The ceremonial launch of the second solar power plant in the region took place in the Omsk region

The opening ceremony of the Russko-Polyanskaya solar power plant with a capacity of 30 MW was attended by the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Nikolai Shulginov and the Governor of the Omsk region Alexander Burkov.

The station consists of 84,000 solar modules and covers an area of just over 80 hectares. Construction work on the site located in the Russian-Polyansky district began in June 2021, and on December 1, the SES entered the wholesale electricity and capacity market. The projected volume of electricity generation is 35.5 million kWh per year, which will ensure an annual reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by 12.7 thousand tons. The investor of the project is the Hevel Group of Companies. 2.8 billion rubles have been invested in the project. More than 100 temporary jobs have been created for the construction period of the facility and 19 permanent jobs for the maintenance of the SES.

The investment project is being supported by specialists from the Omsk Region Development and Investment Agency.

The official start of the work of the second large solar generation facility in the Omsk region was given by the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Nikolai Shulginov, Governor Alexander Burkov and the head of the company that built this facility, Unigrin Engineering, Mstislav Arapov.

After the commissioning of the Russian-Polyanskaya SES, the total installed capacity of solar power plants in the Omsk region's energy system reached 60 MW, which is 3.8% of the region's energy system.

Nikolay Shulginov congratulated on behalf of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation on the completion of the construction of the Russko-Polyanskaya solar power plant.

"The power plant has already started fulfilling its obligations to supply electricity to the wholesale market. The expected output of the power plant is 35.5 million kilowatt-hours per year, which reduces CO2 emissions by about 12 thousand tons. Modern technical solutions have been applied at the station: the power plant equipment is integrated into a single energy system, fulfills obligations to participate in primary frequency control and active reactive power regulation. Today, the construction of renewable energy facilities is one of the priorities of the state policy of the Russian Federation, and also corresponds to the new strategy of socio-economic development of Russia, taking into account the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions until 2050. As a result, we expect in the future - in the future, we need to keep in mind that someday such power plants will be built without support. We also expect in the future to build storage devices that will ensure reliable operation of such unstable renewable energy sources, and reliability will be provided on a completely different level. And today, at the moment, this project provides the Omsk region with high—tech jobs, additional taxes, and the Hevel company with new competencies that they will need to participate in other projects," said Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov.

The solar power plant was commissioned on the eve of Energy Day, which is celebrated on December 22. In partnership with the Ministry of Energy of Russia and an investor, the Omsk Region has moved one step further in the development of "green" technologies through the introduction of alternative energy sources. Alexander Burkov, the head of the Omsk Region, awarded representatives of the design and construction teams of the Hevel Group of Companies for their contribution to the development of this industry in the region.

According to Mstislav Arapov, Director of Unigreen Engineering, the implementation of this project in such a short time would have been impossible without the support of the Omsk Region Government, the Rosseti Siberia – Omskenergo network company and the system operator. He also added that the most modern technologies are used at this solar power plant. The latest inverters are installed here, which were manufactured in Omsk at a production facility organized in 2021 by the Unigrin group of companies. Russian-Polyanskaya SES is the first facility where they are used. The Omsk plant will also produce 70 more inverters with a total capacity of 218 MW this year alone, which will also be used throughout the Russian Federation.

The implementation of projects for the construction of solar generation will improve the reliability and quality of electricity supply in the region, reduce losses in the power grid, and also contribute to the preservation of the environment and the achievement of sustainable development goals by the region.

The Hevel Group of Companies was founded in 2009 and is Russia's largest integrated solar energy company. The company's structure includes three main divisions: a factory for the production of solar modules, a development division that designs, builds and operates solar power plants, as well as the Scientific and Technical Center for Thin-Film Technologies in the Energy Sector, which is Russia's largest specialized scientific organization in the field of photovoltaics. Since 2014, the company has built more than 1.2 GW of grid-based solar generation.