After completing the payoff period of the RER-project the net cost of electrical energy generated by RER-based sources decreases sharply, as in most alternative energy technologies there is no fuel constituent. The installed capacity of RES generation in the world (without large HPPs) reached 390 GW by 2011, satisfying 8.2% of global electrical energy demand. […]

According to the estimate of the head of the fuel & energy department of Moscow Evgeniy Sklyarov, the aggregate capacity of all the power sources in the capital city is about 12.5 gigawatt. And putting photovoltaic modules on all the roofs of the city will allow to produce up to 6-7 gigawatt of electricity. The […]

A considerable bio energy potential of Belgorod region allows to produce about 500 Mw of energy from waste products of the enterprise, which is — for comparison – half the capacity of the Kursk nuclear power plant. During the on-site meeting of the Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy, which took place in Belgorod Region, […]

The Ministry of Economic Development, Industrial Policy and Trade of Orenburg region and the Russian department of the Swiss company OOO Avelar Solar Technology signed an agreement of intent on the construction of photovoltaic solar power plants with the capacity of no less than 25 MW. The agreement was signed in the course of the […]

“So far the village is getting electricity from five diesel generators of the autonomous power plant, which runs on masut”, — the head of the communal energy industry and gas infrastructure department at the Communal Utilities Ministry of the Khabarovsk Territory Vladimir Orlov says “To enable their failure-free operation in the navigation period we have […]

Natural and climatic condition of Zhambylskaya region are characterized with considerable energy potential for using renewable energy sources and constructing solar power plants, wind generators and small scale hydropower plants. As a result of joint agreements a memorandum of cooperation in the sphere of development and construction of solar power park was signed between the […]

During the next three years 25 bio gas plants are to be built in Belarus. This was announced by the Prime Minister of the country Mikhail Myasnikovich at the grand opening of the most powerful bio gas plant in the agricultural production cooperative Rassvet in the Kirovskiy district. As the head of the government pointed […]

The prospects and possibilities of using renewable energy resources (RER) were discussed at the open seminar “Renewable energy resources as a base for energy supply”. The meeting, which took place in the Volgograd State Agrarian University, started with the presentation of a demonstration zone, where the samples of renewable energy sources were shown: a steamdrop […]

Renewable energy in Russia is developing slowly and is not very popular due to the vast deposits of hydrocarbons and the development of other types of power generation. This was the viewpoint shared by the participants of the online-conference of the Center of Energy Expertise: The head of the Energy Development foundation Sergei Pikin (Russia) […]

To enable the efficient development of wind power industry in Ukraine it is necessary to work out a precise mechanism of releasing the importers of wind turbines from VAT payment and guaranteeing that investors may obtain the “green” tariff before a wind power plant is constructed. Such an opinion was expressed by Herman Ainbinder, the […]