On April 9 through 11, the St. Petersburg based ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre hosted the Russian International Energy Forum powered by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation and the Government of St. Petersburg. This extensive event was attended by 8,000 people from 11 countries, including China, Iran, India, Belarus, Republic of Korea, and Kazakhstan. 140 companies showcased their projects and services at the Forum exposition, and 490 delegates took part in the convention program. 700+ business meetings were accomplished in the Business Matchmaking Centre.

The gala opening ceremony of the Forum was attended by Sergey Kropachev – Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg, Daniil Krainsky – Deputy CEO of Rosseti, Dmitry Nikitin – CEO of RESTEC Exhibition Company, and Sergey Voronkov – CEO of ExpoForum International and President of the Russian Union of Exhibitions and Fairs.

Sergey Kropachev addressed the Forum participants on behalf of Alexander Beglov, Governor of St. Petersburg, who accented the Forum’s significance as an irreplaceable venue for demonstration of cutting-edge initiatives and projects. The Governor specified that the energy sector of the Northern Capital of Russia has an essential role in reinforcement of the country’s science and technology potential. It is not by chance that year after year, St. Petersburg has been verifying its leadership in lean production and resource provision enhancement.

Daniil Krainsky reported that the Russian energy sector demonstrated a growth of over 5 percent, which provided evidence of the country’s economy development and the energy sector becoming a driver of improvement. As Sergey Voronkov took the stand, he distinguished unicity of the energy sector of St. Petersburg, putting special emphasis on its historical roots and today’s achievements.

St. Petersburg is not just a gas capital of Russia and the homeland of the first gas street lamp. It is also the energy capital where the biggest power companies are located. Moreover, it is where arc welding was invented. All the topics brought up at RIEF are directly related to St. Petersburg, including electric energy independence provisions, reliability and safety of energy systems, welding matters, corrosion protection, and comfortable environment arrangements. All the meetings at the Forum will be full of both business content and informal communications, Mr. Voronkov said.

One of the key events of the RIEF 2025 welcome ceremony was the presentation of the historic exposition ENERGY OF VICTORY. RESTORATION, which was dedicated to the energy industry of Leningrad in the years of the Great Patriotic War during the World War II. Petr Tishchenko, Chairman of the Archive Committee of St. Petersburg, and Faina Nedbay, Director of the Central State Archive of Scientific and Technical Documentation of St. Petersburg, greeted the audience and briefly informed them about the exhibits presented at the Forum Exposition. In general, the topic of the exposition was explored by means of three major media, which were propaganda posters, biographies of people who were behind the city’s restoration, and unique documents that told the story about the heroic deeds of the Leningrad energy engineers who recovered the power infrastructure of the city and its region.

The Power & Electrical Engineering International Exhibition brought together leading Russian manufacturers and became a place to show the most recent industrial projects. At their stand, Rosatom Smart Utilities demonstrated software products of their own design. Visitors were able to appreciate their Digital Resource Supply IT solution made to ensure smooth digital transformation for resource suppliers. This product can reduce losses and emergency rates thanks to smart data analysis, as well as promptly detect and eliminate non-routine events. INGC, a Moscow-based manufacturer of compressor and power equipment, presented a prototype of their 2 MW radial gas turbine engine. SEVER Krasnoyarsk Amphibious Transport Plant invited the audience’s attention with their assortment of special vehicles that can overcome all kinds of obstacles and be operated in challenging climates. PIK PROGRESS, the Russian supplier of system solutions, demonstrated their INTEGRAL 325 — software that covers accounting, telemechanics and automated control of technological data at once. Incomsystem Research-Engineering Center presented their solutions designed to enhance production procedures and resource accounting, whereas Radar MMS Research and Production Enterprise brought a new module for cable lines monitoring. Rosseti Lenenergo had an interactive site arranged with equipment for user disconnection in case of overpowering. Scientific Research Institute for Optoelectronic Instrument Engineering showed their assortment of devices for technical monitoring and malfunction diagnostics in industrial-grade equipment. Spetskabel Plant had the audience amazed with their optic fibre cables, including the world’s finest aircraft optic cable that can be used in different industrial sectors. RADIUS Avtomatika exhibited their latest relay and automation devices, an upgrade for their classical SIRIUS series, and also their Sirius BAVR high-speed automatic reserve input device. PromMash Test came to consult specialists on the matters of certification in regard of industrial equipment, expert assessment in the field of industrial safety and laboratory tests. Parus Electro brought their assortment of gel lead-acid cells of various sizes and capacities. ProfKiP gave the visitors a chance to have a closer look at a wide range of measuring tools, all of them recorded in the State Register of Measuring Equipment. RIVE-IMPORT, a Russian importer of China-made equipment, showcased the most advanced backup power systems – COWAY, JIEYO, and NOVCELL, all of them intended for country houses, commercial facilities, and industrial companies.

The specialised exhibition INTEGRATED PROTECTION SYSTEMS FOR FUEL AND ENERGY FACILITIES took place during RIEF for the first time ever. Its participants demonstrated the most state-of-the-art technologies designed to protect energy sites of critical importance from UAVs and unauthorized access.

The pinnacle of the RIEF 2025 convention program was METROPOLITAN CITY’ ENERGY: HOW TO COMPLY WITH CONSUMERS’ HIGH EXPECTATIONS Panel Session. The participants talked about the impact of the fuel and energy sector on development of the urban infrastructure, and moreover, they shared their practical experience during the discussion of up-to-date technologies and innovations that the largest cities can use. The session was participated by officials of Rosseti Lenenergo, Fuel and Energy Complex of St. Petersburg, Vodokanal of St. Petersburg, Lensvet, and St. Petersburg Energy Saving Centre. Kirill Smirnov, CEO of Petrocenter Information Publishing Centre of St. Petersburg Government — moderated the event.

