On December 13, a grand ceremony took place at the headquarters of «Business Russia» in Moscow, marking the presentation of the 10th International Award for «Distributed Power Generation – Great Achievements». This prestigious accolade, recognizing the best projects in distributed power generation and renewable energy, was established by the Distributed Power Generation Association with the support of the business community «Business Russia» and it garnered significant interest from industry stakeholders, businesses, and government officials. Representatives from over 100 companies attended the award ceremony in the Russian capital, while thousands tuned in to the live stream of the event on the Association's website.

Despite the challenges posed by the turbulence in the global economy, this year saw the Organizing Committee receive 72 applications from Russia and the UAE. Organizers noted that this is one of the highest participation rates in the history of the competition. The geographical diversity of the projects submitted this year is impressive, with entries from distributed generation projects located in Murmansk, the village of Oymyakon in Yakutia, the Chechen Republic, Krasnodar Krai, Volgograd, Kaluga, Ivanovo, Arkhangelsk, Tyumen, and Irkutsk regions, as well as Sevastopol, Yekaterinburg, the settlement of Dixon in Krasnoyarsk Krai, and the city of Bilibino in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, extending even to the heart of Antarctica.

The shortlist for the award features 60 projects. A thorough examination of these initiatives was conducted by the Advisory Council of the award, which comprises leading specialists in the field of small-scale distributed energy, market leaders, professors from industry universities, and distinguished scientists. This year, for the first time, the council includes experts from China and the United Arab Emirates: Lei Cheng, a research scholar from the Institute of Energy and the Institute of Carbon Neutrality at Peking University, and Samuel Mao, the Director of the Research Institute for Sustainable Energy and Co-Chair of the Climate Network of UAE Universities, Professor at Khalifa University.