Competition of projects on energy efficiency and alternative energy. Competition of projects on energy efficiency and alternative energy Events in Russia

Growing interest in renewable energy projects may indicate an investment thaw in Russian economy

In 2017, 78 applications for the construction of wind farms were submitted for the competitive selection of projects for the construction of energy facilities using renewable energy sources (RES). 43 projects with a total installed capacity of more than 1,651 MW were selected. This is almost three times more than last year: then only 610 MW passed the competitive selection. This revival suggests a change in the attitude of investors towards this industry, which has so far been poorly developed in Russia. An important role was played by the consolidation of investors, equipment manufacturers and developers, as well as the easing of requirements for the use of domestic equipment and the introduction of a mechanism for protecting investments from currency risks.

Incentives and barriers

In 2013, a mechanism for supporting renewable energy energy appeared on the Russian wholesale electricity market, providing for a guaranteed return on investment in the construction of solar, wind stations and small hydroelectric power plants through capacity supply agreements (CSA). Under such agreements, all wholesale consumers pay for the power of renewable energy facilities at higher rates compared to traditional generation. To limit these payments, the government has set caps on capital costs for the construction of renewable energy stations. An additional reduction in the financial burden on consumers is achieved through the selection of projects on a competitive basis. Projects with the lowest cost win.

Immediately after the adoption of this mechanism for supporting renewable energy sources, it was obvious to specialists that the key requirements for investors would be the requirements for the place of origin of equipment. And if the situation with solar energy projects was generally clear - at that time several companies were already producing panels in Russia - then with wind power plants (WPPs) everything was much more complicated. It was unrealistic to launch the production of high-tech equipment in such a short time.

Another significant barrier was the low level of maximum capital costs (almost half the level established for solar power plants - 65.8 thousand rubles per 1 kW for wind power plants and 116.5 thousand rubles per 1 kW for solar power plants).

However, the main problem for wind generation all these years was that equipment manufacturers did not see enough serious investors in wind farms who were ready to place orders for the supply of equipment with guaranteed payment. The projects were mainly presented by developers who did not have their own financial resources.

By 2017, the Ministry of Energy and market participants, through joint efforts, managed to remove the main set of problems hindering the development of renewable energy sources in Russia. Since 2015, important amendments have been made to the regulatory framework. They provided for a reduction in the mandatory share of domestic equipment (from 55% for facilities announced for commissioning in 2015 and to 25% in 2016), as well as an increase limit levels capital investments. And, most importantly, a currency coefficient has been launched, allowing investors to index cost levels taking into account exchange rate fluctuations.

Consortia

In 2016-2017, a certain consensus was reached between equipment manufacturers and developers/investors. Consortia began to form, within which large energy companies and equipment manufacturers assumed certain obligations.

The first to enter the market in this configuration was Rosatom with the project company VetroOGK, which entered into a licensing agreement with the wind turbine manufacturer Lagerwey. Thus, both the manufacturer and the consumer of equipment have united within one holding company. Later, a similar scheme was implemented within the framework of the Fortum - Rusnano - Power Machines consortium and other companies. Thus, in 2017, the market reached a critical mass of projects with which it became possible to participate in the competitive selection of renewable energy projects.

These facts and relatively stable economic and political conditions have caused competition among investors for the right to build wind power generation facilities and receive a stable return on invested capital. According to our calculations, the return on equity in such projects can be in the range of 16-24% or more. This is a very attractive level for infrastructure projects. Given the delay in the decision to modernize thermal generation, there are no other effective investment ideas other than renewable energy sources in the Russian electric power industry.

Competition

It should be noted that for projects with commissioning dates in 2021 and 2022, applications exceeded the awarded volumes by almost twice. Fortum, Enel Russia and VetroOGK fought to obtain the right to build wind farms. Investors were forced to reduce declared capital expenditures; the reduction was up to 30% of the maximum permissible levels. Such dynamics of price requests will ultimately lead to a cumulative reduction in payments under CSA by more than 15% and, accordingly, a reduction in the burden on consumers. In 2014, similar competition was observed in the solar generation segment.

For now, of course, there are certain risks regarding how the selected objects will be built. Let me remind you that the requirements for equipment localization will be increased again: from 2019, the share of equipment produced in Russia must be at least 65%. But so far there is no production of equipment for wind energy in the country: all projects are at the stage of development or discussion. However, the appearance of large corporations on the market gives reason to believe that the promised wind farms will be built. Perhaps with a slight delay, since current market rules allow this.