During the conference RELIABLE ENERGY AND HEAT SUPPLY TO REMOTE AND HARD-TO-REACH AREAS IN FAR NORTH AND THE ARCTIC REGION, the participants talked over the issues associated with energy safety management in the challenging climatic environment of the Far North, implementation of investment projects as regards to local energy sectors, import substitution, and technological independence.

GENERAL SCHEME – 2042: HOW TO BALANCE NEEDS OF THE ENERGY INDUSTRY WITH CAPACITIES OFFERED BY THE ECOMONICS SECTOR Conference became a place to consider the long-term development plan for the industry that covered the period up to the year of 2042.

A practice-oriented SUPPLIER DAY was arranged by TEK Torg as part of RIEF – there, the experts shared how one can become a leader in electric energy. In fact, this event was based on a direct dialogue with the customers, but they also demonstrated some practical tools for sales increase there. Another exciting thing that was presented during this event was the company’s new project for digitalization of relevant standards of the electric energy sector.

The Forum participants were invited to join the technical tour to the first Russian station with a steam and gas binary cycle – the North-Western Heat and Power Station operated by Inter RAO – Power Generation. There, they were demonstrated contemporary energy production technologies that ensure both high efficiency and environmental friendliness.

Over 700 business meetings attended by suppliers and customers were accomplished in the Business Matchmaking Centre. These meetings were attended by representatives of Power Machines, Rosseti North-West, United Information and Accounting Centre of St. Petersburg, Fuel and Energy Complex of St. Petersburg, and other industrial companies.

Some other major industrial projects took place in ExpoForum at the same time with RIEF 2025, namely the Corrosion Protection International Exhibition & Congress, the Municipal Housing Complex of Russia International Exhibition, and the Svarka/Welding International Exhibition. Several events held in one place at the same time helped bring together as many specialists from different industries and provided extra opportunities for experience sharing and business matchmaking.

The Forum program was participated by the leading associations and the key players of the industry, which were the Scientific and Technical Council of Unified Energy System, the Association of Guaranteed Suppliers and Energy Service Companies, the Energy Consumers Association, RUSSOFT, Digital Energy Association, INGC, National Agency of Energy Saving and Renewable Energy, and others.

General information partner of the event – Power and Industry of Russia Newspaper. General industrial information partner – Neftegaz.ru online portal. Official information partner – Elec.ru electro-technical web-portal. Official industrial information partner – Energy Policy public and business academic magazine. Strategic information partner – Camelot Publishing. Special information partner – ELECTRIC POWER. Transmission and Distribution Journal. Publisher of the Show Daily official newspaper – United Industrial Publishers.

RIEF 2025 organiser – ExpoForum International. Coorganisers of the Exhibition program – RESTEC Exhibition Company and BIZON Exhibition Companies Group.

RIEF 2025 became the place to present the most advanced solutions and know-hows for the energy sector.

Modern gas turbine engines, cables, rechargeable batteries, gauges, metering devices, IT solutions, off-roaders, and certification services — all these were on display at POWER & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING International Exhibition arranged during the Forum.

At their stand, Rosatom Smart Utilities demonstrated software products of their own design. Visitors appreciated their Digital Resource Supply IT solution made to ensure smooth digital transformation for resource suppliers. This product can reduce losses and emergency rates thanks to smart data analysis, as well as promptly detect and eliminate non-routine events. Besides, they showcased a unique infrastructure IoT platform that was one of the first to be certified for operation at critical IT infrastructure facilities. Remarkably, it can model, which is copy functions from one computing system to another, operation in compliance with proprietary protocols for closed sensors in metering devices from non-amicable states.

Dmitry Krashennikov, Director of the Digital Resource Supply Design Office at Rosatom Smart Utilities, said that recently their Digital Resource Supply platform had won the Digital Apexes National Awards for the best IT solution designed for the energy sector. Besides, the company presented their independent import-substituted SCADA-based system, an infrastructural IoT platform. The director explained that in combination with the analytical system from the Digital Resource Supply platform, this software product can be used to run a boiler house, or a heating station. Their experience of these products introduction resulted in a remarkable cost saving rate.

INGC, a Moscow-based manufacturer of compressor and power equipment with two production sites in Perm, presented at the exhibition a prototype of their 2 MW radial gas turbine engine. “The prototype installed by INGC at their stand is a real turbine that can be used as a drive for a turbo-generator to produce electric energy in remote territories that have got no other energy sources but natural gas, or oil associated gas. GTEA-200 complex is called Irtysh, and it uses the drive named GTD AA 2000. The turbine weighs 2,5 tons and is capable of a rotation speed of 25 thousand rounds. GTD AA 2000 comprises special bearings with carbon fiber instead of typical babbit for safer operation. Every element of the drive was designed and produced in Russia. The only imported part of this first turbine is the forged element of the turbine rotor’s impeller made of special steel. Our metal industry has really got a lot of things on its plate right now, and they can’t follow the timeline we require,” said the representative of INGC at the exhibition. “Yet, for our industrial-grade serial prototypes, the forged element of the turbine will be Russian-made, which means GTD AA 2000 will be 100% manufactured locally. The drive can also be operated as part of mobile gas pumping units with a relevantly capable centrifugal compressor.

Incomsystem Research-Engineering Center is a manufacturer from Kazan that produces automated management systems and controller equipment as an alternative to the products offered by overseas industrial colossuses like Siemens. “We make, assemble, and supply every element for our control cabinets, and we can manage any process by means of Russian-made software. Such cabinets can be used in the petroleum and chemical industries, and it can also be applied to control parameters of equipment. All readings are displayed on the monitor to help the operator make the decisions as necessary,” the company’s officials explained.
SEVER Krasnoyarsk Amphibious Transport Plant impressed the audience with their vehicles, including Sever 650K airboat, which is their most popular model. The Ministry of Emergency Situations uses it in the Leningrad Region, in Moscow, and in more than 150 Russian regions. “This flagship model is capable of 1.5 tons and can seat 8 passengers. The vehicle exhibited is equipped with Chevrolet LS3 engine capable of 430 hp. Our vehicles are called amphibious as they are suitable for all weathers and can be operated in hard-to-reach places. This boat can travel across ice, bogs, and open water, which means it is suitable for all kinds of waters, as well as when waters are extremely low. Our company has designed it, and we have a full-range inhouse production along with a design studio,” the company’s official clarified.

