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On May 4–5, all ExpoForum visitors will be able to dive into the world of loyalty and friendship of four-legged friends. The program includes national and mono-breed dog shows, competitions in canine sports, dances with dogs. The best dog will be chosen in the main ring.

Each dog breed is unique: some are known for their endurance, ability to help human beings in difficult situations, others – for their beauty and figure. There will be much to see for guests and visitors!

For the show to have success, the dogs are prepared for the event. This is a long process requiring efforts and knowledge that started well before the show itself.

First of all, it is work on the dog behavior under supervision of an experienced handler, which a puppy starts at an early age. An experienced handler knows standards and requirements of different breeds and their psychological traits, understands what skills are necessary for the dog performance in the ring, knows dog training methods, is familiar with the show visiting rules.

Special attention is paid to an animal health and appearance: good meal, dental care, grooming, claw care and many other things are the everyday routine that is so important for the impressive appearance on the ring. On the eve of the show, the gods are washed, combed and cut.

The show is not only a great opportunity to see the most beautiful dogs but also to learn interesting facts on different breeds and to have a nice time as a family.

At the event, specialists will be presented who will be able to share their experience and give valuable recommendations regarding the care of dogs with due account of their age, temper and activity. One will be able to treat their pets with new delicious and useful products made by the leading companies of zoo industry.

You are welcome to have a look into the exhibition world of animals and communicate with representatives of all types of dog breeds!

We are waiting for you at ExpoForum on May 4–5!

For event details, visit exhibition website.

Competition of power supply technologies, prospects of using digital technologies in the energy engineering and rearrangement of the electric power market driven by distributed generation development are currently the most relevant issues of the Russian energy industry. This was discussed by participants of the round-table discussion «Sustainable Development of the Russian Energy: Reliability, Efficiency, Safety, New Technologies, Modernization, Ecology, Distributed Generation, Staff Training».

The event organized by NP «NTS UES» was attended by the leading scientists, specialists in energy engineering and representatives of the largest Russian energy companies. Evgeniia Sukhareva, professor at the National Research University «Moscow Power Engineering Institute» (MEI), Deputy Chairperson of the Section «Economy, Management and Staff Training for Energy Industry» of NP «NTS UES», Doctor of Economics, is of the opinion that the Russian energy system is standing on the verge of the sixth pattern that is mainly characterized by a wide spread of RES and green energy, development of the distributed generation and small energy, introduction of digital technologies and intelligence systems, following the principles of sustainable development, preserving technological sovereignty and active import substitution .

In the opinion of Andrey Kashirsky, Head of the Analytical Department of «Proryv» JSC, the nuclear energy is one of the green energy types the generation growth of which could be provided for by the Russian energy industry within the relatively short time frames. The nuclear energy industry has a number of advantages as compared to the solar and wind energy, the expert noted, and besides, this is a traditionally well-developed area in Russia. Andrey Kashirsky considers that one of such advantages is a higher installed capacity use factor and a longer service life of the nuclear energy facilities as compared to the photovoltaics and wind energy industry. «This means that to generate the same volume of electric energy in perspective of more than thirty years, we should build much more RES facilities than NPPs. Moreover, despite the fact that RES facilities consume no fuel, they need the tremendous amount of materials necessary for their construction», underlined Andrey Kashirsky. However, the nuclear energy competitive power in the future depends directly on solving the issues related to security of such facilities, he stated.

In the opinion of Vladimir Gribin, Head of the Steam and Gas Turbines of the National Research University «Moscow Power Engineering Institute» (MEI), Rosenergoatom is currently one of the world leaders in the development and commissioning of nuclear power plants. In 2022–2024, under the Russian projects, NPPs with the total capacity of 2.2 GW per year will be placed into operation abroad, and in Russia NPPs with a capacity of 1.3 GW will be commissioned annually. For the period from 2025 to 2030, the NPPs with the total capacity of 2.5 GW will be annually placed into operation in our country. According to the forecasts of Viktor Molodyuk, First Deputy Chairperson of NP «NTS UES», in the nearest future, the share of nuclear energy in the energy balance will grow from 20% to 25%.

