Power engineers from Russia and Belarus became winners of the League of Young Specialists of the CIS

Representatives of 6 countries participated in the final of the CIS League of Young Professionals The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN» with the support of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities".  Employees of the largest industry companies presented their final decisions to the industry community and identified the winners of the season.

The CIS League of Young Professionals "CASE-IN" was held for the first time in 2023, expanding international cooperation in the promotion of engineering professions, engineering education, identification and development of promising technologies, as well as strengthening horizontal ties and professional awareness of young specialists from the CIS member states.

According to the results of the national qualifying stages held in the CIS member countries, 11 teams from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Uzbekistan were recognized as finalists. They have developed measures to improve the efficiency of managing the priority assets of the fuel and energy complex facility based on digital solutions and tools of the Lean Manufacturing concept. The solutions of the young specialists took into account economic efficiency and the possibility of scaling in different industries within the appropriate asset type.

The final defense of the solutions of the CIS League of Young Specialists took place on May 28, 2024, as part of the final of the main season of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" and the "New Generation" program, as well as with the support of Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo). Young power engineers presented their final solutions to the expert community, took part in educational events, met with leading fuel and energy sector employers and exchanged experiences with colleagues.

He greeted the finalists Alexey Agafonov, First Deputy General Director of ANO "Russia – the land of Opportunities", which has been supporting the championship since 2019.

"During this time, we have seen tens of thousands of bright schoolchildren, students and young professionals who, thanks to the championship, managed to prove themselves from their strengths and get a lucky ticket to a bright professional future.- Alexey Agafonov emphasized, - The winners and prize—winners of the student league enroll in master's and postgraduate programs on preferential terms, while the school league receives additional points to the results of the Unified State Exam, and young professionals become part of the managerial personnel reserve of partner companies and discover new career opportunities."

The winner was the team from Of Russia SlavnefteGAZ (LLC Slavneft-Krasnoyarsk Oil Company).

The triumphators have developed a project to increase the operational efficiency of the asset through the introduction of a digitally integrated model of the field. The advantages of the system, according to the specialists of Slavneft-Krasnoyarsk Oil & Gas LLC, are the creation of scenarios for short- and long-term forecast calculations, operational planning, determination of the potential of nodes and constraints, production growth, continuous flow analysis and high accuracy of forecasting production levels.

The silver medal was awarded to the Iengineers team from RUE Belenergosetproekt (Republic of Belarus), which proposed the idea of a virtual digital assistant. It is a software package based on a digital asset - an electric substation - and artificial intelligence.

"The formation of a digital asset and knowledge base, as well as the optimization of the workflow, will allow all employees to participate in the development of the organization", - the winners indicate in their work.

The team of RUE BELTEI from the company of the same name, which also represents Belarus, took the third place. The specialists developed a project for electrification of Belenergo's transport using the VEHICLE-TO-GRID system, calculated the payback period and profitability of their project and showed the scaling potential of the solution.

The winners and prize-winners of the championship will have the opportunity to join the managerial personnel reserve of their companies and, after detailed refinement, implement solutions in real production.

The initiators and co-organizers of the project were Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, Reliable Shift Foundation and Executive Committee of the CIS Electric Power Council.