SEVER Plant is especially proud of their airboat’s structural solutions. Its aluminum all-welded body is seagull-shaped, and the gravity centre is designed at a lower level at the back power plant for better control performance. However, the boat has a lot of other remarkable elements, in particular, the 6th gen gear system produced by the plant, the carbon screw made by a Kazan-based aviation factory, five-ply wearproof polyurethane, and other features.

When the plant’s official spoke about their other machine, Pickup Max, the snow and swamp buggy, he sounded as proud and affectionate. According to him, the vehicle had covered a distance of 10 thousand kilometres — “It left the factory and reached Chukotka.” The polar night, all the snow and ice, absolutely roadless terrain, minus 60 degrees Centigrade, navigator-only. For their six tires of 1,600 by 650 mm, the plant uses quarry grade materials instead of agricultural ones to ensure better adhesion. Thanks to its engine capable of 152 hp and the mechanical transmission, Pickup Max can transport up to 2 tons of cargo across the most remote locations.

Radar MMS Research and Production Enterprise showcased a result of their collaboration with Pribor Production Company, a breaker switch for HV lines with Sensor HV smart monitoring modules. This device makes it possible to monitor the status of a HV line and to control the equipment with the help of SmartUnity software platform. The enterprise’s official at the stand showed another conceptually new device, which was an MCL sensor for monitoring of 6 to 20 kV cable lines. It can help find the emergency location faster and speed up electric power recovery in extensive cable networks. Its advantage is easy installation, as it is equipped with noninvasive current sensors, Rogowski coils. As before, visitors were also presented with unmanned aerial vehicle systems provided by Radar MMS.

PromMash Test, a company that has the biggest multifunctional test center in the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union, with 35 state-of-the-art laboratories, took part in the exhibition to consult about certification, as well as control and research tests intended for a wide range of products. “We test pipeline fittings, electric equipment, constructions, and many other things. We offer services associated with design, meteorology, labour protection, and industrial safety. Our company provides a wide range of services on a one-stop basis — whether your issue is design, equipment supplies, construction works, or commissioning into operation,” said Dmitry Ruzhenenko, the company’s representative.

ProfKiP invited the visitors to have a closer look at a large variety of measuring tools, all of them recorded in the State Register of Measuring Equipment. Some of the exhibits were lab-grade highly accurate voltmeters and kilovoltmeters from ProfKiP S500 and ProfKiP S502 series. Further, they exhibited their new UKU 21 breakdown plant, designed to test cables for insulation faults. Yet, the most expensive device at this stand was ProfKiP R40116 gauge emulator designed to emulate electric resistance to direct current. “It comprises serially connected equinominal precision resistors installed in every of the device’s 9 decades. The resistance range is 1*104 to 1*1012 Ohms,” the company’s representative explained.

PIK-PROGRESS has been focusing on telemechanical and energy resources metering systems, as well as automated systems used to control technological procedures for over 30 years. At their stand, one could see controllers, boxes, and software solutions. A new project they had brought was their INTEGRAL 325 software developed for industrial companies and the energy sector. This software is registered in the Russian Software Register. INTEGRAL 325 represents information on all the energy resources metered, including electric energy, gas, water, heat, and waste waters, in a single system. Moreover, it solves the tasks of collection, long-term storage, and analysis of technical parameters throughout the entire production chain. This ensures that technological information from every meter and recording device is stored in the one format. The company’s representative proudly demonstrated RTU 325 controllers, developed and produced by PIK-PROGRESS from printed boards to software. Moreover, they presented cabinets for meters and telecontrol devices that can be arranged in compliance with the project requirements. Products by PIK-PROGRESS have been successfully replacing European equivalents and used not only in Russia, but all across the post-Soviet territories, too.

Spetskabel Plant arrived with an assortment of differently purposed cables. At their stand, the company exhibited about 70 samples of different cables intended for various industrial sectors. All their cables are Russian-made. One of the new products was SKLON flexible cable suitable for operation at varied production sites and facilities. “This cable is especially remarkable, as its characteristics are four times better than in any other flexible cables offered by our competitors from abroad. It is the number of twists that does the trick, ensuring high reliability and extended operation times,” the company’s officials explained. Another group of exhibits they demonstrated were 5E and 7A classic twisted pair cables.

Scientific Research Institute for Optoelectronic Instrument Engineering showed their assortment of devices for technical monitoring and malfunction diagnostics in industrial-grade equipment at RIEF 2025, including TSP electronic digital tachometer, two types of vibration meters, KIS multifunctional measuring set etc. To show how these devices can be operated, a small simulation stand was installed in ExpoForum. Timely trouble-shooting in industrial equipment results in less emergencies and shutdowns in-situ. The devices are used to measure and study different parameters, including vibration rates, shaft rotation rates, and moreover they can be used for dynamic balancing of rotors right within their own supports. Such equipment pieces are needed in many industrial sectors, but first of all, in the energy industry, in particular, at atomic and heat electric stations. For 30+ years, Scientific Research Institute for Optoelectronic Instrument Engineering has been designing control and monitoring devices for industrial equipment.

