Russia’s position in green energy underscores the country’s rich potential, although the scale of actual projects under way is still rather modest. The share of wind and solar power of Russia’s energy mix does not exceed 1%. At the same time, according to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak at the International Financial Congress, Russia plans to increase the share of renewables in the energy balance by 10 times by 2040. Although calculations show that if the most ambitious plans are implemented, the share of renewables, without large hydro power plants, in Russia will reach only 2-2.5% by 2035. With the risk of foreign investors leaving the Russian energy sector (Enel Russia, Fortum, Unipro), the growth of renewables in the energy mix will slow down even more.
According to Rosstat, electricity generation reached 1,157 billion kWh in 2021. Thermal power plants were and still are the main supplier of electricity to the unified energy system of the country. Last year, the share of TPP generation was 62%. In 2016 it was 65%, and in 2011 it was 68%. HPPs produced 216 billion kWh of electricity in 2021. This is 19% of the country’s total electricity production. In 2016, the share of HPPs was 17%, and in 2011 it was 16%. The share of nuclear power generation increased from 16% in 2011 and 18% in 2016 to 19% in 2021. At the same time, in 2020, NPPs and HPPs – low-carbon energy sources – will each generate 20% of electricity. The Ministry of Energy noted during Russian Energy Week in 2021 that the share of nuclear power stations should increase to 24-25% by 2050, while the share of gas generation will remain at about the current level of just over 40%. At the same time, the share of coal-fired generation will gradually decline, reaching 4.5% of generation by 2050, with 22.2 GW of coal-fired TPP equipment to be decommissioned. Solar and wind power generation will increase from around 4.5% by 2035 and further to 12-12.5% by 2050-2060. As a result, the share of carbon-free and low-carbon generation, which is 41% today, will be around 47% by 2035 and 56.5% by 2050. Of this, 19% will come from hydroelectricity, 25% from nuclear power and 12.5% from renewables. Evgeny Gasho, expert consultant at the Analytical Centre under the Government of the Russian Federation, said the following: “Few countries can boast the energy mix that Russia has now. The share of low-carbon hydro and nuclear power in total electricity generation is over 40 per cent and a further 20 per cent in combined cycle power generation in thermal power plants. Russia’s specific carbon intensity is the lowest in the world, Denmark is slightly behind us, but the carbon intensity of other developed countries and global averages are not even comparable to ours.”
Energy sector readiness for the energy transition is determined not only by green or low-carbon kilowatts and the level of localisation of green technologies, but also by the level of energy efficiency of traditional energy subsectors, their technological sophistication and adaptability. Most enterprises in the sector have a technologically low share of electricity and heat consumption from external sources, as well as a low share of motor fuel consumption. This is a sector specific feature of energy utilities in the energy transition readiness ranking. On the other hand, in terms of energy efficiency dynamics, automation and adaptability, the enterprises are well placed in the ranking. Recall that these include holdings from outside the main ranking (hyperlink), subholdings and enterprises, which can be categorised in the table using a filter.
