The research group led by Professor Politaeva N.A., laboratory "Interdisciplinary Research and Education on Technological and Economic Problems of Energy Transition (CIRETEC-GT)", St. Petersburg Peter the Great Polytechnic University, working in the framework of the direction "Analysis of the possibilities of using biomass to reduce the carbon footprint with the subsequent production of biodiesel" conducted research related to the "green transition" in the energy sector, the transition to more sustainable and environmentally friendly energy sources. This problematic is considered and studied from the point of view of analyzing the achieved level of development of the alternative energy sector in the local territory, namely in the Saratov region.
Some results of the ongoing research are presented in the article on the topic: Global perspectives of transition to green energy in the Saratov region (Oparina A. M., Politayeva N. A., Ilyin I. V.), which was accepted for publication in the Volga Ecological Journal (No. 3, 2023), indexed by VAK, Scopus, RSCI, RSCI. Further this work will be published in English in Biology Bulletin, 2023, Vol. 50, No. 10 (published by Pleiades Publishing, Inc., listed in IBD, Springer, WoS, Scopus, CA(pt)).
The article deals with the global prospects of transition to green energy in the Saratov region. Literature data on the existing situation in the alternative energy sector (wind energy, solar energy, bioenergy) in the Saratov region have been studied and systematized. The data were found from the most relevant and cited publications in the world databases Scopus, Google Scholar, RINC and among the media articles published on the INTERNET. The pros and cons, as well as the overall impact on the environment of each type of renewable energy existing on the territory of the Saratov region are described. Much attention is paid to the impact of wind turbines and solar power plants on the natural environment.
It has been established that the use of solar energy is most developed in this territory. This is due to climatic conditions and the number of sunny days in the region.
Due to the large generation of organic waste in the Saratov region, it is rational to use biomass for bioenergy. The Government of the Saratov Region intends to further steadily increase the share of renewable energy sources in the region's energy balance. By 2035 the share of renewable energy sources in the energy balance of the Saratov region will reach 6%, and in 2050 it will be about 13%. According to the authors, the global prospects of green energy transitions in Russia, as well as in translation to the Saratov region, consist in a partial transition to alternative energy (solar and wind), with the use of bioenergy and highly efficient technologies for cleaning up CO2 emissions from the use of traditional fuels.
This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation under the project "Technological Challenges and Socio-Economic Transitions in the Context of Green Transitions" (Agreement No. 75-15-2022-1136 dated 01.07.2022).
