Sfruttare vento, sole e atomi: come il Kazakistan intende passare a un'energia più pulita

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Sfruttare vento, sole e atomi: come il Kazakistan intende passare a un'energia più pulita  In questo episodio di Focus, approfondiamo il settore energetico del Kazakistan e i piani del Paese per raggiungere zero emissioni entro il 2060 combinando energia rinnovabile ed energia nucleare.  In collaborazione con MDQ  ALTRE INFORMAZIONI : http://it.euronews.com/2025/08/01/sfruttare-vento-sole-e-atomi-come-il-kazakistan-intende-passare-a-unenergia-piu-pulita  Abbonati, euronews è disponibile in 12 lingue.

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00:00Iniziamo a un'energia di più, inizia a un'energia di più, inizia a un'energia di più.

00:29of reaching carbon neutrality by 2060,

00:32for which it plans to build nuclear power plants

00:35and increase the share of renewable energy.

00:37For the Kazakhstan economy, it's a huge challenge,

00:40because you know, at the moment,

00:45the gas generation in the country is 70%.

00:49For a country that depends on the cheap tariffs

00:53from the old gas generation, it's a huge challenge.

00:56There are already 156 renewable energy projects

01:00operating in Kazakhstan,

01:01with nine more planned to launch this year.

01:04Overall, the country plans to bring renewable energy share

01:07in the country's energy balance to 15% by 2030

01:11and to 50% by 2050.

01:26The main renewable energy sources in Kazakhstan

01:31are wind and sun.

01:33Depending on the region,

01:34it is sunny for 120 to 260 days a year.

01:39At the same time, 60% of the country have wind power

01:42above 6 meters per second,

01:44including this wind power plant located 2 hours from Astana.

01:47The 22 turbines at the power plant

01:59generate electricity throughout the year

02:01with little interruption.

02:02The station workers say

02:03there are only about two to three weeks a year without wind.

02:06Unfortunately, due to the changeable nature

02:11of renewable energy sources,

02:13countries have to diversify.

02:15With the carbon neutrality in mind,

02:17Kazakhstan decided to build not one,

02:19but three nuclear power plants

02:21to address the increasing energy demand

02:23and offset the wearing down of current infrastructure.

02:25The energy expert notes that Kazakhstan is not unfamiliar

02:49with the nuclear industry.

02:51From 1973 till 1999,

02:54the country had a fast neutron reactor

02:57supplying electricity to the western city of Ahtau.

02:59The country also produces over 40% of the global uranium.

03:03Kazakhstan is the world's leading uranium producer.

03:06Roughly one in every three reactors in the world

03:09is supplied with the country's uranium.

03:11It powers facilities in India,

03:13China, Australia,

03:15France,

03:16Canada,

03:16and many more.

03:17This is the central Moenkum uranium mining site

03:20of the Kazatomprom national company.

03:22The company controls all of the uranium exploration in Kazakhstan

03:25and operates 14 mining enterprises,

03:2812 of which are in the form of joint ventures.

03:3145 to 50% of our experts go to Asian market.

03:3725 to 30%, on average, very rough numbers,

03:41is America's.

03:42And 25 to 30%, again, depending on the year,

03:47is European market.

03:48Kazakhstan uses in-city recovery method,

03:51which is more cost-efficient

03:52and has lower environmental footprint.

03:54The extraction starts with drilling wells

03:56deep into the ground.

03:57The first well injects uranium ore

03:59with sulfuric acid solution,

04:01which dissolves the rock ore.

04:03At the processing plant,

04:20the uranium is extracted from the solution

04:22through processes called sorption and desorption.

04:25This mine has more than 12,000 tons of uranium,

04:40which is a small portion of the 900,000 tons of uranium resources

04:44that the Kazakh land hides.

04:47With such reserves,

04:48the three future power plants will have plenty of fuel

04:51to not only satisfy the country's energy demand,

04:54but also export energy.

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