Investing & Financing Renewable Energy in Russia
15-16 April 2008, Stockholm, Sweden

DAY : 15 April 2008

9:00 - 9:30 Registration and Coffee

9:30 - 9:45 The chairman Ragnar Ottosen opens the conference

9:45 - 10:30 Russian power market - structure, development, prospects

  • Russian power system
  • Power market development
  • Future development of market pricing
  • Market prices and expected price development for sales of renewable

Victor Balyberdin, Senior Analyst, Eclipse Energy Group

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee and networking

11:00 - 11:45 Russian Business Culture - To do business in Russia

  • Experiences from doing business in Russia
  • How to identify and relate to your Russian partners
  • what to think about Practical advice about the opportunities on the Russian Market

Henrik Hjelm, Consultant and Project Manager business development Russia and the Baltic Region, Eastnet.  

11:45 - 12:30 Carbon Credits - development for Russia

  • Solutions for emission reductions
  • Trading and purchasing carbon credits

Johan Moss, Managing Director - Eastern Europe and CIS, Climate Change Management CMM, Tricorona

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 14:15 Legislative support of the RES development in Russia

  • Russian Law on RES adopted in November 2007
  • Milestone for financing and investing in RES in Russia
  • Future RES-E development in the country.

Anatoli Kopylov, adviser to CEO, RusHYDRO

14:15 - 15:00 Hydro power in Russia - new investment possibilities

  • present situation and the future role of hydro power
  • the potential and economics of new hydro power
  • small scale hydro projects
  • examples of investment projects and how to participate

Ragnar Ottosen, Managing Director, Rosnor Energo

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee and networking

15:30 - 16:15 The renewable hydro energy sources of the Northern Ladoga region

  • Describing the necessity of the region for the energy in the whole
  • Possible erection of small and micro hydropower plants in the Northern Ladoga region
  • Case study: the first realized project - the Kajnakoski hydro power station.

Dr Mihail Zavorovsky, General Director of JSC PSC (Petersburg Sales Company) and Chairman of Directorial board of JSC North Hydro

16:15 - 16:45 Innovation technologies in the small-scale power industry in the Russian market 

  • Associated petroleum gas recovery  

Vladislav Norkin, General Manager, ADD Group JSC

 The small-scale power industry and investment opportunities

  • Investment vehicles into the small-scale power industry
  • Pricing in the Russian power market in comparison with the Turkish power market
  • Essential interconnections
     
  • Hafsteinn Helgason, General Manager, Addison Engineering, Iceland, Corporate Business

19:00 Conference dinner

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DAY 2 16 April 2008

9:00 - 9:15 The chairman opens the second day

9:15 - 10:00 Financing Renewables in Russia - EBRD approach

  • Background on EBRD
  • Experience in financing renewable projects in the region
  • Situation in Russia (projects to date, regulatory framework, main barriers, etc)
  • Main considerations in obtaining financing from EBRD
  • Conclusion

Jelena Babajeva is an Associate Banker in the Power and Energy Utilities team of the EBRD.

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee and networking

10:30 - 11:45 Energy Efficiency Projects - Russia's biggest potential contribution to the world's climate

  • Gas leakage as "technical losses" due to poor equipment, lack of technology, long distances and high cost for transportation.
  • How to bring billions in additional revenues to Russia and reduce greenhouse emissions
  • Saving Energy and related energy efficiency projects - as alternative and supplement answers to reducing Russia's greenhouse gas emissions.

Christoph Riekert, JI/CDM Project, E.ON Climate & Renewables GmbH

 
11:45 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 13:45 How you can make your business or organisation more successful and profitable by working with sustainability

  • What is sustainability and Cleantech?
  • How does the market look today?
  • Company gains from working with sustainability
  • Case study: successful projects in Russia, Poland and the Baltics

Helen Bålman, Project Manager, Baltic 21 Industry, Enterprise & Partner Collaboration

13:45 - 14:30 Development of 50MW Wind Park in Yeisk, Krasnodar region

  • Demand evaluation
  • Development and evaluation of the region - high-medium wind zone 
  • Wind monitoring by "Garrad Hassan and Partners Ltd"
  • Selection of equipment and design works.

Dr. Georgy Ermolenko, General manager JSC Greta Energy RU.

14:30 - 15:00 Coffee and networking

15:00 - 15:45 Experiences from Wind Electric Ost

  • Wind Electric products - quality, reliability and efficiency
  • Development and solutions

Alexander Korolev, Manager, Wind Electric OST

16:15-16:30 The wind resource of Russia

  • Introduction
  • Description of method
  • The wind resource of Russia
  • An example

 

Lars Landberg, R&D Director, Garrad Hassan & Partners Ltd.

16:30 - 17:00 The chairman summarizes the conference days and facilitates a closing discussion