Belarus launched the national stages of the International League of Young Professionals "CASE-IN"

On September 5, 2023, the first national qualifying stage of the International League of Young Professionals Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", which is part of the Russia – Land of Opportunities platform, was held. The new engineering case solving competition brings together young people from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Russia and Uzbekistan.

Initiators and co-organizers of the competition -  Executive Committee of the CIS Electric Power Council and Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation. The organizers of the championship are Reliable Change Foundation, Non-profit Partnership "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders"and AstraLogica LLC, the final will be held with the support of Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo) as part of the New Generation program.

On behalf of the Executive Committee of the CIS Electric Power Council, the participants of the first national stage were welcomed by the Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the CIS Electric Power Council Vasily Bormatin: "I am sure that during your participation in the competition you will not only learn something new, but also get to know your colleagues from other countries in order to jointly solve common tasks of ensuring reliable and affordable energy supply. Your work will contribute to the low-carbon development of energy in the CIS countries and will allow us to use your experience in developing strategic documents and programs for the development of the industry."

46 young specialists took part in the first national stage: youth teams from 12 enterprises of Belarus, among them SE Belorusskaya NPP, PUP Gomeloblgaz, RUE BELTEI, RUE Brestenergo, RUE Vitsebskenergo, RUE Gomelenergo, RUE Grodnoenergo, RUE Minskenergo, RUEMogilevoblgaz, RUE Mogilevenergo, UE Brestoblgaz and UE MINGAZ.

The assignment of the CIS League of Young Professionals is dedicated to the topic of low-carbon development. The participants of the competition develop optimal scenarios for the low-carbon development of the energy system of their countries based on environmentally neutral technologies. The teams' decisions also take into account the technological, economic and other advantages of parallel operation of the energy systems of the CIS member states.

The young specialists presented the ideas developed in just 10 days to the experts. The experts of the stage in Belarus were specialists from GPO Belenergo, GPO Beltopgaz, the branch of the Training Center for Training, Advanced Training and Retraining of Energy Personnel of RUE Minskenergo, GIPK GAZ-INSTITUT, the Belarusian NPP, RUE BELTEI, teachers from the Belarusian National Technical University and the Minsk State Energy College.

According to the decision of the experts, two teams were recognized as the strongest: Beltei...&Co and Gomelenergo.

The Beltei Team...&Co The young specialists of RUE BELTEM were Alexander Bobich (team captain), Roman Veraksa and Vladislav Yuditsky.

According to Alexander Bobich, Perednim and his colleagues faced the task of increasing electricity production without using technologies that produce greenhouse gases, in particular carbon dioxide (CO2).

"We have proposed to generate electricity using technologies based on wind power plants (wind turbines) and solar power plants (SES) together with electricity storage systems (SNES) necessary to balance the schedule of electricity generation taking into account the schedule of electricity consumption, - the captain of the team comments, - Our solution will reduce the carbon dioxide output by 2% relative to the existing CO2 generation."

For the Minsk team, participation in the championship has become a way to declare their company through the decisions of their specialists and establish contacts with potential partners. The next goal is to develop a decent solution to a new case, learn from the experience of other participants and establish contacts with potential partners.

As part of the Gomelenergo team - Vladislav Klyuchinsky (team captain, Gomel CHPP-2), Anton Vashchilov (Mozyr CHPP), Alexander Kovalenko (Gomel Heating Networks) and Dmitry Pavlyuk (Zhlobinsky electric networks).

Team Captain Vladislav Klyuchinsky He explained that his team needed to develop a plan for the development of the electric power industry of the Republic of Belarus until 2030 based on environmentally neutral technologies.

"Our plan included the development of energy storage systems, hydrogen energy, including innovative ways to transport hydrogen, capture and use greenhouse gases, as well as the development of a mutually beneficial interstate partnership between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.", - says Vladislav Klyuchinsky.

The next goal of Gomel residents is to perform well in the finals of the championship and gain invaluable experience in participating in international competitions.

Beltei teams...&Co and Gomelenergo will represent Belarus at the final of the championship, which will be held on October 13, 2023 in Moscow on the site of the Youth Day of the International Forum "Russian Energy Week".

The leading teams of the national qualifying stages will also participate in other REN events with the support of Rossotrudnichestvo as part of the New Generation program.

The launch of the CASE-IN League of Young Specialists at the interstate level expands international cooperation in the promotion of engineering professions, engineering education, identification and development of promising technologies, as well as strengthen horizontal ties and professional awareness of young specialists from the CIS member states.

Learn more about the League of Young CIS Specialists on the website the championship «CASE-IN».