We can say that the rush to invest in renewable energy projects signals the onset of a thaw in the Russian investment climate. Investors, including foreign ones, are returning to our energy sector. And what is especially important is that these are strategic, which means long term investment, because the return period invested capital According to them, it is designed for 15 years.

Alexey Zhikharev Director of Electrical Energy at VYGON Consulting

17.04.2017 - 18.04.2017 As part of the 27th International Exhibition “Electro ’2017” in the conference hall of the Expocentre Fairgrounds (Moscow)

On April 17-18, 2017, as part of the 27th International Exhibition “Electro ’2017”, the XIV International Annual Scientific and Practical Conference “Renewable and Small-Scale Energy ’2017” will be held in the conference hall of the Expocentre Fairgrounds. Energy efficiency. Autonomous power supply systems for stationary and moving objects” with expanded topics. Also, for the first time, a regional session of the event will be held - the Perm Scientific and Practical Conference (June 22-23, 2017) entitled “Current problems of energy: Energy efficiency. Energy saving. Energy intensity, renewable and small-scale energy – 2017.”

The organizers of the Moscow conference were: Expocentre Fairgrounds, Committee on Problems of Application of Renewable Energy Sources of RosSNIO (RES Committee "RosSNIO"), section "Energy" of the Russian Academy of Engineering, FSUE "TsAGI", ZAO "National Research Center "VINDEC", Department of "Hydropower and renewable energy sources" (GRES) and "Electrical complexes of autonomous objects and electric transport" (ECAO and ET) of the Moscow Energy Institute (NRU "MPEI"). General information partner - S.O.K. magazine

Topics Renewable energy sources (RES), small and autonomous energy in the world and Russian Federation: new achievements and developments, experience in construction and operation.

SECTIONS

1. Solar energy:

  • photovoltaic converters and power supply systems;
  • solar collectors, heating and hot water systems based on them.

2. Energy of small watercourses:

  • small and micro-hydroelectric power plants of various sizes and capacities;
  • units and equipment for small and micro hydroelectric power plants.

3. Wind energy:

  • autonomous, networked and combined wind turbines;
  • equipment for them.

4. Geothermal energy and heat pumps:

  • geothermal electric and thermal stations;
  • heat pumps and heat pump installations.

5. Energy of the world's oceans:

  • tidal power stations;
  • installations for converting the energy of waves, currents, etc.;
  • stations that use the energy of the temperature difference between different layers of water.

6. Biomass energy:

  • installations for the production of biofuels and environmentally friendly organic fertilizers;
  • biogas and bioenergy modules and installations.

7. Nuclear energy:

  • small nuclear power plants.

8. Stationary and mobile power plants and equipment, including air and ground transport:

  • diesel, gas turbine, gas piston and gas generator engines;
  • on local fuels (peat, coal, shale, gas);
  • combined;
  • on new principles of energy production;
  • electrical generators;
  • control and regulation systems;
  • electrical energy storage devices.

9. Hydrogen energy.

Participation in the conference is free.

By the beginning of the conference, it is planned to release the “Collected Proceedings of the Conference” (in electronic form with citation index).

Appeal from P. P. Bezrukikh:

There come times when daily life The country includes power plants and energy installations based on renewable energy sources. People are no longer surprised by road signs with solar panels installed on them, wind-solar lanterns, wind turbines in suburban farms, solar stations, solar collectors, biogas stations operating in rural areas, micro-hydroelectric power station. All this technology is gradually becoming familiar to residents of various regions of Russia.

You know that the Committee on Problems of Use of Renewable Energy Sources of the Russian Union of Scientific and Engineering Public Associations (RES Committee RosSNIO) annually holds conferences on renewable and small-scale energy.

Last year, the XIII International Conference “Renewable and Small Energy '2016” was held (see publication in the journal S.O.K. No. 06/2016 and on the website www.. Its holding showed an increase in interest in renewable energy as a scientific Address P . P. Bezrukikh: among professionals, and, what is especially pleasing, among young people - students, university graduates, graduate students, young scientists. At the conference they will not only be able to speak and publish their report in the collection of conference proceedings, but also meet with specialists. , as well as with consumers and customers of installations based on renewable energy sources.

