Russian Energy Week Kicks Off Competition for Innovative Energy Companies
Russian Energy Week 2019 will launch ‘Top 10 Innovative
Energy Companies’ competition. It aims to identify the most solicited and
promising innovative solutions to significantly change the energy sector both
in Russia and worldwide. The organizers are the Ministry of Energy of the
Russian Federation and the Roscongress Foundation. The Russian Energy Week 2019
is to take place on 2–5 October in Moscow.
“The competition aims
to combine efforts and knowledge in various fields of science and technology to
create the energy of the future. Our task is to promote innovative energy
technologies, improve the infrastructure of the industry and strengthen
Russia’s position on the global market,” said Alexander Novak, Minister of
Energy of the Russian Federation.
The competition is part of the Roscongress Foundation’s
‘Business Priority’ campaign to promote a national quality standard for
high-tech, highly liquid innovative companies. “The competition covers a wide
range of energy industry priority areas including digital solutions and
automation systems, equipment monitoring and troubleshooting, energy
information and cyber security, new production materials and technologies,”
said the Chairman of the Board, CEO of the Roscongress Foundation Alexander
Stuglev.
The TOP-10 innovative energy projects competition aims to
identify and facilitate the development of high-tech knowledge-based companies.
The significance of the energy infrastructure for Russia and the world calls
for research and development of new technological solutions in the energy
sector. New technical projects and teams, prepared for the challenges of the
future, will gain direct access to the world’s largest technology consumers,
and will be able to quickly implement their project, as well as scale and
export their product to foreign markets.
An expert committee consisting of representatives of the
Ministry of Energy, the Roscongress Foundation, the Skolkovo Foundation, and
influential Russian venture funds is to identify the most remarkable innovative
companies. Among other dimensions, experts will evaluate the potential for the
overall industry development and an innovative approach to solving problems.
All finalists of the competition will receive the ‘Business
Priority’ status. The results will be announced at the Russian Investment
Forum, which is to take place in Sochi on 12–14 February 2020. Both events are
organized by the Roscongress Foundation.
