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The Ministry hosted a regular meeting of the working group on implementing the wind farm construction project under the chairmanship of Minister Karimov.

The working group was created in December 2018 to organise the interaction of ministries, agencies, local self-government bodies, and industrial enterprises in the construction of wind farms in Tatarstan.

To date, wind measurements have been completed in the Kama-Ustinsky, Rybno-Slobodsky and Spassky districts of the republic. In addition, wind monitoring is now being conducted in other districts of Tatarstan to identify additional potential sites for wind farm construction.

A total of sixteen such sites have been identified; it is there that the experts from the Kazan State Power Engineering University are now determining the wind potential of the republic. This was explained at the meeting by Nail Timerbaev, head of the Renewable Energy Department at KSPEU.

At the end of the meeting, the participants agreed on the development of a Roadmap to coordinate project implementation efforts.

The Russian Energy Week Energy Efficiency and Energy Development International Forum opened today in the Manege Central Exhibition Hall (Moscow).

In pursuance of the order by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, a delegation from Tatarstan also attends the Forum. The delegation includes Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, representatives of sectoral ministries and agencies, industrial companies such as KAMAZ, Tatenergo, Tatarstan Grid Company, TAIF, Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Kazanorgsintez, TGK-16, Tatneft, and Invent Group, as well as the Kazan State Power Engineering University.

As early as in the morning, a number of important agreements were signed at the Forum by republic’s industrial giants. So, Kazanorgsintez and Siemens AG signed a general contract for the construction of a combined-cycle plant with a capacity of 250 MW (CCGT-250). TAIF Group and Siemens have signed two long-term service contracts for gas turbine units at Kazanorgsintez and Nizhnekamskneftekhim.

The Russian Energy Week will last until October 5, 2019. The Forum programme is rather eventful, comprising all-Russian sessions, plenary meetings, panels on issues of oil and gas, electric power industry, and gas engine fuel market development.

Based on information by Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Kazanorgsintez press services

Today, a workshop on the topic “Energy Efficient Innovative Solutions and Technology for Energy and Manufacturing Industry” was held on the sidelines of the Tatarstan Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals Forum’2019. The event was organised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, jointly with the Tatarstan Centre for Energy Saving Technologies under the Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers.

Welcoming speech was delivered by Deputy Minister Almaz Khusainov. He noted that the main consumers of fuel and energy resources in Tatarstan are power generating facilities and industrial enterprises.

During the workshop, presentations were made by representatives of companies from Moscow, such as RusEnergoProekt, Schneider Electric, Heurtey Petrochem Rus, Karcher, HydroMetSnab, and New Solutions from St. Petersburg.

Speakers presented various projects of energy efficient, innovative solutions and technologies that are applicable to industrial production and power facilities.

The workshop was held in the format of a dialogue that was actively supported by representatives of enterprises and energy companies from Tatarstan, such as Kazanorgsintez, Nizhnekamsktekhuglerod, KER-Holding, Tatenergo, TGK-16, and others.

Today, the Almetyevsk District saw the Tatarstan Oil Summit, as part of the 1st International Petroleum Youth Forum (HOT Challenge 2019). The event took place on the territory of the Yunost summer camp.

The summit was attended by Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia Pavel Sorokin, Head of Federal Supervisory Natural Resources Management Service Svetlana Radionova, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, and others.

The main event at the summit was a panel discussion on the topic “Fuel and Energy Sector Development. World’s Challenges, Trends, and Global Agenda”.

Within the topic, participants in the event discussed issues of digital transformation in the petroleum industry, alternative energy, as well as unconventional sources of hydrocarbons and hard-to-recover reserves.

Based on information by Tatarstan Presidential Press Service

Today, Naberezhnye Chelny saw ceremonial events dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Power Plant. The events were attended by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov.

In honour of the round date, the commemorative stela was opened on the Gidrostroiteley Street. The monument in the form of a hydraulic turbine symbolises the labour feats of builders, installation and hydropower professionals, who participated in the HPP construction.

Also within the programme, the ceremonial meeting of the Energetik Palace of Culture took place with the participation of Nizhnekamsk HPP construction veterans. They were awarded certificates of honour, letters of appreciation, and memorable gifts. Some employees of the Nizhnekamsk HPP were also awarded the title of the Honoured Power Engineer of Tatarstan.

The Nizhnekamsk HPP is the only hydroelectric power station in the structure of Tatenergo and on the territory of Tatarstan, is part of the Volga-Kama cascade of hydroelectric power plants. This is an up-to-date high-tech company with an installed capacity of 1,205,000 kW, which is about 23% of the total installed capacity of Tatenergo. Since the start of the Nizhnekamsk HPP operation, more than 66 billion kWh of electricity has been generated. To date, a long-term programme for the hydroelectric power plant upgrade has also been developed for 2020-2049.