listen i get what you mean but these guys wont invest in nuclear bro , just hope that we have oil, coal and gas that's the only hope for now Somalia is 50 years behind the world, they are addicted to building hotels, houses ,airports etc. instead of just starting from scratch and urban planing, building a sewer system water treatment plants, upgrading the grid, roads etc.Lol this is canadian dollars which is 3b usd, and its a fleet of four reactors that use new technology, theres also many other factors like Canada having one of the strictest nuclear licensing laws and additional infrastructure being built
I gave examples of cheaper ones
Just because x buys y for a larger amount dont mean its the standards and they dont have the same electricity needs
Here are cheaper ones
CAREM - Wikipedia
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Heres another one
ROK / KSA deal for 100 MW SMART Reactor could be a model for U.S.
A deal inked in 2011 between ROK and KSA could be seen as a model to form the basis for an agreement for U.S. firms to export nuclear technology to KSA. Is anyone looking into this? In November 201…neutronbytes.com
The Perfect Power Grid and the Future of Clean Energy ?
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You seem really misinformed, thats a myth thats been addressed so many times on here
And as I showed you how building a better energy grid is also one of the top priorities
lip service buddy
you must be a fob, go to school man and get an education,
They are saying these small reactors are $5b+. Big task for a country to mine uranium and construct these, let’s focus on fossil fuels for now and drill that oil.
I think it must be higher than that, because they announced that by the end of 2025 80% of would be green energy.
They are even operating a 50MW biogas plant, and from the information available on several regional and local energy providers’ websites, it’s clear that many rural areas and towns now receive most of their electricity from hybrid renewable projects
Also are they really investing into AI datacenters ?
Yeah to boost computing, processing and storage power . They are building 11 of them across the country.
Think how much electricity data centers need so the fact that they can power them using solar power is pretty impressive.
Watch this:
In addition to that 85% of their equipment is powered by Solar energy already
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Hormuud - is the leading telecommunications provider in Somalia. Founded in Mogadishu, for the last 20 years we have provided Somalis at home and abroad with reliable internet, calls, and mobile money services.
These graphs are extremely misleading because Somalia’s electricity system is decentralized. It’s tied to multiple microgrids operated by metro grid providers, not to a single national grid. These aren’t makeshift or temporary solutions they are fully localized grids.
The graphs confuse national energy scale with local access and efficiency.
In fact, local access and efficiency are precisely why electricity coverage has expanded so rapidly across both urban and rural areas. It’s also why Somalia experiences far fewer blackouts and power shortages compared to our neighbors like Kenya and Ethiopia.
This is why the world is beginning to recognize that localized microgrids are more efficient and reliable than centralized national grids. In many ways, Somalia has technologically leapfrogged ahead in this regard.
Beyond the Grid: The Case for Decentralized Energy Systems - EIS
Discover how decentralized energy systems enhance resilience and energy security, drive sustainability, and empower local communities.
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On pricing, Ethiopia and Kenya often face higher electricity costs than Somalia. Online reporting, however, is unreliable figures are often outdated or based on generalized assumptions that fail to reflect the realities on the ground.
It’s not only tariffs that determine costs, but also the overall pricing structure itself.
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If you’ve read Almond Energy’s website, you’d know they have experts with over 25 years of experience and have been working in Somalia since 2019 on knowledge transfer and local capacity-building. Nuclear energy is far cheaper to set up today thanks to technological advancements, and there’s also broad technical support from international nuclear organizations. --->>> https://almond-energy.com/
As for Somalia being a “shithole,” the reality is very different: most people have improved housing, internet, electricity, clean water, and access to vibrant local markets. The private sector is dynamic, employing thousands and delivering essential services.
The government is functional in many respects and actively engaged in numerous public–private partnership projects. Across the country, new roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, parks, drainage systems, water supply networks, and other key infrastructure continue to be built.
The main challenge has been the narrow tax base (due to a large informal economy), but the private sector has consistently stepped up, often co-financing development projects with local authorities.