Parus Electro brought their assortment of gel lead-acid cells of various sizes and capacities, including a 12 W rechargeable battery capable of 100 A/h, a rechargeable battery capable of 105 A/h, a rechargeable battery capable of 9 A/h, and a rechargeable battery capable of 55 A/h. But that wasn’t all — Parus Electro also brought an uninterrupted power supply source that can be used to protect electrical equipment from all kinds of electricity shortage.

RADIUS Avtomatika, the Russian designer and producer of 6 to 220 kV relay and automation devices, exhibited their latest products at the exhibition. The company’s employees showcased their new compact device called Sirius 2 L P designed for substations with alternate operating current. The device supports powerup from emergency current and debridging relays. The front panel is equipped with a Type A USB port so that configuration files and oscillograms could be recorded on a flash drive right from the device. Among the exhibits, there also was an upgrade for the company’s classical Sirius series and a Sirius BAVR high-speed automatic reserve input device. Besides, at the company’s stand visitors were demonstrated relay protection and control devices by Sirius brand that can replace the foreign equivalents. There were Sirius 2ML 02 with PIN2PIN adapters adjustment kit, and Sirius 2 L K with a socket panel adjustment kit.

RIVE-IMPORT, a Russian importer of China-made equipment, showcased the most advanced backup power systems — COWAY, JIEYO, and NOVCELL, all of them intended for country houses, commercial facilities, and industrial companies. What’s more, the company introduced visitors and participants of RIEF 2025 unique mobile portable electric stations produced by JIEYO (China) capable of 1.2 to 5 kW that can be used in everyday life and for commercial purposes. For example, they are good for long trips and journeys, outdoor recreation, corporate events, but also in mobile laboratories.

According to directors of local energy companies, who talked at RIEF 2025 about innovations in the municipal economy, in 10 years, all the engineering utilities in St. Petersburg will be emergency-free, and every defect will be eliminated on a proactive basis.

St. Petersburg, the northernmost metropolitan city of the world, keeps developing, which means the burden undertaken by its engineering utilities is continuously increasing, while the living standards are rising. Participants of the panel session METROPOLITAN CITY’ ENERGY: HOW TO COMPLY WITH CONSUMERS’ HIGH EXPECTATIONS that took place during the Russian International Energy Forum in ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre, explained how expectations of citizens can be met and effective operation of the local infrastructure ensured.

As explained by Igor Kuzmin, CEO at Rosseti Lenenergo, the essential task pursued by power engineers is to guarantee reliable energy supply to every facility all across the system. The company is routinely reducing downtimes in the energy system, and at the moment it takes only about 60 minutes to recover electrical power supply after it has been interrupted. Citizens hardly notice lots of such failures, as power substations automatically switch to backup circuits. AI-based systems are used to predict scenarios in case a particular element fails and guarantee prompt decision making.

Never-ending construction of new residential developments and even entire neighbourhoods results in higher energy consumption. That’s why the new infrastructure has to be designed and built on the priority basis, Igor Kuzmin explained. Fortunately, the electric energy investment program adopted in St. Petersburg of about 40 billion rubles a year can support such conduct. According to Mr. Kuzmin, in the future the spotlight will be on keeping the equilibrium between electric energy production and supply.

Ivan Boltenkov, CEO at Fuel and Energy Complex of St. Petersburg, reminded the audience that St. Petersburg is used to a really high level of resources supply. Mr. Boltenkov reported that large-scale reconstruction that had been taking place in recent years resulted in progressive emergency reduction within the heat supplying networks. Further, he assured that according to the plans on the table in 10 years St. Petersburg would have a perfect heat supplying system with no expired lines, or ineffective boiler houses. “We should look towards not only prompt fault elimination. We need to learn how to manage such faults, which is to discover and rectify them before they become evident,” he elaborated.

According to Ivan Boltenkov, today they are using lots of new technologies to discover possible shortcomings in the system. They have defect-finding robots that travel down the pipes, acoustic sensors, unmanned aerial vehicles that conduct infrared thermographic scanning, and so on. He emphasized that in his company the period between approving a breakthrough technology and its introduction is very short.
“In 10 years, we shouldn’t even discuss fault and emergency rates — we will only have to keep our networks emergency-free,” said Sergey Volkov, CEO at Vodokanal of St. Petersburg, to support his colleague’s point. He further announced that the key task in his area of focus was environmental protection, as the Neva is the only source of St. Petersburg’s water supply, and thus it is purity of its waters that they should think of. Today, 100% of waters that leave the local treatment stations comply with the most stringent requirements and standards, Sergey Volkov assured (unless water gets polluted while transported towards consumers via municipal utilities). The next step is to make sure that all industrial enterprises, including the ones at the Neva in the Leningrad Region, observe the law as regards to waste waters discharged into the river.

As Vladimir Reznichenko, Director of Lensvet, took the stage, he spoke about St. Petersburg’s gradual switching to light-emitting diodes, or LEDs. “The city has over 400 thousand lamps, and 60+ percent of these have already been equipped with modern LEDs, which are all Russian-made,” Mr. Reznichenko highlighted. LEDs consume much less energy, which helps save the state money, but at the same time the city needs more and more of them. According to Vladimir, in the mid 20th century, lighting was only needed along major highways, then it was extended to access ways in backyards of residential houses, but today citizens require lighting at children’s playgrounds and small gardens. CEO of Lensvet mentioned that further development of the lighting systems is going to follow the citizens’ demand. On the one hand, they might be pursuing higher green standards, light pollution reduction, and consequently using less lighting devices in backyards and parks. On the other hand, for safety reasons, the same or even higher lighting levels might be called for.

Summing things up, Ivan Tregubov, CEO at St. Petersburg Energy Saving Centre made a report about a practice that had become popular, when investors are engaged by the municipal housing sector by means of energy service contracts. In such cases, investors’ expenses are compensated thanks to the money saved due to the introduced energy-saving technologies. 700+ energy service agreements had been signed in St. Petersburg towards network upgrades in schools, nurseries, and hospitals, Mr. Tregubov outlined, and now the time came to bring investors to the residential sector, too.

