The qualifying stage of the Student League of the CASE-IN Championship was held in Barnaul

For the fifth time, the Altai Polytechnic University hosts the qualifying stage of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN". The students were evaluated by experts from the country's largest energy companies

Nine student teams came together to solve cases dealing with real production problems, from the field of geological exploration to metallurgy.

The task assigned to the teams is to come up with a concept within the framework of the given topic "Active energy complexes" and present it.

"We are moving from this scheme to more local micro-power systems, when the consumer and the power source are in the same place. Renewable energy sources are becoming widespread. Today, producers of such energy are ready to enter the market.", – says Stanislav Khomutov, Vice-rector for Continuing Education at AltSTU.

But it's up to the students to decide how to enter the market. This takes into account not only mechanics, but also economics. Some students say that it is not so easy to integrate mini-companies into the market of mastodon energy generation companies. Especially when representatives of such organizations are on the jury. By the way, they not only evaluate the solution of problems, but also look out for future employees.

"There are quite strong graduates whom we recommended last year to consider as candidates for the conclusion of an employment contract", – said Vitaly Magera, Director of the representative office of JSC SO UES in the Altai Territory and the Altai Republic.

Representatives of energy companies said that they were interested in some of the talented students' solutions. This year, each team approached the case in its own way.

The two winning teams will participate in the semi-finals of the federal district.

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