On renewable energy: Somalia has already rolled out solar power nationwide , powering storage facilities, street lights, boreholes, irrigation, and community water systems.
Solar installations began in 2016:
Somalia: First solar project launched in Puntland
Event speakers welcomed new renewable energy production, asking for the company to treat traditional Garowe consumers with much care.
www.garoweonline.com
This video that talks about it and it also features wind energy:
From 2016–2018, Somali banks aggressively financed solar projects, allocating funds to multiple companies and organizations.
That’s nearly a decade of successful deployment. Renewable energy is not a scam , it’s working, and the focus now is on scaling it up further.
Theft is not the problem you imagine. Nobody is stealing or selling solar panels. In fact, theft rates are low in Somalia and “Mooryaans” are a relic of the 1990s. Communities see solar as an economic lifeline: it supports businesses, expands storage capacity, and drives livelihoods.
Today, hybrid solar systems are increasingly paired with storage batteries and backup diesel or biomass, providing 24/7 coverage.
When people on this site go on these diatribes, it actually gives me the opportunity to make it educational by correcting them.
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@Barkhadle1520 Going back to your first post, if you look at that picture, when it comes to distributed/decentralized systems there is no assumption that solar power alone is expected to run the entire country. What’s actually being rolled out is a hybrid system, where energy comes from multiple sources (gas/diesel, nuclear, wind, solar, thermal, geothermal, etc.), all combined and tied to battery storage.This is why the world is beginning to recognize that localized microgrids are more efficient and reliable than centralized national grids. In many ways, Somalia has technologically leapfrogged ahead in this regard.
Beyond the Grid: The Case for Decentralized Energy Systems - EIS
Discover how decentralized energy systems enhance resilience and energy security, drive sustainability, and empower local communities.
Somalia now has a unique advantage going forward because its grid system and infrastructure have been built to be scalable, low-cost, reliable, and future-ready.
Meanwhile, local electricity access in countries like Kenya is still very poor due to their reliance on a centralized national grid:
NTV Kenya: The village that makes electricity but lives in darkness
When the sun goes down, an inky darkness envelops Riting village on the shores of Lake Turkwel.
ntvkenya.co.ke
Kenya: Wind farms but no power for locals – DW – 12/09/2019
Kenya's Lake Turkana is the world's biggest permanent desert lake, and the site of Africa's largest wind farm project. It was built on land held by authorities in trust for the area's inhabitants; but they have no access to the electricity supply.
www.dw.com
Because each plant or area relies on a single energy source makes it problematic as well because there is no back up or way to switch to another source.
The problem with these centralized setups is that each plant or region often relies on a single energy source, leaving no backup or flexibility to switch to another. Hydropower, wind, and other renewables are especially vulnerable to weather and seasonal changes:
Both countries have constant power outages.
Kenya: recurring power cuts disrupt daily life - energynews
Massive power cuts in Kenya underscore urgent need to modernize electricity infrastructure and tackle technical challenges
energynews.pro
In Ethiopia it really hits households hard:
Impact of power outages on households in developing countries: Evidence from Ethiopia
In developing countries, access to electricity has received much attention. However, the reliability of its supply has been given less focus, though p…
By contrast, in Somalia you don’t see reports of widespread blackouts or communities living next to power plants without electricity. Power runs continuously throughout the year, thanks to the decentralized microgrid model and hybrid systems supported by battery storage and access reaches people because it's localized.
I’d even argue Somalia’s electricity infrastructure is actually more modernized, since it’s continuously updated and expanded. As I explained in another thread months ago:
I agree that energy sources need to be diversified but I highly doubt your claim that electricity is way cheaper now, maybe in xamar it went down a bit@Barkhadle1520 Going back to your first post, if you look at that picture, when it comes to distributed/decentralized systems there is no assumption that solar power alone is expected to run the entire country. What’s actually being rolled out is a hybrid system, where energy comes from multiple sources (gas/diesel, nuclear, wind, solar, thermal, geothermal, etc.), all combined and tied to battery storage.