Using digital technologies in the energy engineering is another relevant industry development trend, and such technologies are capable of being widely used for solving both tactical and strategic tasks. For example, a quite true perspective is adaptation of the face ID technology to the development of the algorithm for finding and determining defects and damages of power transformers, said Aleksandr Khrennikov, professor, Head of the Department for Scientific and Technical Cooperation and Scientific and Technical Information of JSC «FGC UES Scientific and Technical Centre» of Rosseti PJSC, the Chairperson of the section of NP «NTS UES». As he said, the appropriate algorithm has already been created. «The work is not completed yet, we are in process. Now we are developing the software and are preparing to receive interim results», the speaker explained.

Pavel Litvinov, the expert of RNC SIGRE, thinks that the artificial intelligence technologies and AI-based solutions will become the absolute leader of changes in the next five years. As applicable to the electric energy industry, they can be used, for example, for developing of technologies of predictive forecasting of the equipment condition and accidents prevention, as well as for the development of new management and energy saving strategies. However, Pavel Litvinov warns that the information technologies may have both positive and adverse effect on the power supply reliability. «The advantages include expansion of monitoring, diagnostics, forecasting, planning, designing, decision-making support and automation capabilities. The disadvantages are growth of the number of hacker attacks, cases of unauthorized access to control centers, virus infection of control systems», he explained.

The available database on the current condition of energy facilities and consumption of the energy generated by them is one of prerequisites for the reasonable forecast of energy consumption volumes, which, as the overwhelming majority of experts think, will only grow. However, for instance, there is no such base in hydro energy industry, and creation thereof in the near future remains doubtful, underlined Mikhail Tyagunov, professor of National Research University «Moscow Power Engineering Institute” (MEI), Chairperson of the section of NP «NTS UES».

In the opinion of the round-table participants, development of distributed generation is another current trend of the modern Russian energy engineering. On the one hand, the distributed energy facilitates flexibility, vitality and energy security of the power supply systems of especially responsible consumers and isolated energy systems, notes Pavel Ilyushin, the Head of the Center of Smart Electric Systems and Distributed Energy of FSBIS «Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences», Chairperson of the section of NP «NTS UES», Doctor of Engineering. Distributed generation is crucially important for the regions in the decentralized power supply zone, that is without any connection with the Russian UES, which include the regions of the Far East, Extreme North, Siberia and Altai, where the population is over 20 million people, as well as for the uninterrupted power supply of the critical enterprises, including those fulfilling the state defense order. On the other hand, the mass spread of the distributed generation changes the game rules on the electric power market, noted Ruslan Adamokov, Director for Development of Tatenergo JSC, an Advisor to the General Director of MPEI Engineering Center, Chairperson of the section «Development, Operation and Retrofitting» of NP «NTS UES», Candidate of Economic Sciences. «In accordance with the applicable standards, holders of the «generators» exceeding 25 MW should sell all generated energy on the wholesale market. However, more and more such plants are leaving the wholesale market by hook or by crook or do not enter it at all, preferring to work for themselves and to get electric energy from own facilities at much lower cost than on the wholesale market», clarified Ruslan Adamokov. According to his data, over 10 years the share of such plants has considerably grown: if in 2014, the generators with the total capacity of 900 MW were operating outside the wholesale market, in 2024 this volume has already reached 5.6 GW. Yury Kalabin, Head of the Strategic Development Department of Rosseti PJSC, agrees that «Distributed generation is an objective process, but «generators» cheat, use the available reserve instead of building new facilities».

«Plant leaving and failure to sell the energy generated on the wholesale market may result in degradation of the unified energy system and pose a threat to its existence. The wholesale market is loaded with payments having no direct relation to the cost of electric energy. When the consumers take energy off the wholesale market, such payments are distributed among the remaining participants. Accordingly, the energy cost grows for those who buy electricity on the wholesale market. As it is impossible to cancel such mandatory payments simultaneously, measures should be taken for all market players to pay them in equal parts», – Ruslan Adamokov considers.

