History Of The Award
2017
Russia, Moscow
V Anniversary of the International Award «Distributed power generation – great achievements»
V Anniversary of the International Award «Distributed power generation – great achievements» was held for the first time in the project history on the new site – in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation and gathered over 120 representatives of energy enterprises, business and authorities. The official support of the Award was provided by the Energy Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the business-community «Business Russia».
In 2017, the Organizing Committee received 85 applications from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan — a record number of applications for the entire history of the project. The geography of Russian participants covered almost all regions of the country — from the Trans-Baikal Territory to North Ossetia. In honor of the five-year anniversary of the Prize, the number of nominations was expanded. To the traditional — «The best project in the field of distributed power generation up to 5 MW», «The best project in the field of distributed power generation with power capacity from 5 MW», «The best project in the field of alternative energy» and «Innovative development in the field of energy» — two special were introduced: «Investor of the Year in Energy» and «For Contribution to the Development of the Industry».
The Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Sergey Storchak, the First Deputy Plenipotentiary for the President of the Russain Federation on the Rights of entrepreneurs – Alexander Khuruji, the Vice President of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Dmitriy Kurochkin, the First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Energy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation – Sergey Yesyakov, the Executive Vice President of business-community «Business Russia» – Tatiana Mineeva and others participated in the ceremony. The AWARD-2017 was widely supported in federal media: Publishing House «Komsomolskaya Pravda», IA «Federal «Press», the publication «Expert» and many others.