The micro-nuclear reactor project that Togo has signed with NNE, under the supervision of President Faure Gnassingbe, aims to diversify energy sources and increase access to electricity, while reducing environmental footprints.
Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe chaired a signing ceremony on Monday, December 2, for an agreement to produce electricity using micro-nuclear reactors with the American company Nano Nuclear Energy (NNE).
The documents were signed by Robert Koffi Messan Eklo, Minister of Mines and Energy Resources of Togo, and Ian Farnan, President of the Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre.
The agreement is part of the national energy diversification strategy.
Currently, approximately 70 percent of the Togolese population has access to electricity, mainly in urban areas.
Small modular reactors (SMRs) provide an innovative technological solution to increase electricity production capacity, reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels and minimise environmental impacts.
To support this project, President Gnassingbe announced the creation of the Togo Atomic Energy Commission (TAEC), responsible for promoting peaceful applications of nuclear technologies.
“These micro-reactor systems are very well suited to the situation in Togo where energy demand is changing rapidly,” said Ian Farnan.
The project aims to initiate a responsible and inclusive energy development model in West Africa.
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