The Russian Energy
Week International Forum was held for the seventh time on 26–28 September in
Moscow. It was attended by government officials from different countries, the
CEOs of major Russian and international energy companies and organizations,
scientists, and experts.
“There are
currently three main trends in the global energy sector: the growing demand for
energy that we are seeing today and will continue in the future, technological
innovations that are changing the economy and energy, as well as changes in
geopolitics. The visit to Moscow by representatives of dozens of foreign
countries is an opportunity to discuss the current situation and current
forecasts, as well as to expand cooperation between our countries. Russian
Energy Week is a wonderful platform for this,” Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak said.
The main theme of
REW this year is ‘Energy Cooperation in a Multipolar World’.
“The modern world
cannot exist without Russian energy. Western leaders have declared an economic
war against us, but it actually turns out that French and Spanish companies and
half of Eastern Europe are officially buying Russian energy resources. The rest
are buying them as well, just unofficially by pretending they are not Russian.
It’s difficult to break up markets in the modern world. Global energy markets
will be unbalanced and won’t be able to
get by without Russia. The new multipolar world order, which the world majority
is declaring today that there are no alternatives to, is more clearly taking
shape and becoming an objective reality, making the debates and decisions that
we discussed at the REW platform even more significant. More than 5,300
participants from 81 countries took part in the Forum. The largest delegations
were from China, Venezuela, Iran, the UAE, and South Africa. The Forum once
again affirmed its status as a key industry platform, and this high level of
interest from foreign participants shows that the multipolar world order is
becoming our objective reality despite the counterproductive actions of a
number of Western countries,” Adviser to the
President of the Russian Federation and Executive Secretary of the REW 2024
Organizing Committee Anton Kobyakov said.
For the first
time, the events of REW were held at two venues: the Manege Central Exhibition
Hall, where the main events of the business programme took place, and Gostiny
Dvor, which hosted the Exhibition of Equipment and Technologies for the Fuel
and Energy Industry.
Business programme
The Forum’s
business programme included roughly 55 events featuring 350 speakers. It
was divided into five pillars: ‘International Agenda: Cooperation for
Development’, ‘Sustainable Energy Development’, ‘Technology and Data as the
Foundation of Leadership’, ‘Development of Russia’s Fuel and Energy Industry
Sectors: Strategy and Regulation’, and ‘Socially Oriented Fuel and Energy
Industry’.
The keynote event
of the Forum was the plenary session at which President of the Russian
Federation Vladimir Putin spoke. President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro
Obiang Nguema Mbasogo also took part in the session.
During the plenary
session, Putin noted that Russia is a global leader in the nuclear sector and
will secure this status as part of the national project ‘New Nuclear and
Energy Technologies’, which will be launched next year.
Deputy Prime
Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak, Minister of Energy
of the Russian Federation Sergey Tsivilev, and Moscow Mayor Sergey
Sobyanin also took part in plenary sessions.
The REW agenda
focused heavily on international cooperation and included a session devoted to
energy cooperation between Russia and Africa, the annual meeting of the BRICS
Energy Research Platform, and a discussion of global industry trends.
Another key event
of the Forum was the meeting of BRICS energy ministers, which was a
milestone of the year of Russia’s BRICS chairmanship.
Events on the
sidelines of the Forum included a meeting of the Coordinating Council for
Import Substitution of Oil and Gas Equipment under the Government Import
Substitution Commission and a meeting of the State Council’s Energy
Commission on ways to increase the reliability and efficiency of Russia’s
power grid.
The research and
training conference ‘Territory of Energy Dialogue’ was held on the
opening day of the Forum.
The business
programme of the Exhibition of Equipment and Technologies for the Fuel and
Energy Industry at Gostiny Dvor featured more than 20 sessions for the
engineering and technical staff of energy companies.
Participants
The following high-ranking officials took part in
the Forum: President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo; Venezuelan
Vice President and Minister of Petroleum Delcy Eloina Rodriguez Gomez; and Belarusian
Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Karankevich.
The Forum was also attended by foreign
ministers, including:
Afghan Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum Hidayatullah Badri; Egyptian
Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Esmat Mahmoud; Egyptian Minister of
Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Ibrahim Ali Badawi; Iranian
Minister of Energy Abbas Aliabadi; Yemeni Minister of Oil and
Minerals Saeed Sulaiman Al-Shamasi; Congolese Minister of Hydrocarbons Bruno
Jean-Richard Itoua; Minister to the Lao Prime Minister’s Office Sinava Souphanouvong; Malian Minister of Economy and
Finance Alousseni
Sanou; Malian
Minister of Energy and Water Resources Bintou Camara; Malian Minister of Mines Amadou Keita; Malian Minister of Transport
and Infrastructure Dembele Madina Sissoko; Myanma Minister of Electricity Nyan Tun; Pakistani Federal Minister of
Petroleum and Federal Minister of Water Resources Musadik Masood Malik; Belarusian Minister of Energy Alexey
Kushnarenko;
Senegalese Minister of Energy, Petroleum, and Mining Birame Souleye
Diop; Minister
Without Portfolio of the Republic of Serbia Nenad Popovic; Uzbek Minister of Energy Jurabek
Mirzamakhmudov;
Equatorial Guinea Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons Antonio Oburu
Ondo; and South
African Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho David Ramokgopa.