During the conferences, its participants repeatedly expressed wishes to hold conferences in various regions of Russia, since the remoteness of Moscow, where we hold annual conferences dedicated to the largest International Electrotechnical Exhibition "Electro", held at the Expocentre Fairgrounds, often does not allow participants conferences come from distant regions. In this regard, this year we decided to expand our knowledge exchange opportunities by holding two conferences “Renewable and Small Energy ’2017” in two regions. One - according to tradition, in Moscow, April 17-18, and the second - in Perm, June 22-23, on the basis of the Association of Energy Workers of the Western Urals (AEZU), which turns 20 this year. Holding the conference in Perm will make it possible to more widely attract participants from the Ural, Siberian, and Far Eastern regions and neighboring countries.

The Association of Power Engineers of the Western Urals is deservedly one of the most authoritative public organizations dealing with issues of energy saving and energy efficiency, the use of energy-saving technologies, including the use of renewable energy sources.

AEZU has extensive experience in holding regional conferences, and therefore holding a conference with an expanded audience is quite legitimate for it.

The Moscow scientific and practical conference will be held under the title “Renewable and small-scale energy. Energy efficiency. Autonomous power supply systems for stationary and mobile objects '2017" (VIEiME. EEF. ASE '2017).

The Perm scientific and practical conference will be held under the title “Current problems of energy: Energy efficiency. Energy saving. Energy intensity, renewable and small-scale energy – 2017.”

Participation in both conferences is free.

The organizers and founders of the Moscow Conference are:

  • RES Committee of RosSNIO;
  • Section "Energy" of the Russian Academy of Engineering;
  • FSUE Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute named after. Professor N. E. Zhukovsky" (TsAGI);
  • Departments of “Hydropower and Renewable Energy Sources” (HRES) and “Electrical Engineering Complexes of Autonomous Facilities and Electric Transport” (ECAO and ET) of the Moscow Energy Institute (NRU “MPEI”);
  • CJSC Scientific Research Center Windek.

The organizers and founders of the Perm Conference are:

  • Department of Energy and Housing and Communal Services of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Perm Territory;
  • Association of Power Engineers of the Western Urals (AEZU);
  • RES Committee "RosSNIO";
  • Section "Energy" of the Russian Academy of Engineering.

Please send applications for participation in the Moscow conference and reports before March 25, 2017 to: [email protected]

Please send applications for participation without reports before April 15, 2017 to: [email protected]

Applications for participation in the Perm conference and reports should be sent by May 20, 2017 to: [email protected]

For information, please contact the Deputy Chairman of the Conference Organizing Committee, Sergei Vladimirovich GRIBKOV, by phone: 8-916-930-50-17, 8-903-564-62-69 or by e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

By the beginning of the conferences, the organizing committees plan to release in electronic form collections of conference proceedings with a citation index. Information about the XIV International Annual Conference “Renewable and Small-Scale Energy” will be posted on the following websites:

  • Russian Union of Scientific and Engineering Public Associations (RosSNIO): http://rusea.info
  • Central exhibition complex "Expocentre": elektro-expo.ru

Applications for the “Clean Energy for Territorial Development” competition are now open. The organizers are the Russian Geographical Society and JSCB Russian Capital. The event operator is the Technological Platform “Environmental Development Technologies”.

The competition considers projects in the field of increasing energy efficiency, developing small-scale renewable and alternative energy.

The winners of the competition receive bank grants for the preparation of project documentation:

  • 1st place - ₽3 million
  • 2nd place - ₽2 million
  • 3rd place - ₽1 million.

Based on the results of the competition, the Bank is considering the possibility of further financing.

For whom

Allowed to participate in the competition are: Russian organizations and enterprises ( legal entities without restrictions on forms of ownership), including start-ups.

Organizations and enterprises, with the exception of start-ups, must have been operating for at least 2 years before the start of accepting applications.

What to do

Application and applications (files attached) in electronic form sent to email: mail eco. A printed copy with a stamp should be sent to the address: Russian Geographical Society, 109012, Moscow, Novaya Square, 10, building 2, marked “Eco-competition”.

Project implementation period (from the start of investment until the commissioning of the facility on time or the implementation of the development in real sector) must be up to three years. Total cost should not exceed ₽100 million. The advantage is the use of products and technologies produced/developed in Russia within the project.

The criteria for evaluating projects are the validity and feasibility of the proposed technical solutions, advantages over analogues. Particular attention will be paid to the possibility of replication of the results.

