Russia’s power industry needs unified standards for Smart Grid deployment – expert
IHA board meets on Russia’s Volga river
Russia has yet to formulate its vision of Smart Grid – executive
Works on Far Eastern HV line 70 per cent complete
Russia’s power industry needs unified standards for Smart Grid deployment – expert
‘Russia’s electric power sector lacks a universal regulation apparatus and national standards are outdated, poorly harmonized with international standards, and leave gaps in the industry’s technical regulations’, said Larisa Levina, deputy director general of INVEL nonprofit partnership (Russia).
Unified standards are the key element and the main driving force in the industry’s transfer to Smart Grids, said Levina, speaking at the Smart power supply: standardization and practice” conference in Moscow, Russia.
She went on to say that INVEL, a national research and development center for standards in the electric power sector, is coming forward with its project of a unified standardization center.
‘We appreciate the risks. The transfer to Smart Grid might increase dement for up-to-date hardware and foremost solutions, available abroad. This might subject the domestic production to certain risks. We also cannot afford to ignore issues of security, cybercrime and terrorism prevention.’ – Levina said, as quoted by SmartGrid.ru.
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Works on Far Eastern HV line 70 per cent complete
The HV line in Russia’s Far East undergoing renovation is nearing completion, as suggested by figures released by Industek Group, the company responsible for realizing the project.
When completed, the HV line in the Amur region will run some 365 kilometers to Russia’s border with China, with a total of 45 turns due to complicated terrain. The line will cross a federal highway, a trans-national railway line and two rivers.
SmartGrid.ru had earlier reported that the renovation project on a 500 kW HV line is meant to increase Russia’s hydro-generated power export to China to up to 5 billion kWh.
The works are planned to be completed in Q4 2012.
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Russia has yet to formulate its vision of Smart Grid – executive
Today, the vector for Smart Grid development in Russia remains largely undefined, claimed Aleksei Konev, director for innovation at Russian Energy Agency (REA).
Speaking at the Smart power supply: standardization and practice” conference in Moscow, Russia, Konev went to elaborate:
‘One of the tasks of the technology platform [in the Russian power industry] is forming a vision of Smart Grid perspective. Today, this is still not accomplished. There are only fragmented ideas. We need to get large-scale power generators & vendors involved in demand response issues, both at industry facilities and at the consumers’ end. This is the future that we should start right now.’ Said Konev.
He also said that Russian professionals are ready to work with international experts, especially concerning ‘the evaluation of their practical experience and the stage-by-stage introduction of Smart Grid in the grid network and the overall electric power system‘.
Today, motivating of the main players in the power market and adopting a unified terminology are among the primary requirements, as well as calculating the economic efficiency of Smart Grid technology, said Konev.
‘In 2012 our task is to draw up our strategic vision and a road map.’ – he concluded.
REA is an institution within the Russian energy ministry, charged with issues of power efficiency, power conservation and sustainable development.
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IHA board meets on Russia’s Volga river
The International Hydropower Association (IHA) held its 58th board meeting in Russia, at one of the country’s main industry facilities.
Recent initiatives in climate change control and sustainable development were at the center of discussion at Volzhskaya hydro-power plant on Russia’s Volga river.
The future of Russia’s power industry in the wake of the global trend of abandoning nuclear power generation was a special issue.
Officials at RusHydro, the Russian hydro power mogul hosting the event, noted that the choice of venue was symbolic, as the Volzhskaya HPP is the largest of its kind in Europe and is known to cover peak demand in Russia’s unified power system.
‘Russia holds the world’s second place for hydro-power efficiency, after China.’ – said Rasim Khaziakhmetov, IHA board member and RusHydro director for technical policy.
‘At 170 billion kWh, Russia’s realized hydro power potential serves to save 55 m tons of coal equivalent annually for Russia’s future generations’, added Khaziakhmetov.
IHA traditionally holds its board meeting in different member states.
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