Russian president orders govt to draft long-term program to develop energy storage systems
MOSCOW. Nov 13 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to work out and approve a comprehensive program by March 1, 2027 for development of electricity storage systems to 2042 with input from regional government agencies and interested organizations, a list of instructions issued after an October 6 meeting showed.
The program, among other things, must determine the balance of production and use of batteries, storage batteries and energy storage systems, and provide for the expanded use of uninterruptable power sources equipped with Russian-made storage batteries at data centers, the instructions said.
The program must contain measures to expand the use of energy storage systems, including the incorporation of storage systems into documents for the future development of the electricity sector, participation of storage system projects in the technologically neutral selection of projects to build power generating facilities, and the use of storage systems in charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.
The government has also been instructed to work with state company Rosatom to draft a roadmap for localizing production of batteries, storage batteries and energy storage systems, with a list of investment projects needed to produce critical raw materials, materials and components, as well as deadlines for the start of production.
The federal government, Moscow city hall and Gazprombank are also supposed to consider establishing an electrochemical technology cluster in the capital to create and support a new generation of small tech companies that work in key areas of the country's technological development. As part of these efforts, the president ordered the introduction of a preferential regime and state support measures for such companies.
The federal government, Rosatom, Gazprombank and the Fund for Support of National Technology Initiative Projects are supposed to present recommendations by February 2027 on the advisability of refining the mechanism of state support for the construction of electric vehicle charging stations as regards the possibility of incorporating energy storage systems into such stations.
Russia's first major energy storage system project was the construction of a 350 MW system in the southern part of the country. The government has already decided to build storage systems with combined capacity of 250 MW in the Far East, Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev said earlier. The Energy Ministry is also proposing to conduct future tenders for renewable energy projects together with the use of energy storage systems, the ministry said in October.
As for manufacturing energy storage systems, Rosatom is carrying out gigafactory projects in Kaliningrad Region and Moscow with annual capacity of 4 GW each. "The gigafactories will manufacture traction batteries for electric vehicles and batteries for stationary energy storage systems," Rosatom subsidiary Renera said earlier. The company aims to expand capacity to 14 GW by 2030.
Production in Kaliningrad was launched at the end of 2025 and the factory in Moscow started operating in October 2026.