In his opinion, such measures include improvement of the rules for issue by «generators» of confirmations on their not being subject to the wholesale market rules, introduction of proportional fines for the mala fide organizations that exceed multiply the amount of benefit from illegal exit from the wholesale market, as well as making amendments to FZ-35 «On Electric Energy» that reduce the generation capacity indicator threshold from the current 25 MW to 5 MW.

The Russian energy industry can not be developed without implementing new technologies and substituting importation of critically important component parts, the round-table participants noted. In this regard, reverse engineering is of the utmost importance, as it enables to understand the technology used in the imported products and to apply the same for the developments of own products, explained Sergey Podgorny, Line Manager of the Technical Development Agency (TDA). However, today the reverse engineering is hindered by shortage of skilled personnel. To solve this problem, the TDA has developed four programs of the reverse engineering advanced training: in machine engineering, instrument-making industry, chemical industry and for the executive staff. Training under such program will make it possible for the enterprises to obtain specialized skills and knowledge for the independent execution of the reverse engineering projects. TDA partners are Tomsk State University, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET) and the Engineering Center of Digital Machine Engineering Technologies.

To date, more than 100 employees have undergone training, and, according to the results of their polls, the training satisfaction level is 85%. The need for reverse engineering skills, especially in the Fuel and Energy Complex, is confirmed by statistics. According to the data provided by Sergey Podgorny, today, 31 projects with the total financing amount of more than 1.5 billion rubles are being implemented in Russia with the use of State support measures. The speaker is sure that the number of such requests will grow in the near future.

A catering company being a part of ExpoForum group of companies became the award winner for the new interpretation of the high cuisine which «Caramel Catering» presented at the immersive oratory «Amor and Psyche» and made the Russian first offsite restaurant.

The ceremony of awarding the best projects from various business industries implemented in 2023 according to «Business Petersburg» took place on April 25 at «Ambassador» hotel. Sergey Korneev, Chairman of St. Petersburg Tourism Development Committee, took part in the event.

«I think that the authors and thought leaders of the «Project of The Year» make the Northern Capital still brighter. Together we are forming the modern image of our city – dynamic, creative, developing and directing to the future», noted the agency head.

In 2023, «Caramel Catering» implemented several ambitious projects. One of the most remarkable is development of a special set for loving couples – participating spectators of the immersive oratory «Amor and Psyche», the first night of which took place in ExpoForum on February 14. Each item in the menu was to add a savory flair to the procedure on stage, and the show of a delivery impressed. Scallop with pearl-like caviar, sea foam and oyster leaves made their appearance on tables during the first episode of the oratorio – The Sacrament of Craft – to symbolize the birth of Psyche. Charcoal prawns with a spicy Japanese sauce «illustrated» the part called Requiem for Separation about overcoming obstacles. The vanilla mousse with edamame beans and cherry coulis was served to celebrate the happy ending of the story. Each dish was accompanied with a drink specially selected by a sommelier.

«We decided to improve this idea, said Viktoriia Ivanova, General Director of the catering company, during a year I and my team have travelled a lot, learned, tasted, experimented and created a new product. The first Russian offsite restaurant combining high gastronomy and audio storytelling. A performance with food as the main character is waiting for the guests. Full immersion in the atmosphere is achieved by working with all sense organs. We carefully transfer special sensations, conditions, ideas of meals through the artistic devices».

At the end of 2023, «Caramel Catering» opened a «Teplo» cafe, which became a new attraction point for all guests and participants of the events held in the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.

It should be noted that in 2023, the company became a laureate of the «Petersburg Brands Rating ‒ 2023».

The South-Western TPP is the youngest and advanced plant out of 15 thermal power plants of Saint Petersburg, which supplies heat to the entire Primorsky south-western part of the city, that is about a thousand of multi-family houses.

The third water-heating boiler, that is a new equipment, was shown to the visitors. It was placed in operation in January 2024 increased the TPP capacity by quarter. Thus, uninterrupted heat supply is provided to all new buildings of Krasnoselsky District, including 105 residential houses, 6 schools, 6 kindergartens and dozens of other buildings.

