As
part of Russian Energy Week in Moscow, the panel session ‘EnergyNet: The
Reboot’ will cover the results of the implementation of the EnergyNet NTI
roadmap, and auxiliary stimulation and government support measures aiming to
accelerate the introduction of promising high-tech projects.
The
discussion will feature First Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian
Federation Alexey Texler, Head of the Subgroup ‘Reliable and Flexible Networks’
of the National Technology Initiative ‘EnergyNet’ Vladislav Vorotnitsky, and
Vice President and Executive Director of the Cluster of Energy Efficient
Technologies of the Skolkovo Foundation Oleg Dubnov.
The
Presidential Economic Modernization and Innovative Development Council
Presidium approved the EnergyNet NTI roadmap in September 2016. The project
aims to develop Russian smart energy technologies and help Russian companies
lead the way in global future energy markets over the next 15–20 years. The
roadmap has already resulted in some pilot projects being implemented,
improvements made to the regulatory framework and technical regulations, and a
range of measures being taken to develop workforce potential.
At
the same time, new technologies are developing across the globe at an
ever-increasing rate, defining the technological landscape for equipment
markets, software, engineering, and energy industry services. While this will
magnify the challenges facing the Russian energy industry, it will also create
additional opportunities to accelerate the roadmap and develop innovation in
the sector as a whole.
Session
participants will outline ways to increase the effectiveness of the roadmap and
make energy companies and development institutions more engaged in its
implementation.
As
Oleg Dubnov notes, the procedures for state venture financing for approved
EnergyNet projects should be simplified. “It is important to make the
implementation of such projects easier in relevant companies, to stimulate
major enterprises to cooperate with such projects,” said Dubnov.
According
to Dubnov, in order to unify projects solving separate and independent
objectives, the EnergyNet expert group has already started attracting companies
that can act as project integrators for the development of more comprehensive
products. They are also cooperating with other development institutions to
attract more investment.
As
Oleg Grinko, leader of the EnergyNet National Technology Initiative and moderator
of the discussion underscored, “In order to implement the EnergyNet roadmap,
there must be close cooperation between state and private companies. We must
identify effective mechanisms for testing new technical solutions in the
current energy industry regulation model.”
“An important issue that we want to discuss is the
implementation of EnergyNet integrated pilot projects in Russia’s regions and
in specific network organizations. Similar projects have already been
implemented in Kaliningrad, Sevastopol, and Veliky Novgorod. At the session, we
plan to discuss one of the key related issues: the creation of a management
system for comprehensive pilot projects that takes the simultaneous
participation of large corporations and small and medium-sized companies into
account. The main task of such system would be creating risk-reducing
operations models and models that would allow projects to be scaled
successfully across the Russian Federation and abroad,” says Grinko.