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| Wed, 17th Feb 2021 13:04:00 |
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LCOE of off-grid solar-plus-storage in Russia’s remote areas ranges between $0.19 and $0.29/kWh |
Although Russia has a huge national grid, more than 10,000 villages across the country are currently disconnected from this network and their power supply is ensured by highly-polluting diesel power generators or small sized coal-fired electricity production. “These solutions, however, not only cause regular electricity shortages but are also very expensive,” Anton Usachev, president of the Russian Solar Energy Association, told pv magazine. “At some locations, logistics [are] very complicated, as diesel fuel is delivered twice a year due to difficult weather conditions.”
According to him, the Russian authorities are now considering solar power generation coupled with storage to replace diesel generation as a cheap and easy-to-implement power supply solution for remote areas, due to its perfect combination of economic efficiency, environmental sustainability, and affordable logistics. “The size of the off-grid solar-diesel market in Russia’s Far East regions only, can reach 800 MW,” he further explained. “Several regions, such as Krasnoyarsk, Altay, and Tyva in Siberia, Chukotka, Magadan, Zabaikalskiy, and Yakutia in the Far East, are already on the way of building up PV power generation in a bid to replace diesel-fueled generation.”
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