«We have completed the construction and have launched the third water-heating boiler within the established time limit, therefore, we have performed all our obligations on heat supply of the surrounding areas. the residents will feel the comfortable temperature in their houses even in the coldest winter», said Anatoly Chugin, General Director of South-Western TPP JSC.

A film was shown during the excursion featuring unique construction operations that were carried out while constructing the third water-heating boiler. It is the enlarge assembly of the fifth chimney with a total weight of about 120 tons and pipe laying in the main building of the plant with the running generation equipment.

The film is available on the enterprise website in section «Video archive».

Only domestic equipment was used in construction of the third water-heating boiler. In 2026, it is planned to complete the installation and commissioning of the fourth boiler on the Russian equipment.

On April 24–25, 3 events of the Business Networking Centre took place at the Russian International Energy Forum, the Exhibition «Housing and Communal Services of Russia» and the Exhibition-Convention «Rustproofing». Individual meetings of industry suppliers and the large federal customers were held in the «non-stop» mode during 2 days.

On April 24, negotiations were held with the large energy and industrial companies, on April 25 – with the large management, construction, oil and gas, shipbuilding, industrial companies and plants.

Customer companies having visited the venue of the Business Networking Centre on April 24 (within RIEF-2024): «AEM-Technologies» (Rosatom State Corporation), «Baltmorproject», «Gazprom neft», «Gazprom gaznadzor», «Gazpromneft-Energoservice», «Gazprom promgaz», «Lensvet», «Vodokanal of St. Petersburg», «Gorelektrotrans», « Saint Petersburg Metro», «TEK SPb», Izhora Pipe Plantof «Severstal», KMZ «Izhora-Metal», «Krasny Vyborzhets» Plant, Krastsvetmet, Kursk Accumulator Plant, «LOMO», «LOESK», «Nevsky Plant Trubodetal», «Obukhovski Plant», OGK-2, «Russian Metal», Rosseti North-West, «Power Machines», South-Western Thermal Power Plant, «Rosseti Lenenergo», «Surgutneftegaz», «Titan-2 Concern», «Transneft» and «Uralkali».

The suppliers presented new solutions for the energy industry to the customers. For instance, JET Engineering and Technical Centre demonstrated the developments in making simulators and digital twins of energy facilities. The Pile Structure Plant offered comprehensive services that includes manufacture of piles of different types and the services on designing and installing foundations for various buildings. The Russian Production Association «EnergopromAvtomatizatciya» presented to the customers a full range of services in automation of energy and industrial facilities of any complexity.

On April 25, the Business Networking Centre took place as part of the Exhibition «Housing and Communal Services of Russia». The customers were the largest management, construction companies and funds for capital repairs of Saint Petersburg and other RF regions: Ministry of Housing of Vladimir Region, the Fund for Capital Repairs of Murmansk Region, the Fund for Capital Repairs of Saint Petersburg, the Fund for Capital Repairs of Multi-Family Houses of Irkutsk Region, the Fund for Capital Repairs of Communal Property of Multi-Family Houses of Lipetsk Region, the Fund for Capital Repairs in Udmurtia, Oryolzhilekspluatatsiya, Housing and Utilities Sector-1 of Kalininsky District, Constructors Guild, Sozvesdie Management Company, Our Home Saint Petersburg Management Company, Samolet Management Company, Albion Management Company, ZHILKOM KIROVSKY Management Company, Kosmoservice, TEK SPb, Triumph Management Company, Royal Service Company, Association Management Companies Association, Sodruzhestvo Management Company, Our House Management Company, Leader Management Company, Razvitie Management Company, Doverie Management Company, Pulse Management Company, Setl Stroy, KVS-Service, Power Machines CC, etc.

Among the participating suppliers there were companies making non-standard projects of holiday decoration and improvement of cities, solutions in the field of lift equipment design, automation of the housing and utilities sector management, repair of the brick and stonework of historical and modern buildings, there were solutions presented regarding design and installation of the roof heating equipment, drainage system, open spaces, engineering systems and industrial equipment, novelty products in equipment of playgrounds, and many more.

TOUCH offered to customers the developments of the advanced electric vehicle charging stations.

