Today, Rosseti South and EKRA signed a strategic cooperation agreement at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. It is aimed at solving urgent issues of scientific, technical, and innovative development of the electric power industry.
The agreement was signed by Boris Ebzeev, CEO of Rosseti South, and Konstantin Doni, CEO of EKRA. The parties plan to strengthen their cooperation to improve R&D efficiency, development of competitive technologies, and commercialization of intellectual property. The implementation of joint projects and their further promotion will be based on technological forecasts of power industry development.
“Our cooperation will be carried out through the organization and formation of proposals to develop and introduce import-independent solutions, devices, electronic component bases, and competitive technologies. We will make a list of promising areas in technical and innovative development in the power industry, as well as products tested for and adapted to the Russian power industry, which are ready for implementation and commercialization. The effectiveness of such work will contribute to further development of the electric grid complex,” Boris Ebzeev, CEO of Rosseti South, said.
“The agreement will be a logical continuation of our long-standing partnership with Rosseti South, which dates back over 15 years. During this time, EKRA has helped implement many strategically important projects, including facilities for the FIFA World Cup and the Sochi Olympic Games. In addition, we are actively involved in the large-scale initiative of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation to develop the “green” energy,” Konstantin Doni, CEO of EKRA, added.
Rosseti is the operator of one of the largest power grid complexes in the world. It manages 2.35 mln km of power transmission lines and 507,000 substations with a transformer capacity of over 792 GVA. In 2019, the net power supply to consumers amounted to 763 bln kWh. Rosseti Group employs 220,000 people. Rosseti's property portfolio includes 35 subsidiaries and affiliates, including 15 interregional subsidiaries and a trunk grid company. The controlling shareholder is the state represented by the Federal Agency for State Property Management of the Russian Federation, which owns 88.04% of the authorized capital.
Rosseti South is in charge of transporting electric power in grids of 220 kV and below in four constituent entities of the Russian Federation: Rostov, Astrakhan and Volgograd Regions, the Republic of Kalmykia.
Rosseti South serves an area of more than 335,000 sq km with a population of about 8.1 mln people. The Company has 1,213 35–220 kV substations with a total capacity of 18,723.2 MVA and 30,955 6.10/0.4 kV transformer substations with a total capacity of about 5,323.5 (MVA). The total length of power transmission lines along the route is 158.5 thous.km. The staff numbers over 14,000 people.