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The International Award "Small Energy - Great Achievements" is held for the tenth time this year. Today it is the main industry award for the best implemented projects in the field of distributed and renewable energy. Maxim Zagornov, President of the Association of Small-scale Power Generation, told the editor-in-chief of Energy and Industry of Russia about the main trends and prospects of distributed generation in Russia, how the award is changing taking into account the current realities and new challenges for the industry.

Following the Ninth Eastern Economic Forum, the President of Russia instructed the Government, together with the business community, to prepare a long-term program for the development of energy capacities in the Far East and to provide for project financing mechanisms. The Small Energy Association made its proposals, which were reflected in a letter to Mikhail Mishustin, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Based on the results of public discussion, the Association of Small Power Industry proposed to finalize the draft General Scheme of Electric Power Industry Facilities Location until 2042 published on the website of SO UES JSC. In the opinion of the association's representatives, the document requires substantial adjustment taking into account current trends in the development of the domestic and global power industry.

The Russian Engineering Union will provide official support to the X International Award "Small Energy - Great Achievements". The organization, which unites industrial enterprises and universities in 77 regions of Russia, will take part in the preparation of the contest aimed at identifying the best projects and developments in the field of distributed and renewable energy.

On September 5th, a webinar was held to present the Xth International Award “Distributed Power Generation - Great Achievements” Maxim Zagornov, President of the Distributed Power Generation Association, and members of the Award’s Expert Council discussed the contest’s history, this year’s innovations, and the current state of the distributed energy sector. Samuel Mao, Director of the ASPIRE Research Institute for Sustainable Energy, co-chair of the UAE University Climate Network, and Professor at Khalifa University, has logged in the webinar studio too. This year, Professor Mao has joined the Award’s Expert Council.

The Expert Council of the X-th International Award «DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION – GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS» included the Director of the ASPIRE Sustainable Energy Research Institute, Co-Chairman of the UAE Universities Climate Network, Professor of Khalifa University Samuel Mao. The author of ten national patents for inventions, the winner of the prestigious technology award «R&D 100», Dr. Samuel Mao expressed hope that the Russian contest will bring to light the advanced projects and it will serve a cause for developing renewable energy in the world.

On September 5 at 11.30 Moscow time we invite you to take part in a webinar dedicated to the 10th Anniversary International Award "Small Energy - Great Achievements". Maxim Zagornov, President of the Small Energy Association, and members of the Expert Council from Russia and the UAE will talk about the history of the competition and innovations of this year, as well as the current situation in the small distributed power industry.

More than 200 companies from Russia, the Republic of Belarus, Iran, China and Turkey will take part in the main industry exhibition of equipment for heat and power supply to industrial enterprises and housing and utilities facilities - Heat & Electro. The event will be held from 29 to 31 October in Moscow, in Expocentre and will bring together leading professionals of the industry. The Small Energy Association is a strategic partner of the exhibition and as part of the business programme will hold a conference dedicated to topical issues of distributed energy development in Russia.

From 22 to 24 October 2024, the 9th International Exhibition of industrial boiler, heat exchange and power generation equipment Heat&Power will be held in Moscow, Crocus Expo IEC. The Distributed Power Generation Association is a strategic partner of the exhibition and as part of the business programme will hold a panel session dedicated to the challenges and prospects of distributed power generation in Russia in the current regulatory environment.

Maxim Zagornov, President of the Distributed Power Generation Association, Director of «MKS Group», Chairman of the Small-scale Generation Subcommittee of «Business Russia», in an exclusive interview with «GEOENERGETICS INFO», an independent online publication, and Boris Martsinkevich, the most famous industry blogger, spoke about the reasons for the rapid growth of the small power industry in Russia - despite sanctions, stricter regulation, and economic turbulence.

Dr. Chen Lei, a research scientist from the Institute of Energy and the Institute of Carbon Neutrality of Peking University, has joined the Expert Council of the X-th International Award «DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION – GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS». Dr. Chen Lei is the winner of the national award in the nomination «Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation» of the Chinese Society of Instrumentation and the author of ten national patents for inventions, he expressed his hope that the contest, organized by the Distributed Power Generation Association, will facilitate in revealing the best projects and promotion of small-scale and renewable energy development in the world in general.

Applications for the X-th International Award «Distributed Power Generation - Great Achievements» are still being accepted.  The award, established by the Distributed Power Generation Association with the support of the business association Business Russia, has been organized since 2013 and is currently an authoritative platform for the presentation of advanced projects in the distributed and renewable energy. 

On 25 June, a meeting of the Russian Government was held in Moscow on the introduction of an extrajudicial procedure for the independent assessment of technical conditions for connection as part of the procedure for technological connection to power grids. The event was held at the Office of the Government of Russia under the chairmanship of Valery Shogenov, Acting Director of the Department of Energy of the Government of Russia. 

The Small Energy Association has submitted proposals to enhance power generation in remote areas of the Russian Far East, aiming to save around 200 billion rubles over six years through modernization projects. These initiatives include transitioning to gas piston units and offering tax incentives for equipment producers.

"Business Russia has sent a package of proposals to the Russian Government to improve the procedure for technological connection to power grids. In particular, the business association requests the development of a mechanism for the FAS of Russia to review technical conditions for technological connection issued by electric grid organizations for their redundancy. This and other initiatives were adopted during a joint meeting of two subcommittees of Business Russia - the subcommittee on small-scale generation (headed by Maxim Zagornov, President of the Small-scale Power Association) and the subcommittee on modernization and increasing accessibility of energy infrastructure.