Young power engineers from 8 CIS countries will meet at the Youth Day of the Russian Energy Week

15 teams of young power engineers from 8 CIS countries will meet in the final of the CASE-IN International League of Young Professionals Engineering Championship, part of the platform ‘Russia – the Land of Opportunities’. In the final, which will take place on 13 October at the Youth Day of the Russian Energy Week International Forum, the youth teams will present optimal scenarios for low-carbon development of the CIS power industry.

The competition is co-organized by the Executive Committee of the CIS Electric Power Council and the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation. The championship is organized by the Reliable Change Foundation, the Youth Forum of Mining Leaders Non-Profit Partnership and AstraLogica LLC. The finals will be held with the support of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo) under the New Generation programme.

“The CASE-IN League of Young Professionals expands international cooperation in popularising engineering professions, engineering education, identifying and developing promising technologies, as well as strengthening horizontal ties and professional awareness among young professionals. National qualifying stages united young power engineers from 8 countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, with 15 strongest teams coming to the finals,” said Artem Korolev, founder and Co-Chairman of the CASE-IN Organizing Committee.

At the REW Youth Day, the finalist teams will present environmentally neutral technologies that will support the low-carbon development of the CIS electricity sector in the horizon to 2030/2035.

“We took a comprehensive approach to solving the problem, building on the already approved plans for commissioning/removal of generating equipment and proposed to green the existing thermal power plants, as well as to develop HPPs and NPPs,” shared Anastasia Chegodaeva, captain of the Itak team (Russia, SO UPS).

The triumphants admit that participation in the International League of Young Professionals has allowed them to pump up their skills and learn more about the problems in different sectors.

The best teams of Belarus were Beltei...&Co and Gomelenergo. The Beltei...&Co team included young specialists of BELTEM: Alexander Bobich (captain), Roman Veraksa and Vladislav Yuditsky.

According to Alexander Bobich, captain of the Beltei...&Co team (Belarus), he and his colleagues faced the task of increasing electricity production without using technologies that produce greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide (СО2).

 “We proposed to generate electricity using technologies based on wind turbines and solar electric plants in conjunction with the electricity storage systems required to balance the electricity generation schedule with the electricity consumption schedule. Our solution will reduce the carbon dioxide output by 2% compared to the existing СО2 generation,” commented Mr. Bobich.

Vladislav Klyuchinsky, captain of the Gomelenergo team, explained: “Our plan included the development of energy storage systems, hydrogen energy, including innovative methods of hydrogen transport, capture and beneficial use of greenhouse gases, as well as the development of mutually beneficial interstate partnership between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.”

Armenia will be represented by the Armtechteam at the decisive test. The young power engineers believe that the rapid development of renewable energy sources in Armenia creates certain problems in connection with the load stability of the electricity grid. The team proposed 2 solutions: certification to offset carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere and creation of a platform for citizens to control costs and save electricity.

The Energy Group team from the National Electric Networks of Uzbekistan considered the topic of solar and wind energy development until 2023 in Uzbekistan and selected the type of renewable energy sources for their country.

“The process of climate change is more relevant than ever and challenges all mankind to make the transition to clean and sustainable energy. It is no coincidence that we are discussing this topic at this league, as the climate change process has been launched and it is a kind of challenge for us to immediately transition to green energy,” say the finalists.

Azerbaijan will be represented in the finals by two youth teams of AZERISHYG. Young power engineers from the Azerimpuls team propose to emphasize microgeneration of consumers (subscribers and enterprises) and promotion of green energy to the masses, which will reduce the load on power plants, reduce СО2 emissions in the region and increase the percentage of renewable energy sources.

 “Our country is demonstrating good progress in the low-carbon direction of electricity. These kinds of events allow us to offer new ideas, learn about innovations, and learn from the experience of other CIS countries in this area, which will certainly influence the growth of our electricity system in the future,” noted the team captain Nijat Guseinov.

Young specialists from Kazakhstan have developed a strategy for low-carbon development of the energy sector in the country and proposed their vision of energy production development, taking into account the requirements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“Our team proposed the introduction of renewable energy production technologies together with digital technologies (Smart Grid). This solution makes it possible to minimise greenhouse gas emissions at the lowest possible cost,” shared the team captain Rauan Ibildaev.

Kyrgyzstan will be represented by 2 teams of young power engineers. Azamat Turgunbekov, captain of the 996 team, told about their achievement: “Now our country is experiencing an energy crisis, i.e. production does not meet the growing consumption. As a way out of this situation, our team considered the possibility of early transition to solar energy and construction of small HPPs on the territory of the Republic. We assume that after the implementation of the project, the load on CHPPs and HPPs will be reduced.”

In addition to the finals, teams will take part in other REW and Youth Day events.

The Russian Energy Week International Forum is organized by the Roscongress Foundation and the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation with the support of the Moscow City Government.

You can find the REW 2023 business programme on the official website of the Forum. Official REW website: rusenergyweek.com.

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