The
following heads of international organizations also took part in REW
2024: State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus Dmitry
Mezentsev; Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum Mohamed
Hamel; Chairman of the Executive Committee of the CIS Electric Power
Council Taras Kupchikov; and Executive Secretary and Head of the
Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization Sergey Pospelov.
The
Forum was attended by 35 heads of the diplomatic corps.
The
participants also included over 1,250 representatives of Russian and
foreign businesses from more than 260 companies.
Exhibition of
Equipment and Technologies for the Fuel and Energy Industry
The exhibition,
which was held at Gostiny Dvor as part of REW 2024, brought together more than
50 major companies, equipment suppliers, and technology manufacturers from all
sectors of the fuel and energy industry. The goal of the exhibition was to
showcase effective strategies and opportunities for the development of the fuel
and energy industry, as well as to strengthen existing and create new
international and inter-industry business relations. The exhibition was
visited by more than 5,400 people over the three days of the Forum.
The exhibitors
presented promising projects, breakthrough achievements, innovative equipment,
and advanced technologies used in the extraction, processing, transportation,
transmission, and distribution of energy resources, as well as local analogues
of foreign projects, developments, and solutions that are already in operation
today. The exhibition included several thematic areas: ‘Gas’, ‘Oil’, ‘Coal’,
‘Electric Power’, ‘Nuclear’, ‘Renewable Energy Sources’, ‘Petroleum Chemistry’,
and ‘Metrology in the Fuel and Energy Industry’.
Global Energy
Prize and Energy of the Pen Competition
REW 2024 hosted an
awards ceremony to present the Global Energy Prize for outstanding research and
scientific and technical developments that help improve the efficiency and
environmental safety of energy sources on Earth in the interests of all
humanity. The winners were Chinese-born Professor at the University of
Sheffield (UK) Zi-Qiang Zhu, Puerto Rico-born Professor of Chemistry at
Cornell University (USA) Hector Abruña, and Tsinghua University (China)
Professor Minggao Ouyang. Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian
Federation Alexander Novak presented the awards to the winners.
Zhu won the
Traditional Energy category for his outstanding contribution to developing
electrified transport, improving the energy efficiency of household appliances,
reducing emissions during the generation and use of electricity, and producing
energy from renewable sources.
Abruña won the
Alternative Energy category for his fundamental contributions in
electrochemistry, batteries, fuel cells, and molecular electronics.
Ouyang won the New
Energy Applications category for his technical leadership in the strategic
planning, research, demonstration, and commercialization of new energy
vehicles, and in particular for resolving technical challenges related to the
durability of hydrogen fuel cells, the safety of lithium-ion batteries, and
vehicle-grid interaction.
An awards ceremony
was also held during REW for the winners of the Energy of the Pen international
media competition, which shines the spotlight on journalists, observers, and
experts who write about the most pressing issues of modern energy, including
the transformation of the global energy balance, the development of new
technologies, and climate change. A total of 217 applications were submitted
for the 2024 competition, including 117 from 19 regions of Russia and the
remaining 100 from 27 countries of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and
South America.
The winners were
selected by a panel that included the heads of leading TV channels, business
publications, and news agencies. The awards were presented by Deputy Prime
Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak and Deputy Chief of
Staff of the Russian Presidential Executive Office and Press Secretary of the
President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov. The ceremony was
attended by Rosatom State Corporation Director General Alexey Likhachev,
Gazprom Neft CEO Alexander Dyukov, and Siberian Coal Energy Company
(SUEK) Deputy CEO and Director of Communications and Relations Sergey
Grigoryev. The competition was organized by the Global Energy Association.
Agreements
During the Forum,
companies and government organizations signed 28 agreements and
memoranda of cooperation, including:
·
An
agreement of intent between the Russian Government and the Fund for Infrastructure
and Educational Programmes of the RUSNANO Group on the development of
electricity storage systems.
·
Additional
agreements between the Russian Government, Gazprom Neft, and Gazprom Shelf
Project.
·
The
protocol of the 7th meeting of the Intergovernmental
Russian-Congolese Mixed Commission on Economic, Scientific, and Technical
Cooperation and Trade.
·
An
agreement between TGC-14 and Ural Turbine Works on the supply of a steam
turbine for a thermal power plant in Ulan-Ude.