Somalia now has a unique advantage going forward because its grid system and infrastructure have been built to be scalable, low-cost, reliable, and future-ready.
Meanwhile, local electricity access in countries like Kenya is still very poor due to their reliance on a centralized national grid:
NTV Kenya: The village that makes electricity but lives in darkness
When the sun goes down, an inky darkness envelops Riting village on the shores of Lake Turkwel.Kenya: Wind farms but no power for locals – DW – 12/09/2019
Kenya's Lake Turkana is the world's biggest permanent desert lake, and the site of Africa's largest wind farm project. It was built on land held by authorities in trust for the area's inhabitants; but they have no access to the electricity supply.
Because each plant or area relies on a single energy source makes it problematic as well because there is no back up or way to switch to another source:
The problem with these centralized setups is that each plant or region often relies on a single energy source, leaving no backup or flexibility to switch to another. Hydropower, wind, and other renewables are especially vulnerable to weather and seasonal changes:
Both countries have constant power outages.
Kenya: recurring power cuts disrupt daily life - energynews
Massive power cuts in Kenya underscore urgent need to modernize electricity infrastructure and tackle technical challenges
In Ethiopia:
Impact of power outages on households in developing countries: Evidence from Ethiopia
In developing countries, access to electricity has received much attention. However, the reliability of its supply has been given less focus, though p…www.sciencedirect.com
By contrast, in Somalia you don’t see reports of widespread blackouts or communities living next to power plants without electricity. Power runs continuously throughout the year, thanks to the decentralized microgrid model and hybrid systems supported by battery storage.
I’d even argue Somalia’s electricity infrastructure is actually more modernized, since it’s continuously updated and expanded. As I explained in another thread months ago:
Where is that first picture from ? Also are you saying the electricity data is also under estimated or something@Barkhadle1520 Going back to your first post, if you look at that picture, when it comes to distributed/decentralized systems there is no assumption that solar power alone is expected to run the entire country. What’s actually being rolled out is a hybrid system, where energy comes from multiple sources (gas/diesel, nuclear, wind, solar, thermal, geothermal, etc.), all combined and tied to battery storage.
Somalia now has a unique advantage going forward because its grid system and infrastructure have been built to be scalable, low-cost, reliable, and future-ready.
Meanwhile, local electricity access in countries like Kenya is still very poor due to their reliance on a centralized national grid:
NTV Kenya: The village that makes electricity but lives in darkness
When the sun goes down, an inky darkness envelops Riting village on the shores of Lake Turkwel.Kenya: Wind farms but no power for locals – DW – 12/09/2019
Kenya's Lake Turkana is the world's biggest permanent desert lake, and the site of Africa's largest wind farm project. It was built on land held by authorities in trust for the area's inhabitants; but they have no access to the electricity supply.
Because each plant or area relies on a single energy source makes it problematic as well because there is no back up or way to switch to another source.
The problem with these centralized setups is that each plant or region often relies on a single energy source, leaving no backup or flexibility to switch to another. Hydropower, wind, and other renewables are especially vulnerable to weather and seasonal changes:
Both countries have constant power outages.
Kenya: recurring power cuts disrupt daily life - energynews
Massive power cuts in Kenya underscore urgent need to modernize electricity infrastructure and tackle technical challenges
In Ethiopia it really hits households hard:
Impact of power outages on households in developing countries: Evidence from Ethiopia
In developing countries, access to electricity has received much attention. However, the reliability of its supply has been given less focus, though p…
By contrast, in Somalia you don’t see reports of widespread blackouts or communities living next to power plants without electricity. Power runs continuously throughout the year, thanks to the decentralized microgrid model and hybrid systems supported by battery storage and access reaches people because it's localized.
I’d even argue Somalia’s electricity infrastructure is actually more modernized, since it’s continuously updated and expanded. As I explained in another thread months ago:
I agree that decentralized is better, but thermal energy needs to be scrapped its too inefficient and expensive; wind and natural gas are good alternatives
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