Specialists of JSC SO UES are participants and mentors of the CASE-IN championship

The System Energy team of the UDE of the North-West performed at the qualifying stage of the League of Young Specialists of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN".

Young specialists of the Branch of JSC "SO UES" ODU North-West and regional dispatch centers included in the operational area of ODU S-Z have once again become participants in the League of Young Specialists Engineering Championship, organized by the Reliable Shift Foundation and held for the ninth time on the basis of leading technical universities.

The System Energy team, which included Mikhail Sozinov (Baltic RDU), Denis Petrushin (Karelian RDU), Alexey Motovilov (Arkhangelsk RDU) and Yuri Shibachev (Northwest RDU), worked for 10 days on a project called "Sustainable development in the post-covid period."

The participants analyzed a large amount of information on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the operation of the energy complex. The task is to develop solutions that will allow us to restructure production models towards more sustainable development in the post-covid period.

The UES of Russia became the object of the study. Among the technologies proposed by the team to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals is remote control of power plant equipment, which will ultimately reduce switching times by up to 20 times, minimize the impact of the human factor, and therefore increase the controllability of the power system. Other technologies include a system for bringing planned capacity to power plants (SDPM) and demand management technology.

Among other focuses aimed at solving the case problem is the emissions trading system. For example, during the pandemic, the amount of CO2 emissions₂ decreased by almost 6%. It was necessary to propose a model that would, on the one hand, curb emissions, and, on the other, fully restore the economy and production.

Within the framework of the case, the participants justified the application of the concept of zero injury (VisionZero) in the electric power industry.

 "I think it was a very eventful and useful 10 days for all the participants of the competition., – says Denis Petrushin, the captain of the team, the chief specialist of the Electrical Modes Service of the Karelian RDU, a lecturer at Petrozavodsk State University. – The huge amount of information at our disposal allowed us to look at the problem posed in the case from different angles and try to offer some system solutions. In the evenings, at night and on weekends, we contacted each other in Zoom, discussed ideas, argued. Sometimes our meetings lasted for 3 hours or more.  Competitions of this level are a great way to boost your own competencies and encourage professional development."

We should add that Denis Petrushin, as a teacher at PetrSU, acted as a mentor at the qualifying stage of the student championship, where his students' team Karelian Protection (Petrozavodsk State University) took first place and will now participate in the semifinals of the Student League.

Vasily Wessart, Chairman of the student competition committee and Deputy Head of the Electrical Modes Service at the University of the North–West, noted the well-coordinated work of the team.

"The guys inspired each other so much that Alexey Motovilov from Arkhangelsk RDU, who is a teacher at the M.V. Lomonosov NArFU, also decided with his students to form a team and perform at the qualifying stage. Case-Inin the St. Petersburg LETI. This exchange of experience, energy, and knowledge is worth a lot.", – said Vasily Wessart.