Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology | CES takes part in 2d meeting of Innovations in Electrical Energy Industry Club

Photo: Dmitry Titov.

Dmitry Titov represented CES at the second session of the Club “Innovations in Electrical Energy Industry,” held in Moscow on 25 December. It attracted many participants representing leading power generating and grid companies as well as government agencies, such as the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the NP Market Council, the Council of Power producers, Gazprom, EuroSibEnergo, Rosnano, Rusal, etc.

Introducing an innovative product involves several stages: development, commercialization, and implementation. Firms that are intensively engaged in the activity find many obstacles along this way. Chaired by EuroSibEnergo in cooperation with the Ministry of Energy, the Club intends to address common problems in the framework of five working groups: Government Support, Science and Business Interaction, Commercialization, Open Innovations, Inter-Industry Cooperation. During its sessions power generating and grid companies, academia, developers, and state officials brainstorm on innovations in the electrical energy industry in Russia.

Photo: Dmitry Titov.

Taking part in this session paved the way for our cooperation with Sevkabel, one of the largest manufacturers of cables and wires in Russia. Its representatives were interested in using laboratory facilities of the Center for Energy Systems and methods developed by our research scientists to test their products with anti-icing properties. A meeting to discuss a roadmap for a future partnership followed soon after: Irina Lukicheva and Dmitry Titov went to Saint Petersburg to visit Sevkabel’s factory. Together with its experts, our Center applied for a grant from the Ministry of Education whose mission is to support strategic scientific and technological developments in Russia. The proposed research focuses on increasing the observability and adaptability of overhead power transmission lines in locations with extreme meteorological conditions.

Dmitry Titov, a Research Scientists with the Center for Energy Systems, took part in the first session of the Club “Innovations in Electrical Energy Industry.” It gathered together representatives of the Ministry for Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Energy, the Russian Academy of Science, the Council of Power producers, EuroSibEnergo, Cisco, Rossetti, and Rusal.

Photo: Dmitry Titov.

Chaired by EuroSibEnergo in cooperation with the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Club aims to brainstorm on innovations with power generating and grid companies, academia, developers, and state officials. This time, participants talked about prospects of the electrical energy industry over the coming years and what projects and solutions it needs at present.

The meeting was opened by the Head of the Department for Operational Control and Management in the Electric Power Industry of the Ministry of Energy Evgeny Grabchak. He noted: “It isabsolutely necessary to support innovations that optimize current technological activities and allow companies to reduce the operational costs and therefore increase their competitiveness.”

The event presented an excellent opportunity to discuss projects of our Center with industrial partners as well as to get feedback on its implementation. We hope that the Club will act as a successful convening platform that will unite academia, companies and government institutions in their effort to modernize the electrical energy industry in Russia.

The next session of the Club is scheduled on December 25. Dmitry Titov is going to present our Center’s developments at this event.