He mentioned that a pilot project of the heating system upgrade on an investor’s account had been launched in a St. Petersburg based apartment house and resulted in saving 20 to 25 percent of energy. As explained by Ivan, the energy service contracts had attracted many investors, including from other regions, whereas home owners could enjoy both lower payments and higher living standards.

The event is scheduled for April 9, 14.00 to 16.00.

The energy sector is the strategically essential basis for safe and sustainable economic development. On March 15, 2024, Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, approved the strategy for digital transformation of the fuel and energy sector by 2030. Some of the purposes of this program are to reach a high level of digital maturity, to gear up the energy sector’s switching to the new managing and technological levels, and to introduce AI-based technologies. All objectives of this program are aimed at reinforcement of Russia’s technological independence in the fuel and energy sector.

During this topical session, experts will talk about challenges and obstacles encountered by energy companies treading the path of import substitution and pursuing introduction of advanced technologies. Moreover, they will look into technological solutions offered by Russian software developers.

The event will be participated by representatives of Rakurs, Simpl, Prostor Lab, Rosatom Automated Management Systems, PMSOFT, Digital Energy Association, and Inter RAO.

The session will be moderated by Denis Frolagin, Director of Production Consulting at Reksoft Consulting.

Organisers: RUSSOFT NP and ExpoForum International

More information about the event can be found here.

To attend events of the convention program the Delegate pack is required.

Participation as a Delegate:
Aleksandra Budkina
Phone: +7 (812) 240 40 40 ext. 2441
Mobile: +7 (921) 892 09 78
E-mail: as.budkina@expoforum.ru

General questions about the Convention program:
Victoria Avakyan
Phone:+7 (812) 240 40 40 ext. 2423
Mobile: +7 (921) 889 40 81
E-mail: vv.avakyan@expoforum.ru

Experts will talk over up-to-date questions about development of the fuel and energy sector.

In 2025, RIEF is offering its participants an extensive and variated program that covers every development aspect essential for the fuel and energy sector. The Forum program is participated by the leading associations and the key players of the industry, which are T Plus, Russian Gas Society — Union of Oil & Gas Producers of Russia, Scientific and Technical Council of Unified Energy System, Association of Guaranteed Suppliers and Energy Service Companies, Energy Consumers Association, RUSSOFT, Digital Energy Association, INGC, and many more.

Key events of the Forum Convention program:
Round Table Discussion PROMISING MODEL OF COMPETITION DEVELOPMENT IN ELECTRIC ENERGY (POWER) RETAIL MARKETS
Session DIGITALIZATION OF THE ENERGY SECTOR: SOFTWARE FOR NEW CHALLENGES
Strategic session INTEGRATED PROTECTION SYSTEMS FOR FUEL AND ENERGY FACILITIES
Session FUTURE OF E-MOBILITY IN RUSSIA: IS IT A YES OR A NO?
Conference RELIABLE ENERGY AND HEAT SUPPLY TO REMOTE AND HARD-TO-REACH AREAS IN FAR NORTH AND THE ARCTIC REGION

For a detailed Convention program of the Forum please follow the link.

*We would like to draw your attention to the fact that the organiser of RIEF 2025 reserves the right to make changes to the program of the Forum, including changes to the list of speakers, reports, time and place of any of the events.

Participation as a Delegate:
Aleksandra Budkina
Phone: +7 (812) 240 40 40 ext. 2441
Mobile: +7 (921) 892 09 78
E-mail: as.budkina@expoforum.ru

General questions about the Convention program:
Victoria Avakyan
Phone:+7 (812) 240 40 40 ext. 2423
Mobile: +7 (921) 889 40 81
E-mail: vv.avakyan@expoforum.ru

Take your chance to discover promising areas for business development and long-term collaborations.

The Russian International Energy Forum is one of the top industrial venues where advanced projects for the fuel and energy sector are presented and where decisions are made to improve and enhance the energy industry.

The target audience of this initiative includes representatives of both Russian and overseas fuel and energy companies, as well as federal and regional authorities, industrial associations, scientists, members of the academic community, and emerging specialists.

You can present your company with a stand as part of the exhibition program, or attend the convention program as a speaker or a delegate. Moreover, you can work as the partner of the Forum to enhance recognition of your brand.

More details about RIEF participation formats are available here.

You are welcome to take part in the Russian International Energy Forum 2025 on March 26 through 28, 2025, in ExpoForum!

Special offer is available till December 31, 2024.

The Power & Electrical Engineering International Specialised Exhibition will take place during the Russian International Energy Forum 2025 on March 26 through 28.

Power & Electrical Engineering is one of the most significant industrial events where new power and electrical engineering products are presented, advanced projects are launched, and cooperation horizons are extended.

Some of the companies take part in the Exhibition every year, including EKRA Research and Production Enterprise, PRIST, Gazprom Energoholding, METALLURG Research and Production Centre, PLC Technology, VELAN, Kozlov Minsk Electrotechnical Plant, Frunze Nizhny Novgorod Research and Development Company, EXPERT-CABLE Factory, Uglichcable Factory, Mikhnevsky Factory of Electrical Devices, and many more.

If exponents sign their participation agreements before 31, 2024, their offer will be based on the prices valid till the end of 2024. Please fill in the form to book an exhibition site for the price valid till the end of 2024.

Additional information:
Elena Nasretdinova
Phone: +7 (812) 240 40 40, add. 2240
Mobile: +7 (921) 436 26 85
E-mail: ea.nasretdinova@expoforum.ru

On April 24 through 26, ExpoForum hosted the 12th Russian International Energy Forum. This year, the event has been attended by 7,000 people from 11 countries, including China, Turkey, India, Belarus, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan. 110 companies showcased their new projects and services during the exhibition. The convention program was attended by 450 delegates.

