All-Russian Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship: for the first time in Tomsk!

On March 16, 2015, the National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University hosted a qualifying stage Electric Power Industry League of the All-Russian Championship for solving Fuel and Energy cases.

The Electric Power Industry League is included in the program of the All-Russian Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship for the first time, but the students of NI TPU already have experience in solving electric power cases:  In the summer of 2014, Tomsk hosted the Interregional Summer Educational Forum "Energy of Youth", during which the students of the TPU solved the case "Development of the energy system of the Crimean Peninsula".

Opening the event, Head of the Educational and Methodological Department of NI "TPU"  Yuri Daneikin He thanked the organizers of the Championship, the Reliable Change Foundation, for their long-term cooperation and noted the transition of partnership relations to a new stage.: "The experience of the All-Russian championship in solving fuel and energy cases will be interesting and useful to everyone - both the university, students and experts of the electric power industry. I wish the Championship to identify new stars of the Russian energy industry and the undying interest of the students."

Each qualifying stage of the Championship attracts the closest attention of the regional authorities. Tomsk was no exception, as the qualifying stage at the TPU was held with the support of the Tomsk Region Administration. Addressing the students, Mikhail Kozlov, Chairman of the Energy Complex Committee of the Tomsk Region Administration I wished them to fully prove themselves as future specialists and present the most unusual and unexpected solutions to industry experts.

The championship brings together not only federal and regional authorities, but also energy companies that are interested in cooperation with leading universities in Russia and in replenishing the external talent pool. The largest employers of the Siberian electric power industry took part in the qualifying stage of the Championship at NI TPU.

Konstantin Lozinsky, Head of the Relay Protection and Automation Service, Branch of JSC SO UES, Regional Dispatching Department of the Tomsk Region Power System He greeted the students on behalf of the long-term partner of the Reliable Shift Foundation, JSC SO UES: "The System Operator is interested in attracting the best young specialists, technically competent, ready to improve in their profession and aimed at working specifically in the System Operator. Therefore, we actively cooperate with Tomsk Polytechnic University, whose students practice at our branch, and the branch's specialists also participate in the work of the university's attestation commissions. I would also like to note the active participation of one of the organizers of the Championship, the Reliable Shift Foundation, in partnership with the System Operator and in attracting talented young people from school to the energy sector."

Yuri Gretsinger, Investment Director of the Kuzbass Branch of SGK LLC As a former graduate of the University, he noted the long-term contribution of NI TPU to the training of personnel for the Siberian energy industry and expressed confidence that thanks to the Championship, NI TPU students will improve their skills and become worthy industry professionals.

 Yuri Alexandrovich also noted the practical value of the tasks that the Championship sets for the participants.: "The tasks of the case are based on a real program, on a real task that our company had to perform within the framework of the decree of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation in 2010. It describes the Gorky CHPP, which we needed to put into operation."

Developing the idea of the value of the Championship for the formation of the personnel reserve of Siberian energy companies, Olga Chemerinskaya, Acting Head of the Personnel Department of the Kuzbass Branch of SGK LLC She spoke about the company's youth policy and plans for the company's cooperation with the Championship and its best participants.: "The inclusion of the National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University in the Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship is a real event for the Siberian Generating Company and all energy employers. Your case today is a typical business day for the company. Everything you learn from solving the Championship case will be needed in your professional activities every day."

Artem Korolev, Director of the Reliable Change Foundation, Chairman of the Board of the NP Youth Forum of Mining Leaders He spoke about the history of the Championship and stressed that the Championship provides an opportunity for participants to directly demonstrate their knowledge and skills to employers and join the talent pool of leading Russian electric power companies.

7 teams of future power engineers presented solutions to the case "Development and selection of the optimal scheme for the supply of electric energy to a CHPP during its reconstruction". The students' ideas were evaluated by an expert commission consisting of representatives of the Tomsk Region Administration, teachers of the TPU Research Institute and industry experts - representatives of energy companies: Tomsk TPP-3, Tomsk branch of JSC TGK-11, Kuzbass branch of LLC SGK, CJSC Siberian ENTC - Institute TomskTEP, Branch of JSC SO UES"Regional Dispatching Department of the Tomsk Region energy system", JSC "TRK".

A ticket to the finals, which will be held in Moscow in May 2015, was won by the Thinkers team consisting of undergraduates and graduate students of the TPU Power Engineering Institute Raushan Reshetova (team captain), Anna Kradetskaya (graduate student), Igor Razzhivin, Vladimir Troshchinsky. 

The winners and prize-winners of the qualifying stage received numerous memorable gifts from NI TPU, the organizers and partners of the event - the Reliable Shift Foundation, JSC SO UES, Siberian Generating Company, Tomsk TPP-3, and JSC Tomsk Distribution Company. Alpina Publishing House Publisher provided the winners with the opportunity to expand their knowledge using the publishing house's electronic library, and the Atomic Energy Information Center presented all participants of the qualifying stage with an excursion to its Center and souvenirs as a prize.

The All-Russian Fuel and Energy Case Solving Championship is taking place with the support of The Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives.

  The organizers of the Championship are the Reliable Shift Foundation, the Non-Profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and the Non-Profit Partnership Russian National Committee of the International Council for Large High Voltage Electrical Systems (RNC CIGRE).

The general partners of the Championship are: JSC Siberian Coal Energy Company, JSC System Operator of the Unified Energy System, Micromine Company, JSC MHC EuroChem, LLC Siberian Generating Company, EVRAZ Company, JSC Yuzhkuzbassugol, RUSDRAGMET Management Company.

The partner of the qualifying stage in NI TPU was Siberian Generating Company LLC.

The special partners were the Atomic Energy Information Center and JSC Tomsk Distribution Company.

The next qualifying stage of the Electric Power Industry League will be held on March 19, 2015 in Karaganda State Technical University.

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