Japan's Komaihaltec prepared to put part of Primorye on autonomous power systems
VLADIVOSTOK. Sept 8 (Interfax) - Japan's Komaihaltec Inc. has proposed to switch part of Primorye to autonomous power systems.
The Far East Russian region's first deputy governor, Vasily Usoltsev discussed the terms of the experiment with Komaihaltec chief executive Tanaka Susumu, the regional administration reported.
The company's wind generators were developed especially for Russian regions with a harsh climate, Susumu was reported as saying. The company is now installing three wind power plants in Kamchatka and it would be pleased if Primorye also appraised the Japanese technology, he said.
In addition, if production of key components is set up in Primorye, the cost of autonomous power systems would decrease significantly, Susumu said.
Usoltsev noted the importance of such projects in the region and proposed to try out the equipment in northern parts of the region.
"In general Primorye now operates on fuel oil and is gradually switching to gas. But we're interested in your technology. We can use it in the region's north, since it has the harshest climatic conditions and, consequently, higher expenditure of fuel resources. I will issue an instruction - the heads of the relevant departments will carefully study your proposal," Usoltsev said.
Two wind generators with capacity of 0.15 MW each have been put into trial operation in Primorye to serve population centers that are not connected to centralized power supply, according to the regional energy department.
It was reported earlier that RAO Energy System of East (ES of East), Komaihaltec and the government of Yakutia signed a memorandum at the Eastern Economic Forum on the construction of a wind farm in the town of Tiksi on the Arctic coast of Yakutia.
The wind farm will have generating capacity of 1 MW, according to the memorandum.
ES of East CEO Sergei Tolstoguzov said that Russia has many remote areas that do not have centralized power supplies. "Diesel is shipped in by difficult ways, the logistics are expensive, so we have developed a major program for the use of renewable sources of energy," he said.
Russia now has three operating wind farms: Nikolskoye and Ust-Kamchatsk in Kamchatka with capacity of 550 kW and 275 kW respectively, and Labytnangi in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District with capacity of 225 kW.