During the gala opening of several industrial events simultaneously taking place in ExpoForum, which were the Corrosion Protection International Exhibition & Congress, the Municipal Housing Complex of Russia International Exhibition, and the 12th Russian International Energy Forum, the last but not least was officially started by Alexey Eresko – Deputy Minister of Construction Industry, Housing and Utilities Sector of the Russian Federation, Sergey Kropachev – Vice Governor of St. Petersburg, Evgeny Razumishkin – Vice Governor of St. Petersburg, Dmitry Nikitin – CEO of RESTEC Exhibition Company, and Sergey Voronkov – CEO of ExpoForum International. Alexey Eresko outlined that the industries presented at ExpoForum are of importance, as the life quality of Russian citizens depends on them. According to Sergey Voronkov, the key goal pursued by the organisers is to turn the Russian International Energy Forum into an innovation display. ‘This is a meeting place where we can discuss new trends and our achievements, to talk about future-related issues and consider working with the young,’ he added.

During the official opening ceremony of RIEF 2024, its visitors and participants were presented the exhibition featuring Energy Heroes of Leningrad under the Siege, in which some of the Soviet state secrets were finally disclosed. The project became possible thanks to ExpoForum International and the Government of St. Petersburg. At this exhibition, everybody concerned had a chance to learn how power engineers had worked in besieged Leningrad to ensure energy supply in the city, and unveiled the story of the Leningrad energy system – how it had been established before the War and restored after.

At POWER & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Specialised Exhibition, Russian manufacturers presented lots of new products and projects for their local energy sector. The visitors were presented Russian-made metrological and electrotechnical equipment, accumulating systems, generation equipment, heat exchangers, accumulator batteries, electricity meters, automation and communication systems, sensors and controllers, all of them successfully replacing once popular foreign equivalents at Russian energy facilities and getting popular with Russian energy workers. In particular, there was the system for automation of electric energy facilities designed by Prosoft Systems, which enabled control over everything that happened in-situ. Its users can control the real parameters, like current, voltage, and temperature. Representatives of PLC Technology arranged their stands to demonstrate the system for cable lines monitoring, the digital substation, and the new rack switches in metal casing with faster data transmission rate. Matritsa Company presented a system solution that could be used to monitor all the metering devices powered by the substation, plus a modified series of smart electricity meters. Radar MMS exhibited their UAV – BVS VT-45 capable of 10 kg, which could be used for monitoring, prospecting, as well as search and rescue missions. Polimer-Ural, a Chelyabinsk-based plant, demonstrated heat-resistant multilayer pipes made of unique polymer materials and protected from mechanical damage. Spetskabel Plant presented their highly flexible mounting cable for the robotics industry.

Companies from the Near East and the South-Eastern Asia showed much interest in the Exhibition, which is indicative of the major prospects possessed by the Russian electricity energy machine engineering.

The collaborative stand of Harbin-based (Heilongjiang Province, China) industrial enterprises was established during RIEF 2024. There, 20 companies that belonged to the major sectors of the Province, including machine building and automotive industries, as well as the largest trade and logistic entities were presented.

‘In 2024, RIEF was the venue that reflected the new international economic landscape. Besides the Russian companies, 11 more countries took place in the event, including China, Turkey, India, Belarus, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan. It has already become obvious that Russia can’t be isolated, as long as Russia, China, and India together make up the overall market of about 3 billion people. With regard to the human, production, technological, energy and other resources available in Russia and China, we can be sure that this market is absolutely self-sufficient and needs nobody else. Thus, RIEF 2024 is the territory of optimism,’ Sergey Voronkov highlighted.

The key event of the 12th Russian International Energy Forum was the Plenary Session RUSSIAN ENERGY INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN MODERN CONDITIONS. NEW INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CHALLENGES, which was held as a discussion. Its participants gave consideration to the up-to-date matters associated with the current status of Russia’s energy sector – the ones related to its investment attractiveness, import substitution, switching to renewable energy sources, and tariff policy refinement.

Konstantin Simonov, CEO of the National Energy Security Fund, specified that the global issues of Russian energy development are to a certain extent connected with investments. This is where energy workers expect to be aided by the state.

According to Vladimir Tupikin, Head of Energy and Resources at SIBUR Holding and member of Supervisory Board at NP Market Council Association, the member of the Government Committee for Electric Energy Development, currently 45% of the Russian generation pool is the heritage from the Soviet era, which requires not upgrade but total replacement. These equipment pieces are deteriorated beyond any reasonable limits. ‘By 2050, we need to replace

the entire pool of energy equipment with its overall capacity of 90 GW, and do it not only on the account of gas turbines, but also with steam-power units,’ Mr. Tupikin outlined. In this area of concern, the financial aspect is of foremost importance, as changeover of equipment capable of 90 GW will require 30 billion rubles of investments.

Alexey Zhikharev, Director of the Renewable Energy Development Association and CEO at Ensolve stated that renewable energy sources like wind and sun can offer an alternative to conventional generation options, especially in the Far East. ‘This region is a good place for an emerging developing industry sector to prove its creditworthiness,’ Mr. Zhikharev is positive.

Moreover, participants of the Plenary Session agreed that shortcomings of the tariff policy hinder development of the electric energy sector. One of such stumbling blocks are cross subsidies – when a portion of payment for electricity consumed by the citizens is shifted to the industry. According to Boris Gladkikh, Member of the State Duma and Member of the State Duma Committee on Energy, this issue has been in place for more than a dozen years but raising tariff rate for the citizens isn’t feasible. ‘Consumers have to get why the tariff rates are raised, not just see them as some inevitably growing burden on their families’ finances,’ the Deputy explained. According to Mr. Gladkikh, such work should start with setting the rates of energy resources consumption for house properties. Moreover, those rates should differ depending on the region. Igor Kuzmin, CEO of Rosseti Lenenergo, agreed that the cross-subsidies issue keeps surging up, although ‘it isn’t as essential in our region.’