On the same day, April 25, the Business Networking Centre was arranged as part of the Exhibition-Convention «Rustproofing». The customers included the large oil and gas, shipbuilding, industrial corporate consumers of anticorrosive technologies and products: Rossiya Airlines, «Gazprom Gazoraspredelenie Leningrad Region», «Gazprom UGS», «Gazprom Neft», «Gazenergoservice», «Power Machines», «Ladoga» Plant, «Lensvet», «Gazprom 335», «Termo-Nord Stream», USC, «RusGazShelf», «Radar mms», «RAOPROJECT», «RUSMA», «Russian Metal», «RUST-95», «Severstal», «Sovcomflot», Middle Neva Shipbuilding Plant, «Universalmash», Tsarskoye Selo Metal-Working Plant, «RADOP», «Saint Petersburg Heating Network» and «Litum».

Manufacturers and developers of innovative anticorrosive solutions are among the suppliers. In particular, INVACO Group of Companies displayed anticorrosive varnish and paint materials for industrial application, and the Russian industrial enterprise Litum presented high quality varnish and paint materials and powder coatings for anticorrosive protection of industrial facilities, enamel body paints and coil stock coatings.

Please, have a look at the comments of the Business Networking Centre participants:

Setl Group holding representative: «It is a great event, it was interesting to have a direct communication with the suppliers of equipment, materials, technical solutions. Our holding has always been open for innovations, new solutions, so that the state-of-the-art technologies could be used in our residential complexes. Yes, we managed to have a talk with manufacturers, and we have put down some useful contacts, so we will develop partnership relations».

Representative of JET Engineering and Technical Centre: «We are participating for the first time. We represent the centre being a part of ROSATOM State Corporation. We are involved in making simulators and digital twins of energy facilities. An interesting format, many customers who are interested in our company. Some people said that we were one of the most interesting participants».

Representative of «Leader» Management Company (Oryol): «The event was quite interesting, we have received a lot of attractive commercial proposals. Many interesting contractors, carry with me and will study».

At the Russian International Energy Forum, the Chinese delegation has presented 20 on the collective stand of Heilongjiang province and the products made by Harbin enterprises.

The Chinese delegation at RIEF-2024 was headed by Mrs. Cao Lancia (Commerce Directorate of Harbin). Industrial capacity of Chinese companies was demonstrated at the collective stand presentation. Mrs. Cao Lancia told that the exhibition features 20 enterprises of the leading branches of Heilongjiang province – machine engineering, automobile industry, as well as the largest trading and logistic companies of Harbin, including: Heilongjiang Jiate Import and Export, Heilongjiang Huachuang Anxin New Energy Technology, Harbin Shimada Bigbird Industrial, Harbin Air Conditioning, Harbin Fenglei Heavy Machinery Equipment Technology, Hao International Logistics, Harbin Runcong economic and trade, Harbin Dongjian Machinery Manufacturing, Harbin Hongguang Boiler Group, Harbin Xinha Precision Bearing Stock, Harbin Limin Rubber, Harbin Airui Emissions Control Technology, etc.

At the RIEF-2024, Cao Lancia and Hao Hezi represented the Commerce Directorate of Harbin. In the opinion of Mrs. Cao Lancia, the RIEF has witnessed new strategic partners, innovative projects and mutually beneficial agreements that will facilitate sustainable development of the Russian and Chinese economies on the global stage.

According to the representatives of the Chinese delegation, participation in the RIEF promotes strengthening of the existing international ties between the Russian and Chinese enterprises, as well as expanding the boundaries of the trade and economic cooperation of two countries.

It is worth noting that the agreement on Chinese companies’ participation in RIEF-2024 was achieved during the inspection visit of Harbin delegation to ExpoForum in February of this year.

Sergey Voronkov, President of the Russian Union of Exhibitions and Fairs, General Director of ExpoForum International, ranked in TOP 10 of the rating «The Most Influential People in MICE-2023».

The rating was aimed at identifying and public recognizing of the industry professionals, having positive impact on the industry of business and corporate events in the Russian Federation.

