Kundrati

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Solar power becomes the new fad in the Kundrati Union as potential new power plants begin planning and construction

[9 January 5625]

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The power system in Kundrati has been heavily reliant on nuclear power plants and the homegrown uranium industry, which has powered the entire country since at least the 53rd century. Such power has stabilized the country and allowed it to grow into a major economy throughout Artania and Terra for at least three centuries. It will have been a meteoric rise of an economy fuelled by such power plants. Etxea has imported that power through various power lines that have connected the island to the mainland for a very long time.

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However, this isn't the case anymore. After the Invasion of the Homeland, those lines were disconnected. Initially, this meant that the island lacked power. Oil imports and generators from countries like Luthori have helped to sustain the power grid for some time now. However, construction on a dedicated power plant, whether fuelled by oil or from Luthorian coal, has been put off for now, citing a lack of resources to do so.

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However, for the past few years, especially from last year onwards, people throughout the island have begun to import various solar panels and connect them to their houses and offices. Some offices are now installed with rooftop solar panels, and some houses in the middle and east of Etxea have solar panels fuelling their homes. These solar panels come from various nations, and customers are importing their solar panels from these nations. However, not many houses and office parks have solar panels due to the high cost inherent in importing solar panels from countries far away, though the Presidential House in Jildrati City and various other Government facilities in Jildrati City and elsewhere have solar panels fuelling the Government.

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However, with some funding from South Dovani and various reconstruction funds coming out of the Conference of Altea, new solar panel factories are being planned and built in the mid-east part of the island. One has already begun construction and is expected to be completed in ten years' time, while another is under planning and will start construction in 5627 with an ETA ten years after that. When these panels are finished, solar panels will become cheaper for the citizens of the Kundrati Union. For now, however, the government is encouraging the ESK to install solar panels in new developments, which they currently do not have (though the ESK neighborhoods will have a dedicated coal power plant for emergency use).

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Of course, as Etxea was once powered by nuclear power plants, nuclear power plant construction is already being planned for the western part of Etxea to power the entire island. Beluzian funds have already been put into the planning state and in acquiring uranium for the plant; however, funding for the actual construction of the plant has been put on hold pending additional funding. The hope is that from there, funding can be found, and such a project can be worked on, though, of course, it will take a very long time from there as this would be the first time in a long time that a new nuclear power plant was constructed in Kundrati.