Events

Panel discussion10.00 – 11.30

Hall 1. International experience of RES development: what is "good" and what is "bad"

Moderator: Vyacheslav Mishchenko, Executive Director, SKOLKOVO Energy Centre - Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

What RES are common in European countries and why, what share do they occupy in the total, what are the prospects? What mechanisms does the state use to support RES, and how strong is the strategic vision of the state and the regulator in this matter? How do consumers of RES in Europe assess their experience? What of the European renewable energy market model can be an example of good practice, and what needs to be changed?

Participants:

• Roland Roesch, Deputy Director, IRENA Innovation and Technology Center (IITC)
• Kaori Nakajima, General Manager, Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
• Christoph Urbschat, Managing Partner, eclareon GmbH
• Thomas Marschner, Director, TDHM
• Victor Balyberdin, SKM Market Predictor AS
• Svetlana Nikiforova, Trade Promotion Agency of Andalusia

Hall 2. Biofuels and biomass: efficiency of raw materials processing and modern solutions in waste utilization

Moderator: Alexey Ablaev, President, Russian Biofuels Association

Biofuels have been known to mankind since time immemorial and are still present in the structure of consumption: the raw materials of the first generation are wood and crops with a high content of fats, starch, sugars. 54-60% of biofuels are its traditional forms: firewood, plant residues and dried manure for heating homes and cooking. They are used by 38% of the world's population. The ability of biofuels to serve as a primary source of energy depends on their energy profitability. Often, the profitability of biofuels strongly loses the profitability of hydrocarbon energy. However, for many years, scientists have been trying to commercialize the production of biofuels of the second and third generation, dreaming to solve the problem of ecology, which is acute when using fossil fuels. A real breakthrough for humanity in this area would be the processing of household waste into high-class energy. But how realistic is this? What is the current global market for biofuels and what are the prospects for its development on the Russian market? Can biofuels become an alternative to hydrocarbons and electric transport? Can they really be considered as harmless to the environment? What modern technologies make it possible to obtain biofuels from domestic and industrial waste?

Participants:

• Mikhail Smirnov, President, Association “EnergoInnovatsiya”
• Dmitry Vostrikov, Director of the Association «Rusprodsoyuz»
• Svetlana Kuznetsova, the Director for Investments of «Gruppa Kompanij «Rusagro» Ltd.
• Alexander Khaletskiy, General Director, «Kominvest-AKMT» JSC
• Alexander Yanenko, Director of «Kurchatovskij Institut - GosNIIgenetika» research center
• Vladimir Skvortsov, Deputy Director of the Department for Food and Processing Industry, Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation
• Mikhail Stepanov, General Director «MosvodokanalNIIProekt» JSC
• Sergey Ukrainsky, Chairman of the Board, Group of Companies «ECOROSSTROY»
• Albina Dudareva, Chairman of the Commission of the Public Chamber for Ecology and Environmental Protection
• Anton Kulbachevsky, Head of the Department of Nature Management and Environmental Protection of Moscow
• Alexander Rudik, President of the Biofuel Market Participants Association «ENBIO»
• Ivan Serebritsky, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Nature Management, Environmental Protection and Environmental Safety, The Government Of St. Petersburg
• Sergey Dayman, Executive Director, Head of Services in the Field of ECO Technologies and Sustainable Development in Russia, EY
• Alexey Kokorin, Director of the Climate and Energy Program, WWF

Coffee-break11.30 – 12.00

Panel discussion12.00 – 13.30

Hall 1. Promising technologies for power supply systems in remote and isolated power systems

Moderator: Alexey Kaplun, Member of the Board of NP "EUROSOLAR Russia"

The experience in the implementation of energy supply projects in isolated areas using RES in different climatic conditions shows the need to use appropriate technologies to ensure reliable and safe energy supply to consumers. What are the requirements for such technologies? To what extent are the existing support measures for such technologies and projects sufficient for the systematic implementation of projects?

Participants:

• Wladimir Masolov, CEO, "VDM-tekhnika” LLC
• Mikhail Akim, Vice-President, ABB
• Yuri Vasiliev, Executive Director, Institute of Arctic technologies, MFTI
• Victor Murzyntsev, Executive Director, JSC “Juzhnye electricheskie seti Kamchatki”
• Dmitry Capko, Director of business development, "Neosun Energy Rus" LLC
• Sergey Gribkov, Academician of RIA
• Victor Yelistratov, Chairman of the scientific Council for RES problems, St. Petersburg Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Wladimir Rebrov, Director of Department "Solutions for Renewable Energy", Sistemo-Tekhnika” Group

Hall 2. Swiss experience: organization of financing of innovative applied R&Ds for development of renewable energy

Moderator: Kekelidze G. N., The Chairman of the Board of NP "EUROSOLAR Russia". Alexander Sigov Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Russian-Swiss cooperation in the field of RES is based on two important factors:
a) The existence of a mechanism for rapid joint development of R&D, supported by the leading research centers of the two countries and industrial partners of both large and small businesses;
b) The development of bilateral financing mechanisms for R&D. What are the best practices of financing and implementing innovative applied R&D in the field of RES? What conditions should the projects for regional development of renewable energy match for successful creation of a consortium and obtaining financing?

