Northwest Russia Renewable Energy Forum

Bellona Murmansk

Northwest Russia Renewable Energy Forum was established by The Bellona Foundation in 2008. It is an arena for information exchange, capacity-building, research and innovation, technology and product transfer, as well as investment in renewable energy.

The Bellona Foundation welcomes renewable energy researchers, companies, power producers, government representatives, environmental NGOs, investors and others interested to join our network. If you wish to be informed about our events, please send an e-mail to anne@bellona.no

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Presentations from International congress "Clean Energy days in St.-Petersburg" 15-16 april 2010
Northwest Russia Renewable Energy Forum 21-22 September 2010
Northwest Russia Renewable Energy Forum 15-16 september 2009
Northwest Russia Renewable Energy Forum 21-22 oсtober 2008
Northwest Russia Renewable Energy Forum 1-2 april 2008

ARTICLES
[ 10.01.2011 ]
Renewable energy globally and in Russia in 2010: When will Russia commit to green energy possibilities?
ST. PETERSBURG - 2010 marked another year in alternative energy’s steady advance across the globe: More and more countries seem to grasp the benefits of renewable energy and start making concrete moves toward introducing power and heat producing technologies based on green energy sources . Even though, on balance, the share of renewables in global energy production does not yet exceed three percent, experts note a confident growth in this field.
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Bellona Murmansk

[ 24.11.2010 ]
Small northern city asserts promising future for large energy efficiency projects in Russia
A first large energy saving project in Olenegorsk, a small town in Russia’s Far Northern Murmansk Region, on the Kola Peninsula, which has seen energy-efficient heating systems installed in schools and kindergartens to the benefit of both the environment and the municipal coffers, serves as encouraging proof that Russia may well be ready to take steps toward a greener energy economy.
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[ 06.10.2010 ]
Wind park in Northern Norway brings pride and profit
LEBESBY, Norway – This small, 1,300-resident municipality in Northern Norway’s Finnmark County, whose name has become known in environmental circles thanks to its Kjøllefjord wind park, was a subject of Russian and international interest last month as participants in Bellona’s Northwest Russia Renewable Energy Forum visited the facility.
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Rashid Alimov

[ 07.04.2008 ]
Bellona's forum on renewable energy in Murmansk leaves participants charged up
An international seminar on renewable energy solutions for Northwest Russian hosted by Bellona Murmansk and the Bellona Foundation ended on a high note as regional authorities, environmental organisations and businesses got their first extensive look at renewable energy options for the Arctic region.
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[ 02.04.2008 ]
After years of research, Murmansk plugs wind power into its grid
MURMANSK - Despite the slushy day and late winter chill, ceremonies marking the plug-in of this city’s first wind power device to the electric grid went off like a breeze yesterday. The inclusion of the windmill in Murmansk’s energy mix is critically important because Russian law does not obligate the grid to buy power from the wind power producers, and procedures to include such renewable power devices on the grid are far from spelled out.
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BLOGS

Russia towards a more favorable support scheme for renewable energy?

With its vast territory and abundance of natural resources, Russia has an enormous potential for developing renewable energy. Nevertheless, renewable energy has remained an undeveloped field in Russia.

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REPORTS
[ 17.04.2012 Northwest Russia Renewable Energy Forum ] Economic aspects of small-scale renewable energy development in remote settlements of the Kola Peninsula
Murmansk Region, a large administrative area on the Kola Peninsula in Russia’s European North, has a broad range of non-conventional renewable energy sources at its disposal – the sun and wind, small rivers, tides and ocean waves, etc. Each of these resources has its own distinct seasonal characteristics. For instance, the supply of solar energy and hydroenergy is at its peak during summer periods, while consumer demand is traditionally highest during the winter. Conversely, energy derived from the wind and ocean waves reaches its maximum availability in the winter, with the onset of seasonal cyclone activity. Finally, tidal energy is not contingent on a particular season, and its mean monthly values remain unchanged throughout the year or across multi-year spans. These peculiarities determine the specific areas and scope of practical application of renewable energy sources on the peninsula.
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