·
Federal
Hydro-Generating Company RusHydro signed cooperation agreements with VK Tech on
the development of digital technologies, with KAMA on the development of
electric charging infrastructure and electric mobility, on its participation in
a programme for the right to purchase an ATOM electric vehicle, and a contract
with MMC Norilsk Nickel on the sale and purchase of carbon units.
·
Rosseti
signed cooperation agreements with the Russian Znanie Society and the Energy of
the Russian Spirit Foundation on assistance in the social adaptation,
rehabilitation, psychological assistance, advanced training, and employment of
veterans from the special military operation, and with Rusnano Management
Company on the ‘Electric Car and Hydrogen Car’ initiative for the socioeconomic
development of the Russian Federation.
·
Saint-Petersburg
International Mercantile Exchange and the Iran Mercantile Exchange signed a
memorandum of understanding.
·
The
Russian Energy Agency of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation and
the Global Energy Association for the Development of International Research and
Projects in the Energy Industry signed a memorandum of cooperation.
Youth Day
REW concluded with
Youth Day, which was attended by more than 2,200 young specialists,
university students, and high school students. They exchanged experience
and ideas, recapped the results of their project activities in 2024, and laid
out the youth agenda of the fuel and energy sector for 2025. The central event
of Youth Day was the plenary session ‘Who Wants to Become an Energy
Specialist?’, which was attended by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian
Federation Alexander Novak. The 6th BRICS Youth Energy Summit was
also held on the sidelines of Youth Day. In total, the REW Youth Day programme
included 40 events in various formats.
Sporting programme
Political and business leaders, as well as star athletes, artists, and
public figures took part in the ‘A Step Together’ charity basketball match, which took place at the
Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace in Moscow. The participants were divided
into two teams ‘Together with Roscongress’ and ‘A Step with Viner’ and the
match ended in a draw (73-73). Prominent players on the two teams included
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian
Federation Alexander Novak, Honoured Artist of Russia Gosha Kutsenko, VTB United League President Sergey
Kushchenko, Russian Athletics
Federation President Pyotr Ivanov, VTB United League General Director and
two-time Olympic medallist Ilona
Korstin, Olympic bronze medallists Svetlana Abrosimova, Natalya
Vodopyanova, and Sergey Monya, former Russian national football team players Dmitry Bulykin and Alexey Smertin, President of the Central Sports Council of
the Civil Service and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the A Step Together
Foundation Sergey Kachushkin, popular blogger Sasha Stone, and others.
The teams were coached by Olympic champions Yevgeny Gomelsky and Ivan Yedeshko.
Expert and
analytical support for REW 2024
The Roscongress
Foundation’s Information and Analytical System continued to develop its Summary
service, which provides brief analytical recaps of discussions with
descriptions of the key conclusions, problems, and solutions voiced during the
discussions. Cards with prominent quotes from key speakers at REW 2024 were
prepared. The materials were prepared using artificial intelligence.
A report titled
‘Recap of Russian Energy Week 2024’ will be prepared based on the Forum
results. It will be available in electronic form on the event’s official
website rusenergyweek.com and in the
Roscongress Foundation’s Information and Analytical System roscongress.org.
Partners
General Nuclear
Partner – Rosatom State Corporation
Strategic Partner
– Rosseti
Official Oil
Partner – Transneft
Official Partners
– Gazprom Neft, NOVATEK, Sberbank, Sibur, Surgutneftegas, Inter RAO, and Ural
Turbine Works
Partners –
Gazprom, RusHydro, and RussNeft
Communications
Partner – MAER
Business Partners
– Bank GPB, EuroSibEnergo, Zarubezhneft, Rosneft, Lukoil, Independent Oil and
Gas Company, Mining and Metallurgical Company Norilsk Nickel, and Elga
Management Company
Business Programme
Partners – Kuzbassrazrezugol Management Company, Promsyrieimport, Russian
Railways, Russian Energy Agency of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian
Federation, and T Plus
Organizing
Partners – Alfa Bank, Global Energy Association, KTK-R, Promsvyazbank, SOGAZ,
SUEK, System Operator of the Unified Energy System, Saint-Petersburg
International Mercantile Exchange, Forward Energy, Unipro, and Unigreen Energy
Official Suppliers
– Aqua Holding, Alcohol Siberian Group, Legend of Baikal, and ZARYAD!
Partner of the
Exhibition Business Programme – Power Machines
Partner of Youth
Day – Reliable Shift Foundation
Russian Energy
Week was held with the support of the Russian Government, the Ministry of
Energy of the Russian Federation, and the Moscow Government. It was organized
by the Roscongress Foundation.
Official REW
website: rusenergyweek.com. Follow the
latest news about the event and the industry on the official REW page on VKontakte.