Deadlines

Applications in electronic version accepted until June 30, 2017, in printed form - until July 5, 2017.

Summing up is planned for October 2017.

Renewable energy forum logo. Photo: Bellona Murmansk

Last week, the XIV annual international conference “Renewable and Small Energy – 2017”, which has been held since 2004, took place in Moscow. Its founders and organizers are the Committee on Problems of Use of Renewable Energy Sources of the Russian Union of Scientific and Engineering Communities (RES Committee of RosSNIO), the Russian Academy of Engineering (RIA), the Central Research Institute of Aerohydrodynamics named after. prof. NOT. Zhukovsky and others.

This year it was held in an expanded format. In addition to the annual themes general issues, legislation in the field of renewable energy sources, solar energy, wind energy, hydro and bioenergy, those gathered discussed the problems of energy saving and autonomous power supply systems for stationary and mobile objects.

Photo: G. Popov

Autonomous power supply to remote villages

Much attention was paid to the issues of autonomous energy supply. “More than 65% of the territory of the Russian Federation is not covered by a centralized energy supply, and about 10 million people live in this territory,” said Sergei Gribkov, academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering.

The project of a wind-solar-diesel complex installed on the Kola Peninsula was called a successful example of the use of renewable energy sources as an autonomous source of energy in remote settlements.

According to the regional Energy Efficiency Agency, for six months of operation of the guaranteed power supply complex in the village of Pyalitsa, an economic effect of approximately 3.5 million rubles was obtained. As a result, another one was launched special program, which received funding for 109 million rubles. allocated 80% of the funds for its implementation regional budget, 15% – federal, 5% – municipal. As a result, similar complexes appeared in three more villages: Chavanga, Chapoma and Tetrino.

Photo: www.c-o-k.ru

Development of microgeneration

In February 2017, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich instructed ministries and departments to develop measures to stimulate the development of microgeneration based on renewable energy sources. We are talking about the use of mini-power plants with a capacity of up to 15 kW.

Such generators can be installed in a private household, and if they generate more energy than needed, the owner can send the excess electricity to the general network. At the same time, the official energy supplier (local sales company) is obliged to buy this surplus from such a manufacturer. The price per kWh should be equal to the weighted average unregulated cost of electricity on the wholesale market. Income individual from the sale of excess produced “clean” energy will not be subject to taxes.

The implementation of this instruction will open ample opportunities for the use of renewable energy sources in private microgeneration. According to the representative of the Ministry of Economic Development Sergei Mayorov, priority territories for such projects are Kaliningrad region, Crimea, Sakhalin region, as well as the entire Arctic zone.

As factors hindering the development of such projects, he noted the poor awareness of the population about the best and most successful Russian practices, as well as the lack of ready-made solutions for the use of renewable energy sources outside the grid power generation.

Business uses renewable energy sources

It is worth noting that Russian business companies, as well as foreign ones, are trying to use renewable energy sources to power their projects. The largest oil and gas giants such as Statoil, Total, BP, Chevron own assets in the field of renewable energy sources.

In 2011, the Russian Gazprom acquired a stake in a 102 MW wind farm project in Serbia. By 2014, Lukoil had already acquired four projects for the use of renewable energy sources and built one wind power plant - the total installed capacity of these facilities was 208 MW in 2014.

The company has also built two photovoltaic plants in Romania and Bulgaria with a total capacity of just over 10 MW. Currently, Lukoil is implementing a Russian project to build a 10 MW solar station at the Volgograd Oil Refinery. Commissioning of this facility is scheduled for March 2018, and production should be 12.5 million kWh per year.

“Oil and gas companies do not remain aloof from the development of renewable energy projects. The implementation of such projects allows them to diversify their risks by balancing the portfolio with projects with a reduced risk, but also with a reduced level of profitability,” said Pavel Bezrukikh, a representative of Lukoil PJSC.

Following the conference, the participants adopted a resolution, one of the most important points which was the decision of the RES Committee to contact the owners of the facilities to analyze the operation of commissioned renewable energy facilities and publish the results. It is planned to find out data on the actual production of electrical and thermal energy, the state of service, understand the difficulties with the supply of spare parts, work in winter and other issues.

January 16, 2017 St. Petersburg public organization The Environmental Human Rights Center "Bellona" was included by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in the register " non-profit organizations acting as a foreign agent."