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Within the framework of the forum, with the support of NP EUROSOLAR Russia, a strategic session "Integration of renewable energy into existing energy systems" was held: prospects and challenges".
The head of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Russian Energy Agency" Alexey Kulapin in his speech indicated that although the share of renewable energy in the total generation of electricity in the Russian Federation is now at the level of 0.5%, this is 5 times more than it was produced 3 years ago. In the near future, Russia intends to increase the volume of green generation and will maintain the course of "carbon neutrality" outlined in the Strategy of socio-economic Development of Russia until 2050.
Alexey Zhikharev, Director of the Association for the Development of Renewable Energy (ARVE), presented the prospects for the development of renewable energy in Russia in his report. According to him, today the share of renewable energy in the installed capacity balance in Russia is significantly less than in countries that have actively promoted the policy of "green" energy in recent decades. Thus, in Germany and Denmark, the share of renewable energy sources today is 49% and 48%, respectively. Nevertheless, the existing support measures and the carbon neutrality policy announced in the country have given impetus to the development of investments in solar, wind and hybrid energy. According to the optimistic forecasts of the ARVE, the total capacity of renewable energy generation in Russia will grow 4 times by 2035, and by 2050 it will reach 100 GW of installed capacity.
Oleg Shutkin, CEO of one of the largest solar energy companies "UNIGRIN POWER", spoke about the problems of commissioning microgeneration facilities: small solar or wind generators with a capacity of 5-15 kW installed for power supply to one or several households. According to him, the owners of microgenerating systems face problems of connection to the common power grid due to a large number of unreasonable requirements and bureaucratic delays. "It is necessary to streamline the procedure for connecting micro renewable energy sources to the power grid, develop a single understandable mechanism and determine a reasonable time frame for approval," Oleg Shutkin said.
"The effective operation of renewable energy facilities operating in the retail market depends on taking into account the interests of all project participants: the regional government, the RES investor and the electric grid company," Georgy Kekelidze, Chairman of the Management Board of NP EUROSOLAR Russia, said in his speech. "It is advisable to carry out work on synchronizing such initiatives on the basis of the REA of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation."
Maxim Gubanov, a representative of the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation, spoke about the huge investment potential for the introduction of modern technological solutions based on renewable energy in remote and isolated areas of the Arctic and the Far East. Today, more than 1,000 facilities of inefficient diesel and fuel oil generation operate in the AZRF region. Such facilities require expensive delivery of energy resources to ensure uninterrupted power supply to consumers. The cost of kWh in some remote settlements of the Arctic reaches hundreds of rubles. In order to attract private investment in the field of renewable energy development in the northern regions of the country, the Corporation, together with the Ministry of Regional Development of Russia, is doing a lot of work to create a comprehensive system of preferences for interested companies.
Thus, despite the difficult foreign policy situation and numerous sanctions, Russia will continue to increase the capacity of "green" electricity generation, including in the Arctic, and will maintain its course towards carbon neutrality. Which we are very happy about!
Moderator:
- George Kekelidze, Chairman of the Management Board, Non-profit Partnership for the Development of Renewable Energy "Eurosolar Russia"
- Alexey Kulapin, General Director of the Russian Energy Agency
- Alexey Zhikharev, Director of the Association for the Development of Renewable Energy
- Maxim Gubanov, Head of the Energy and Housing Sector of the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation
- Oleg Shutkin, General Director of UNIGRIN POWER LLC
- Egor Grinkevich, Deputy General Director of NovaVind JSC
- Konstantin Zalessky, Development Director of the BE Energy-EMH Group (Switzerland)
- Alexander Voloshin, Director of the Competence Center "Technologies of Electric Power Transportation and Distributed Power Systems" of NTI Energinet at the NRU MEI, Honorary Doctor of Electrical Engineering, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Andreas Dreisibner, Director of A777, WepfAir (Switzerland, online)
- Dmitry Burykin, Head of Educational Projects and R&D Non-profit Partnership for the Development of Renewable Energy "Eurosolar Russia"