An international conference "Models, scenarios and technologies for the green transition (GT-2022)" was held.
On December 13-14, the scientific laboratory "Interdisciplinary research and education on technical and economic problems of the energy transition" held an international conference "Models, scenarios and technologies for the green transition (GT-2022)". The conference was held as part of the implementation of the action plan under Agreement No. 075-15-2022-1136 of 07/01/2022 with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.
The plenary session of the conference, which took place on December 13, was opened by Professor Tessaleno CAMPOS DEVEZAS, a leading scientist from Portugal, under whose leadership a research project has been implemented at the Polytechnic University since 07/01/2022 to study the technical and economic problems and features of the energy transition within the framework of the won mega-grant. In his presentation, Professor Devezas presented the results of ongoing research in the field of energy transition and the work plan within the framework of the laboratory "Interdisciplinary research and education on technical and economic problems of the energy transition" for 2023-2024. So, one of the important conclusions that the team came to was the understanding of the complexity of providing materials for the energy transition. The production of batteries, accumulators, windmills, other equipment and infrastructure facilities, which are indispensable attributes of a low-carbon economy, requires a significant amount of certain materials (in particular, rare earth metals), the extraction and production of which, in turn, is associated with significant costs of primary energy and, as consequently, CO2 emissions. Is this really a "green" low-carbon energy - Professor Devezas raised this question to colleagues from different countries, universities, organizations. The professor also spoke about plans to publish a monograph on the challenges of the energy transition.
The result of the active cooperation of the scientific team of the laboratory with scientists from Kazakhstan was the participation in the conference of the rector of the Institute of Mining D.A. Kunaev Professor Nikolai BUKTUKOV and Chief Researcher of the Institute of Economics of the Ministry of Education and Science Professor Bulat KHUSAINOV. Kazakh colleagues spoke about their experience in developing technological solutions for green energy and about new approaches to the economic assessment of the energy transition.
Senior researcher of the laboratory, prof. Natalia POLITAEVA spoke in her speech about the role of biomass in the energy transition processes. Valery SEMIKASHEV, Head of the Forecasting Laboratory of the Institute for Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences, presented a report on the topic “Assessment of the socio-economic impact and environmental impact for various scenarios for meeting the energy and fuel needs of developing countries”. In addition, a report was presented by the Director of the Institute of Applied Economics and Accounting of Railway Transport of the St. Petersburg State University of Railway Transport Emperor Alexander I prof. Natalia ZHURAVLEVA about green energy in the transport sector. The report was presented by the Director of the Macroeconomic Policy Department, Eurasian Economic Commission, Andrey PANTELEEV.
The main results of the first year of the project implementation - the developed mathematical models for assessing scenarios of the energy approach - were presented in their reports by the leading employee of the laboratory Askar SARYGULOV and the head of the laboratory prof. Igor Ilyin. Professor Ilyin emphasized that the mega-grant made it possible to assemble such a team with a wide range of competencies, expertise and experience.
“I would like to thank esteemed colleagues for their active participation in our conference. As a result of its implementation, we once again confirmed for ourselves how relevant the topic of the energy transition is for modern researchers. The participation of the leading scientist Professor Devezas, as well as our colleagues from Kazakhstan, Moscow and St. Petersburg, is incredibly valuable. We intend to hold the GT conference every year and hope that next year we will attract even more active participants,” said prof. Igor ILIN.
