Exiled Experts Lament Dashed Hopes for Russia''s Green Energy
Russia''s renewable energy sector has seen a number of challenges since the invasion of Ukraine and subsequent deterioration of relations with the West.
The volumes of electrical energy produced in the Russia by solar and wind power plants, as well as their current and prospective role in the energy balances of Russian regions are analyzed.
According to Russian suppliers for solar power plants (altecology.ru, 2019; Solar controller, 2020), the average cost of equipment for solar power plants with an installed capacity of 10 MW is 310 million rubles.
Insolation map of Russia (Map of Insolation of Russia, 2019). At the beginning of 2020, thirteen solar power plants with a total installed capacity of more than 300 MW are already operating in this region (Solar Power Plants in the Orenburg Region, 2019).
Lanshina agreed that the green transition was gaining momentum in Russia mostly to please its European partners. The real value of some projects, such as achieving carbon neutrality in the Sakhalin region by 2025, remains controversial because the country's climate undertakings are mostly an imitation of a real climate policy.
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