Alexey Khokhlov, Head of Power and Utilities Research. DISCLAIMER: Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) got permission to upload the presentation slides from the speaker. The presentation was held during the SITE Energy Talk 2021 called "Energy storage: Opportunities and challenges".

1. Energy storage: Opportunities and challenges
A view from Russia
SITE Energy Talk
Alexey Khokhlov, Head of Power and Utilities Research
April
13 2021

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Most of Russia is provided by electricity from Unified
Power System …
UES South
UES Center
UES North-West
UES Urals
UES Middle
Volga UES Siberia
UES East
Technologically isolated
energy systems
UES – regional united energy systems
Unified Power System of
Russia – combination of 7
interconnected united
regional energy systems
covering most of the country
that works in parallel regime
880 power plants
(>5 MW individual capacity)
Total installed capacity =
245 313 MW
Source: System Operator of UES of Russia

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… which is dominated by the thermal power stations
Nuclear
Hydro
Solar
Wind
Thermal
Thermal
Hydro
Nuclear
Solar
Wind
Electricity production in UES of Russia in
2020
Installed capacity in UES of Russia as of
01.01.2021
In 2020 1 047 billion KWh was generated in Russia
19,81%
20,60%
0,13%
0,19%
59,27%
66,56%
20,35%
11,97%
0,42%
0,70%
Source: System Operator of UES of Russia

4. 4
Wind and solar capacity in Russia exceeded 2GW…
New capacity additions for solar and wind, 2016 – 2020, GW
Source: Market Council

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… while renewable energy production in Russia
increased 12 fold over the past 5 years*
Small Hydro (<25MW)
Biogas Wind Solar
Biomass
Landfill gas
Renewable Energy Production, 2016 – 2020, thousand KWh
2 305 340
1 190 227
497 944
269 690
191 266 x12
Source: Market Council *) excluding large hydro

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Transformation of Russian power system is emerging
but at a very slow pace
… to Renewables (REN), Distributed Energy
Resources (DER) and prosumers
From traditional centralized
energy systems …

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Industrial micro grids are being explored
United
Energy
System of
Russia
Boundary
Payment for grid
services is limited by the
electricity volume
supplied from the
common grid
Agreed and limited
consumption
volumes from the
central grid
Estimation of supply volumes at a
single connection point between the
common grid and ESSO
Intellectual
connection allowing
self-balancing
Mostly gas-powered
generation with possibility
of renewables
Majority of electricity
needed for consumers is
produced by ESSO
generators
Unlimited number of
industrial consumers with
new loads connected to
the generators
Localized
placement limited
by CHP heating
grid
ESSO – Energy
Supplying Self-
Balancing
Organization

8. 8
Hybrid power plants – effective solution for remote
areas
Energy Storage
System
Diesel
Generators
Personnel
PV Modules

9. 9
Lifted Weight Storage – a prototype operating in
Novosibirsk since 2017

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Energy Transition – Russian view
Digitalization
Decarbonization
Decentralization
Technology
Climate
Affordability
Energy Security
Climate
Technology
Energy Security
Affordability
DECENTRALI-
ZATION
DIGITIZATION
DECARBONI-
ZATION