Today, the Tatarstan House of Government saw a meeting of the Board of Directors of Tatneftekhiminvest-Holding under the chairmanship of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. Its main topic was the creation of fuel cells as a future alternative to traditional energy sources.
Keynote addresses were delivered by Yuri Dobrovolsky, Head of the Solid State Ionics Laboratory at the Institute of Chemical Physics (Chernogolovka), and Igor Landgraf, a representative of Krylov State Research Centre (St. Petersburg).
The meeting was also informed about the opportunity of developing a new area in the Tatarstan’s production of petrochemicals through the creation of production facilities for amino acids, an essential component for the feed additives used in animal husbandry and poultry farming.
In addition, offers have been considered from ROTEK (Moscow) for monitoring the equipment condition in large enterprises. According to Rustam Minnikhanov, the main issue there is the need for a reliable diagnostic tool in order to extend the time between overhauls in refining and petrochemical sectors. He instructed the experts of Tatneft and TAIF and representatives of the energy sector to study these offers.