One more remarkable event on the convention agenda during RIEF 2024 was the round table discussion UP-TO-DATE ENERGY SAFETY AND ANTI-TERRORISM SECURITY TASKS AND MEANS AT FUEL AND ENERGY SITES. RELIABILITY AND AVAILABILITY OF ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE. Participants covered the questions of safety in the fuel and energy sector, talked about supervision in the energy industry against the background of the amendments made in the law and consolidation of net assets, which is seen as a factor of reliability and availability of the energy infrastructure.

Once again, the issue of cross-subsidies and their efficiency was raised during the DIFFERENTIATED TARIFFS IN THE ELECTRIC ENERGY INDUSTRY: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES Session, as it is one of the most pressing in the electric energy sector. The experts presented a review on the tariff campaign results in the Russian regions and talked about effective mechanisms that could be used to reduce the cross-subsidies amount and yet retain special prices for those who really needed them.

While the industry-related events were being held in ExpoForum, the Business Matchmaking Centre worked, too, where over 1,700 meetings between suppliers and customers took place. As part of RIEF 2024, face-to-face meetings were arranged by representatives of Gazprom Neft, Rosneft, Russian Railways, Vodokanal of St. Petersburg, LOESK, OGK-2, Power Machines, Mosoblgaz, as well as other companies and enterprises.

At the same time with the Russian International Energy Forum, ExpoForum hosted the Corrosion Protection International Exhibition & Congress, and the Municipal Housing Complex of Russia International Exhibition. Such industrial events being held at the same time enabled experts from different spheres of economy to meet in one place and share their experience of doing business in the most essential sectors of the Russian economy as effectively as possible.

RIEF 2024 will be powered by the Government of St. Petersburg.

The partners of the project are companies PLC Technology and NPK Morsvyazavtomatica.

The general partner of the event – Power and Industry of Russia Newspaper. The general industrial information partner – Neftegaz.ru online portal. Official information partner – Elec.ru electro-technical web-portal. Official industrial information partner – Energy Policy public and business academic magazine. Strategic information partner – Camelot Publishing.

The event was organised by ExpoForum International.

The Russian energy industry keeps marching on despite all the challenges, and hi-tech projects and products presented at the International Specialised Exhibition POWER & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING are a proof to that.

Many exhibits offer a significant contribution into continuous operation of all the energy facilities, which is essential if not vital for all the citizens of Russia. In particular, there is the system for automation of electric energy facilities designed by Prosoft Systems. It enables control over everything that is happening in-situ – you can see the real parameters, like current, voltage, and temperature.

At their stand, the company demonstrated the improved version of their own product, ARIS-11ххЖ multifunctional controller, which is a component of the above-mentioned system. Its predecessor was almost twice as big. Another exhibit was a server in a metal casing which screens equipment from magnet fields that can affect them at energy facilities.

Another company that works to provide a valuable contribution to operation of automated systems at energy facilities is PLC Technology. At the exhibition, the company arranged their stands to demonstrate the system for cable lines monitoring, the digital substation, and the new rack switches in metal casing with faster data transmission rate.

Matritsa Company presented a system solution that can be used to monitor all the metering devices powered by the substation, plus a modified series of smart electricity meters. Casings of such electricity meters are designed with replaceable communication modules, which facilitates flexible use of communication channels. The exhibit showcased by Matritsa can be used to upgrade energy systems thanks to ultra-modern communication modules, including the ones with G3-Hybrid PLC+RF combined data communication technology. By the way, the energy system is fully compliant with the parameters outlined in the Decree of the Russian Government No. 890 about smart systems.

У325К brought by PEAK-PROGRESS is a data collection and transmission device capable of aggregating readings from many meters at once. This unit can get readings from electricity, water, and gas meters. According to the company’s representative, У325К offers the necessary scope of options needed to operate discrete objects.

Radas MMS had several expositions arranged at their stand. Two of the sections were dedicated to all kinds of sensors that the company assembles in Russia. Some of them monitor the wind speed, and others can be attached to an unmanned aircraft and used to discover metallic ore fields. The list of exhibits included a UAV – БВС ВТ-45 capable of 10 kg, which can be used for monitoring, prospecting, as well as search and rescue missions.

Moreover, the developers showcased a sensor that exceeded the functionality offered by its legendary imported equivalent. The new device can not only measure intensity and direction of current, but is also capable of measuring the sag angle of a cable or detect ice build-ups. If combined with a meteorological situation sensor, it can be used as a fully-fledged system for HV distribution line monitoring. In a year after its mounting, the owner will have enough data available to predict real conditions of their equipment.

A curious product was exhibited by DMT at their stand. Their DMT-EX-MB dash cam was presented to the visitors along with other models, one of them explosion-proof, at POWER & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Exhibition. The X-proof camera can be used in highly explosive areas – for example, those with gas leakage. Under no circumstance, DMT-EX-2 can produce a spark that will result in an emergency. The products designed and made by the company can be operated in extreme conditions to register legally relevant data thanks to top-grade video and audio data recording. With an integral battery, the devices can be used for up to 17 hours without recharging.

Berkana demonstrated their KAZ COM electrical engineering shelves made of composite materials. Such materials combine the properties of metal and plastic – they are lasting, incombustible, resistant to temperature differences and harsh media, light, and radio transparent. For Russia, this material is quite innovative despite the fact that across the globe it has been used to replace other materials for a while. The life of this material reaches 30 years.