The energy transition
Position
Position
Name
Efficiency over 15 years
Importance of external infrastructure
Share of motor fuel
Energy revenue
Automation (benchmark)
Dynamics of Automation
Adaptability
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Saratovskaia TPP
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Novomoskovskaya TPP
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Shaturskaya TPP
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Samara TPP
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Neryungri TPP
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Sredneuralskaya TPP
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Berezovskaya TPP
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Gusinoozerskaya TPP
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Cherepetskaya TPP
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Yakutsk State District Power Plant
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South Kuzbass TPP
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Zainsk State District Power Plant
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Nevinnomysskaya TPP
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Konakovskaya TPP
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Urengoy TPP
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Pskovskaya TPP
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Sakhalin TPP
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TPP-3 by Klasson
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Yakutia TPP-2
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Serovskaya TPP
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Smolensk TPP
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Nizhnevartovsk TPP
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Yaivinskaya TPP
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Kashirskaya TPP
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Troitskaya TPP
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Kharanorskaya TPP
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Surgutskaya TPP-1
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Kirishskaya TPP
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Belovskaya TPP
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Yuzhnouralskaya TPP
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Yoshkar-Ola thermal power plant No. 1
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CHPP-3 Ivanovo
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Magadan CHPP
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Penza CHPP-1
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CHPP-2 Ivanovo
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Bereznikovskaya CHPP-2
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Sormovskaya CHPP
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Ulyanovsk CHPP – 2
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Marikommunenergo
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Chukotenergo
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Vladimirsky
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Kirovskaya CHPP-5
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Syzran CHPP
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Yakutsk combined heat and power plant
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Mordovian
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Norilskenergo
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Boiler Arbekovo
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Ivanovsky
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CHPP Volga Automobile Plant
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Novokuibyshevskaya CHPP-1
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Perm CHPP-6
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Balakovskaya CHPP-4
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Saratov CHPP-5
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Orenburg
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Izhevsk CHPP-1
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Mordovian
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Murmansk CHPP
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Generation of Buryatia
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Ulyanovsk CHPP-1
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Efremovskaya CHPP
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Zagorskaya HPP
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Votkinskaya HPP
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Svetlinskaya HPP
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Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP
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Kamskaya HPP
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Zeyskaya HPP
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Volzhskaya HPP
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Nizhny Novgorod HPP
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Vilyuisky Cascade HPP
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Cascade of the Kuban HPP
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Cheboksary HPP
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Sunsky Cascade HPP
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Kolyma HPP
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Nizhnekamsk HPP
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Narva HPP (HPP-13)
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Ladoga Cascade HPP
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Volkhovskaya HPP №6 (HPP-6)
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Ust-Srednekanskaya HPP
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Dagestan
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Vuoksa HPP Cascade (Cascade-1)
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Saratov HPP
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Kemsky Cascade HPP
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Volga Cascade HPP
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Tuloma Cascade HPP
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Bureyskaya HPP
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Vygsky Cascade HPP
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Nivsky Cascade HPP
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Zhigulevskaya HPP
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Paz Cascade HPP
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Novosibirsk HPP
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Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant
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Balakovo nuclear power plant
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Beloyarsk nuclear power plant
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Kursk nuclear power plant
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Leningrad nuclear power plant
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Kalinin nuclear power plant
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Smolensk nuclear power plant
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Rostov nuclear power plant
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Novovoronezh nuclear power plant
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Kola nuclear power plant
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Gorelektroset
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Municipal unitary enterprise of the city of Cherepovets “Electroset”
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Pyatigorsk electrical networks
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Tyvaenergo
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SUE Stavropolkommunelectro
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South Yakutsk Electric Networks
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Karelenergo
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Electrical networks of the Jewish Autonomous Region
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Novgorodobleelectro
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Rosseti North Caucasus
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Oblkommunenergo
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Tomsk Distribution Company
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Orenburgkommunelektroset
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Khabarovsk electrical networks
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Bashkir network company
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Buryatenergo
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Amur Electric Networks
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Altaienergo
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Tula City Electric Networks
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Primorsky electric networks
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Khabarovsk city power grid
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Novgorod
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Smolenskenergo
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Bryanskenergo
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Bashkir distribution electrical networks
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Krymenergo
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Circassian city electrical networks
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Energy Technology
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Ivenergo
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State Unitary Enterprise of the Moscow Region Power Grid
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Municipal Unitary Enterprise of the City of Khabarovsk Heating networks
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Petrozavodsk utility systems
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Vilyui branch Teploenergoservis
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TomskRTS
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Housing and communal services of the Chekhov region
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Aldan branch Teploenergoservis
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Teploenergoservis
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Heating network
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MUP of the Moscow Region Energetik
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Ural Heat Network Company
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Usinsk thermal company
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Municipal unitary enterprise of Domodedovo city district Teploset
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Ulyanovsk Municipal Unitary Enterprise City Heating Network
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Bashkir distribution heating networks
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Yugansktransteploservis
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Pskov heating networks
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Krasnoyarsk Heat and Power Company
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Regiongaz-invest
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Sevteploenergo
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Almetyevsk heating networks
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Orenburg heating networks
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MUMP public utilities
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Energoneft Tomsk
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Ivgorteploenergo
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Chita Energy Complex
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Smolenskteploset
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Astrakhan heating networks
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Engineering networks of the city of Dolgoprudny