In 2024, along with the «popular» voting, voting of the board of MICE-panel was additionally held, which board consisted of respectful representatives of the business tourism industry, mass media and the branch community. The board assessed nominees both on the basis of own professional experience and by presentations submitted to Organizers.

It is worth reminding that Sergey Voronkov became the winner of «The Most Influential People in MICE» in 2023 and 2022.

The public and expert voting results are published on the website www.top50mice.ru.

The importance of introducing digital technologies into the green energy sector was discussed by experts at the session «Application of Digital Solutions for RES».

The session participants explained that digitalization in the field of renewable energy sources may include introduction of the system of energy origin certification which are usually circulated in the electronic format.

Oleg Barkin, a member of the Management Board of NP Market Union Association, told that the energy origin certificates is a globally recognized instrument for recording, transferring and using by interested consumers of the rights related to positive environmental impacts of the renewable generation. The energy origin certificate actually confirms that it was generated on the generation facility based on the renewable energy. Such certificates are fully digital goods easy to handle. Certificates may be bought and sold.

According to Oleg Barkin, the world markets of certificates have been growing for about 20 years already. For 2022, over 1,050 billion kWh of net energy was certified only within four major certification systems.

The development of the system for certification of net energy in Russia, including taking into account orientation towards cooperation with Asian and Oriental countries is taking on ever greater importance in this context. The Russian system for certification of electrical energy origin is one of the tools for achieving the task of carbon neutrality of the Russian economy, Oleg Barkin said.

The Russian certification system started functioning since February of this year, the expert added. The operator of the said system is already holding negotiations on possible sale of the energy origin certificates on exchanges.

Moreover, digital solutions are actively applied in forecasting of weather that affects functioning of the facilities based on the renewable energy sources.

Evgenii Ganshin, Business Development Director of «Yandex Weather» service, told that the global weather models for the whole world, including Canadian, Japanese and European ones, are often taken as an initial point for weather forecasting.

Since 2015, the «Yandex Weather» team has been going beyond the global models’ data and is developing its own forecast of weather and climatic data with a higher resolution, by using computer-aided instruction and enriching the forecast with the data obtained from radars, satellites, weather stations and user reports. Specific parameters with higher resolution are also studied in detail for business.

«We start cooperating with participants of the Russian renewable energy market in the field of making energy generation models and creating a more accurate forecast of the upper wind. We already have a number of foreign partners, and now we are ready for cooperation in Russia», said Evgenii Ganshin.

Digital solutions are also applied in such area as energy storage. The experience of that kind was described by Natalya Mayer, General Director of Atomenergosbyt JSC. According to her, the company has already implemented digital control over the battery energy storage systems.

Atomenergosbyt uses the battery energy storage systems of container type as a tool of commercial dispatching. When a number of such installations were placed in operation, it became clear that the digital system is necessary for monitoring and control of them. As a result, Atomenergosbyt has created its own platform to carry out all these functions, which enabled to reduce labor efforts and get an instrument for on-line control and prompt response.

The session was attended by representatives of Digital Energy Association, Atomenergosbyt JSC, Renewable Energy Development Association, NP Market Union Association, SOLTECH LLC, National Bureau of Informatization JSC and Yandex Weather.

The prospects of establishing a virtual power plant in Russia were discussed by the participants of the session «Application of Digital Solutions in RES» within RIEF-2024.

As was stated by Ekaterina Baibakova, a representative of Digital Energy Association, a virtual power plant (VPP) consists of the mixed decentralized generation sources, for example, of photo elements, wind turbines or hydro-electric power plants connected by the central control system. This system makes it possible for the users to buy or sell electric energy on the market.

Baibakova noted that the use of such plants promotes reliability of power supply where the energy is received from renewable sources that are notable for instability. The global VPP market is currently experiencing explosive growth: in 2023 its volume was 1.6 million dollars, and it is expected to reach 6.6 million dollars by 2030.

The session participants have taken interest in the opportunity to create a virtual power plant in Russia. In the experts’ opinion, under certain conditions, such plant may also be made in RF. In its turn, Digital Energy Association can act as a uniform expert platform for discussing the issues related to the development of the virtual power plant in Russia.