"Electronmash" JSC: we need to keep up with the times

– Alexey Nikolaevich, significant changes have taken place in the Russian electric power industry in recent years. They gave rise new modern requirements for equipment and technologies, as well as the knowledge necessary for their implementation. How is this situation evolving in the current realities?

–  "Elektronmash" JSC is a large industrial enterprise that has been producing electrical equipment for traditional and renewable energy for twenty years. We are confident that in today's rapidly changing economic and technological conditions, companies need to maintain their competitiveness in the market and be as flexible as possible to the swift changes occurring.

Currently, the Russian electric power industry is undergoing a technological paradigm shift. The existing vertically integrated structure must change to meet the challenges of the new technological order. Serious transformations are taking place, which will inevitably reflect on both the economic and technical parameters of the energy system's operation.

The increase in the share of renewable and distributed energy sources (RES), the gradual spread of energy storage systems (ESS), the implementation of demand-side management mechanisms, digitalization, modernization of thermal generation, and the emergence of the internet of energy and the internet of things — all these factors compel us to think more frequently about the rapid development of new technologies and systems. Additionally, there will soon be a review of the rules of the national electricity market and the formation of a new paradigm for the functioning of the energy system.

In these conditions, both the final product and the production processes are continuously becoming more complex, and the increasing speed of changes leads to the rapid obsolescence of any set of engineering and technical competencies, as well as a demand for new, advanced knowledge and a systematic approach.

As an industrial innovation organization, we strive to keep pace with the times and meet the demands of a world undergoing global digital transformation, where digital platforms, digital twins of real objects and production processes are being formed, and automation, robotization, and intellectualization of industry are developing.

These modern technologies are in high demand among our customers, that is why "Electronmash" actively develops and implements automated monitoring and technical diagnostics systems for the entire range of equipment produced, ensuring automated risk-oriented management of energy facilities.

With the involvement of European partners, we have developed "EL Storage" a range of energy storage systems. of various capacities and power levels. It ensures reliable power supply for facilities, which serves as a universal solution for both network companies and industrial enterprises. We actively engage in dialogue with our clients regarding the technical and, importantly, economic efficiency of implementing such systems. We have implemented a number of projects for solar and wind power plants in the field of RES, and we also produce power converters for the equipment of wind farms from Siemens Gamesa. Significant engineering work has been done on the localization of power converters, and today we are already serially producing them for the wind farms being built in Azov and Murmansk, as well as engaging in negotiations for a number of future promising projects in the field of renewable energy sources.