Small (distributed) energy sector in Yakutia

Yakutia is the largest region in Russia. The area of Yakutia is larger than that of Argentina, but the population is only about 1 million people. Electricity supply of part of Yakutia is provided by 144 small power plants (diesel, etc.) with a total capacity of 190 MW. The period of diesel fuel delivery is up to 3 years. The economically justified tariff for electricity at some DPSs is up to 2300 rubles/kWh, on average - 36 rubles/kWh.

The program for optimization of local power generation in Yakutia has been developed since 2012. In 2016, on the instruction of the President of the Russian Federation, its deep processing began. EF-TEC was engaged as an executor.

EF-TEK's functions:

• Development of technical and organizational solutions required to reduce the cost of electricity and the amount of cross-subsidization of the local energy sector in Yakutia.
• up to 12 alternative solutions were developed for each station (piston, microturbine units using gas, LPG, diesel, oil, wind and solar power plants, substitution by power grids).
• cost, effects and tariff implications for each plant and for the whole Program (in total about 1500 technical models, 1500 financial and 1500 tariff-balance models) were assessed.
• optimal solutions for each plant were identified.

The Program was agreed with the Ministry of Energy of Russia, Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia, Ministry of Eastern Development of Russia, Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), RAO ES of East PJSC, Yakutskenergo PJSC and Sakhaenergo JSC, NP Market Council Association and SO UES JSC.