Power Grids International Forum — PGIF 2022

From 22 to 25 March 2022, representatives of the Izolyator Group visited the Power Grids International Forum in Moscow.

The Power Grids International Forum (PGIF) is a large-scale event in the electric power industry, which has become a platform for discussing and solving priority tasks related to the digital transformation of the electric grid complex. The forum has established itself as a top-level platform for communication between representatives of federal and regional authorities, heads of the largest networking and generating companies, equipment manufacturers, scientific organizations and associations, Russian and foreign experts, making it possible to discuss priority issues of energy infrastructure transformation by introducing new digital technologies and platform solutions. The forum aims to unite the efforts of leading industry professionals to create a digital grid infrastructure. Forum task: search for modern technological solutions for network digitalization and their further implementation, discussion of issues of promising cooperation on the implementation of digital network projects, identification of key areas of import substitution, development of standard package solutions for ‘intellectualization’ and informatization of the industry. The Power Grids International Forum is held annually.

The business program of the forum was devoted to current issues of the electric power industry: the role of regions in the development of the industry, import substitution and achieving the goals of technological sovereignty, changing the model of relations between suppliers and consumers in the new economic paradigm, energy saving and energy efficiency, accounting for energy resources, unlocking the potential of renewable energy sources in Russia.

Power Grids International Forum 2022 in Moscow

The official opening of PGIF 2022 took place during the plenary session ‘Electric power industry of Russia: Russian regions and their role in the development of the industry’.

Plenary session ‘Electric power industry of Russia: Russian regions and their role in the development of the industry’ of the Power Grids International Forum 2022

Industry experts spoke at the meeting, namely: Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Evgeny Grabchak, General Director of the Russian Energy Agency by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation Alexey Kulapin, Rector of the National Research University ‘Moscow Power Engineering Institute’ Nikolay Rogalev, Director of the Innovation Department of the Federal Hydro-Generating Company — RusHydro Vladimir Sofyin.

Experts of the PGIF 2022 plenary session, (L-R): Rector of the National Research University ‘Moscow Power Engineering Institute’ Nikolay Rogalev, Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Evgeny Grabchak, General Director of the Russian Energy Agency by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation Alexey Kulapin, Director of the Innovation Department of the Federal Hydro-Generating Company — RusHydro Vladimir Sofyin

The plenary session was attended by the CEO of Zavod Izolyator LLC, Head of CIGRE National Study Committee D1 ’Materials and Emerging Test Techniques’ Dr. Alexander Slavinsky.

Alexander Slavinsky at the plenary session of the Power Grids International Forum 2022

The meeting participants discussed the key trends and challenges that the industry has to face in the process of transformation and transition to a low-carbon basis in the energy sector. This, in particular, is a rethinking of the role of regions in the long and medium term prospect of the industry development and, of course, the need to take into account new realities in the course of solving these and other issues.

Within the framework of the forum, an exposition of more than 6,000 square meters worked, with over 200 companies participating — manufacturers of goods and services for the power grid complex. The focus of the exhibition exposition is the development, creation and operation of high-voltage equipment, the introduction of new technologies for collecting and processing information, and improving control systems.

The Togliatti Transformer plant, which has a long and successful history of cooperation with the Izolyator Group, presents its products

Exposition of the SVEL Group, a reliable partner of the Izolyator Group

While inspecting the exposition and working in the events of the business program, representatives of the Izolyator Group, including heads of commercial departments, had a number of meetings with existing and potential partners.

At the meetings, interaction on ongoing joint projects was discussed, opinions were exchanged, plans were outlined and prospects for the development of cooperation were assessed, taking into account the realities of today.

From left to right in the foreground: Advisor to the General Director of the Inspection of сontrol over technical condition of оbjects of еlectric еnergy industry (Technical Inspection UES) Valery Gordienko; R&D Support Director of the Technical Inspection UES, member of the CIGRE National Study Committee D1 Dr. Leonid Daryan; General Director of the Technical Inspection UES Pavel Golubev; Alexander Slavinsky; Publishing Director of the Electric Power. Transmission and Distribution Journal, member of the section ‘Technologies and equipment of transmission lines’ of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Rosseti Group Ekaterina Guseva

Director of the Digital Transformation Department at Rosseti Group Konstantin Mikhailenko (center)

Dialogue at the exhibition stand of the Togliatti Transformer plant, in the foreground: Deputy Commercial Director Yury Volchenko (center), Head of Sales Alexey Bikbulatov (left)

Meeting at the exposition of the SVEL Group, on the right — Deputy Director of the Sales Department Vitaly Salikaev

Head of the Smart Power Systems and Distributed Generation Center of the Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of CIGRE National Study Committee C6 ‘Active Distribution Systems and Distributed Energy Resources’, Chairman of the Section of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Unified Energy System Dr. Pavel Ilyushin

In the foreground — Chief Engineer for Electric Grid Projects of the Encore Engineering (TransEnergoSnab) Andrey Mikhailov and Sales and Business Development Director (Russia) of the Izolyator Group Alexander Savinov

Head of the Department of Logistics and Sourcing of the Rosseti Tomsk regional energy company Anatoly Blazhko

Director of the All Electrical Engineering Publishing House, Editor-in-Chief of the Energoexpert magazine Viktor Pososhkov

Thus, PGIF 2022 gave a new impetus to the development of partnerships and demonstrated a wide panorama of progressive industry technologies.

We appreciate the organizers of the forum for providing a platform for professional communication and the opportunity to get acquainted with the latest achievements in the field of designing efficient energy systems!

Based on materials of the Power Grids International Forum 2022.