At the stand arranged by Saint-Petersburg Electrotechnical University ETU LETI, they presented interim results of the projects implemented as part of Priority 2030 Strategic Academic Leadership Program. In particular, the visitors were demonstrated the uninterrupted power supply source based in SiC electronic component base. Its main feature is that it can be integrated into the grid directly, and in case of power failure, it will power all the devices connected to the switchboard. The device can work with the output capacity of 10 kW for a long time, and for a short time of 5 to 10 minutes it is capable of up to 30 kW. Moreover, it can be connected to the Li-ion battery stack and send voltage to the grid. The grid pickup time is about 20 microseconds, which is one oscillation’s time.

Besides, LETI brought a selection of minerals and a magnetic-pulse plant. With the electromagnetic pulse, it can physically impact metal, shape it to make plugs, or harden cutting tools. Just like in case with the UPS, this unit was made for a commercial user, and there were several operational copies made. In future, both devices will be produced serially.

Next to LETI’s stand, Terra Electro demonstrated their electrical energy accumulation system capable of 100 kW. It was designed to accumulate and store energy, send it to the grid, or impose a load to maintain operation of an energy system. With it, voltage oscillations in the supply grid can be reduced and risks of electric energy consumption can be mitigated thanks to no peak loads on the power source. The system can be charged at night, when the energy charges are lower. Such an energy accumulator can be used both in electric power supply systems of industrial facilities, residential houses, and office buildings, as well as at the sites that use independent electric power supply.

This product won’t just increase production output and reliability of the grid, but will also reduce electricity costs. Thanks to such devices, it will be possible to store and port electrical energy, which can tilt the balance of simultaneous generation and consumption. Systems of this type are defined as a rapidly developing class of hi-tech devices that open revolutionary opportunities for progression of the electric energy industry.

During the 12th Russian International Energy Forum, progression patterns for the Russian energy sector will be settled. Some of them are increasing reliability of the sector, getting ready for high local demand, and green energy opportunities. This was announced by participants of the Plenary Session ‘Russian energy industry development in modern conditions. New internal and external challenges.’

‘During the Energy Forum, we had important issues brought up in the context of the actual conditions and challenges encountered by the energy industry. I trust during the event the participants of sessions and round table discussions will get answers to the questions raised and have a chance to offer up-to-date solutions to all the issues included into the agenda,’ stated Alexey Zhikharev, Director of the Renewable Energy Development Association, CEO at ENSOLVE.

Konstantin Simonov, CEO of the National Energy Security Fund, agreed that the challenges offered by the industry have to be talked about. ‘The current situation is rather unprecedented, and an honest discussion of our problems can’t be called unnecessary. During the Plenary Session, we tried to cover lots of energy-related topics,’ he commented. According to Mr. Simonov, the global issues within the industry are related to investments and import substitution. ‘As the export of electric energy reduced, we were able to redirect the flow to the domestic market. However, it is important to comprehend if the industry is ready to satisfy the growing demand for electric energy in case our rates of economic growth remain this high,’ Konstantin Simonov continued. He mentioned that during the Plenary Session a meaningful discussion took place, participated by energy industrialists and legislative state officials. Moreover, they found time to discuss the issue of electric energy tariffs rising.

Boris Gladkikh, Deputy of the State Duma affiliated with the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Member of the State Duma Committee on Energy, talked about the opportunities that RIEF offers in regard of law making. ‘There are certain issues we have to deal with respect to understanding, to feedback from the industry, to legal regulations. It takes us 3 to 5 years to impose a law. Venues like this are our valuable tool, a place where we can talk about the matters that are disputable for the legal and executive authorities and then use the information obtained for our further proceedings,’ the political official explained. According to Mr. Gladkikh, the Forum helps to adjust the course followed when making legal solutions and to give momentum to the industrial sector. ‘The Forum is some kind of a club that offers potential for propositions, insights, and reasonable criticism,’ Boris believes. According to the Deputy, the most essential topic as regards to regulation of the industry is the Russian state turning towards extension and reliability enhancement of its heat supply market. ‘We need this sector to be reliable, to prevent intermittent tariff growth, to add transparency, and to increase quality for our consumers. All of these issues should be discussed out loud for the welfare of our citizens,’ Boris Gladkikh resumed. Further reforms and laws relevant to this industry are directly related to reliability and safety of Russia’s municipal sector, the Deputy said. Further, the changes are going to reach the gas supply system, too.

During a talk with the media representatives, the experts touched on the issue of green energy development in Russia. ‘I believe, the prospects are quite bright. Thanks to the state program of energy development initiated as early as in 2013 and the state support, Russia has got a sustainable green energy cluster, which comprises competences for design, operation, and equipment production in the areas of sun, wind, and hydro energies,’ Alexey Zhikharev declared. He emphasized that the last thing is especially topical with regard to sanction restrictions. ‘This is a win-win situation for the green energy sector, as the relevant industry in Russia has been built for 10 years,’ Mr. Zhikharev explained. According to his evaluation, at the moment the existing energy system is capable of about 6 GW of green generation, and by 2035 it will have got about 10 to 11 GW more.

‘These are great investment signals both for the industrial sector, for generation, and for out-of-sector companies that provide consulting, financial, and engineering services,’ Alexey Zhikharev thinks.

However, Konstantin Simonov takes a more careful attitude when it comes to alternative energy sources. ‘I am a long-standing advocate of Russian traditional energy, and I am positive that we shouldn’t switch to alternative energy sources only for the sake of hot trends. On other hand, if the renewable energy sector can demonstrate its efficiency, if it is profitable, then we naturally should try it, especially as there are areas with energy shortage,’ he explained his position.

Alexey Zhikharev specified that in some regions, for example in Siberia, they are getting short of electric energy, and there renewable energy sources can be a good solution, as building green power stations takes shorter than the traditional ones – only about 2 years, and it is cheaper. According to the speaker, green energy costs half the energy generated by a coal station. The demand expected in the renewable energy segment is about 5 GW.