Participants:

• Dr. Gunter Erfurt, Chief Technology Officer, Meyer Burger Mechanical engineering company
• Evgeniy Terukov, Professor, Deputy Director, R&D Center TFTE (Hevel)
• Andreas Dreisiebner - Project Manager of Arosa/ Yakutsk project
• Roland Buehler, CEO, PEP Solutions
• Hans Wepfer, CEO, Wepfer Technics AG
• Dr. Hartmut Nussbaumer, ZHAW Zurich (Zurich University of Applied Sciences)

Lunch13.30 – 14.30

Panel discussion14.30 – 16.00

Hall 1. Electrochemical technologies in renewable energy: energy storage and the hydrogen cycle

Moderator: Yuri Dobrovolsky, Head of technology competence Center for innovative and mobile energy sources «NPENERGY»

The world market of energy storage systems is developing rapidly. The main reason for the growth is the large-scale development of RES (to smooth the uneven production of renewable sources) and electric transport (batteries for electric vehicles), directly or indirectly using energy storage devices. All this is driven by technological progress in a number of solutions in the field of energy storage, capable in the short and medium terms to reduce the cost of systems to a level acceptable for the market. What technologies should Russia develop in this area, is the Russian industry competitive? What energy storage systems will be in demand on both - the Russian and international markets? What will be the role of modern energy storage technologies, based on rechargeable and redox batteries? What are the prospects for the market of hydrogen fuel cells and hydrogen cycle for energy storage and generation? Will complex projects based on electrochemical processes of energy storage in RES be developed in Russia in the near future? What new materials are the most promising for electrochemistry? When can we expect a large-scale hydrogen generation project in Russia and hydrogen export?

Participants:

• Dmitry Kholkin, Head of the working group of the road map, NPA “Energinet”
• Katsiaryna Wendl, Director of development, BAE Batterien
• Aleksey Kashin, CEO
• David Masgranjas, CEO, «SAFT Russia»
• Nikolay Krasko, technical Director, «Enapter»
• Guido Guidi, Director of development, «Leclanche»

Hall 2. Electric vehicles and new energy infrastructure

Moderator: Maxim Nechaev, Director, Consulting in Russia, IHS Markit

Recently, widespread adoption of electric vehicles seemed to be something out of science fiction. In Russia very few people took this idea seriously. Traditionally, in our country happenings related to the hydrocarbon market, e.g., when a new equilibrium oil price will be established, or a discussion about how to survive the "shale revolution", have aroused much greater interest. It seems that during the discussion of all these, of course, important issues, we run the risk of not noticing the onset of truly revolutionary changes associated with the "greening" of the world energy in general and the massive abandonment of cars with ICE, which in its scale can only be compared to the transition from coal to oil in the early XX century. What does portend such epochal changes in the global energy sector and how ready is Russia to follow this global trend? How much will the global electric transport market grow in 2020 and in the next 5-10 years? What factors hinder the development of the electric car market in Russia? What incentives do investors need to implement investment programmes to develop an appropriate infrastructure?

Participants:

• Dmitry Capko, Director of Business Development, "Neosun Energy” LLC
• Dmitry Capko, Director of Business Development, "Neosun Energy” LLC
• Anatoly Libet, Head of legal support and procurement, Moscow energy Directorate
• Wladimir Khlebnikov, General Director, “Parus Electro”
• Natalia Gotova, Director of the Department for relations with authorities, NP TSO
• Wladimir Osipov, General Director, NPP “Energy”
• Andrey Jumaev, General Director, “Electrozapravki.ru”
• Alexey Mikheev, Owner of groups: Romanov motors, Concordia
• Jörg Schreiber, Chairman of the Committee of automobile manufacturers, European Business Association
• Denis Shurovskiy, General Director of engineering company “Zetta”
• Russian Energy Agency
• Gazprombank
• Rosseti
• IHS Markit
• Ernst & Young
• Institute for Energy and Finance
• Skolkovo Foundation groups
• TeslaClub
• ABB
• Sollers
• Central Scientific Research Automobile and Automotive Engines Institute (NAMI)
• Moscow government

Panel Discussion 10.30 – 14.00

Pavilion №3, hall 1
MICROGENERATION DAY

Moderators: Evgenij Gasho, Analytical Center of Russian Government; Andrey Temerov, Association «Green Kilowatt»; George Kekelidze, The Chairman of the Board of NP "EUROSOLAR Russia"

Solar Energy and Energyefficient technologies soon will steadily spread all over the country, thus making happy not only corporations belonging to oligarchs, but also ordinary Households. Small and Medium size Enterprises –installers of solar and energyefficient technologies are being established - getting ready for the time of Microgeneration Law coming into action. Directors of these companies will present there successful cases of installation at the Panel Discussion. Associations "EUROSOLAR Russia", "Green Kilowatt", «Ideas into Energy" and German Energy Agency "dena" are preparing the program for preparation the specialists-installers in different regions of Russia.

Participants:
-SMEs on delivery and installation of Renewable Energy and Energyefficient Solutions from: Anapa, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Ekaterinburg, Sankt-Petersburg, Stavropol, Makhachkala, Moscow, Yaroslavl.  
-Energy Institute of increasing qualifications of specialists for PJSC “Kubanenergo”
-Evgeny Rud’, Rector of Energy Institute of increasing qualifications of specialists for PJSC “Kubanenergo, MP of Krasnodar