the prime minister of Russia in the past.

"Robust supply of power is needed for the industry. We need to have some basic load. This basic load can be ensured by nuclear power," he noted.

He said that renewable energy can be complementary. "Renewable energy can be complementary. We need to strike the right mix."

"Countries like Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Egypt and Jordan which have abundant sunshine (for generating solar power) are also going for nuclear energy," Kiriyenko said.

(Anjali Ojha can be reached at anjali.o@ians.in)

--IANS

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