Alexander Novak presented awards to the winners of projects under the auspices of CASE-IN at the REN Youth Day

Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak took part in the events of the Youth Day of the Russian Energy Week.

The Deputy Prime Minister became the captain of the team of experts "What? Where? When?", which included Kirill Dmitriev, Special Representative of the President for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Alexandra Panina, member of the Management Board of PJSC Inter RAO, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Council of Energy Producers Association, Vladimir Rashevsky, member of the Board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, winner of the Leaders of Russia competition" Maria Volman, winner of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship Anastasia Chegodaeva, is in the Science track.

The team demonstrated a broad outlook, the ability to discuss and think outside the box, and as a result won a landslide victory.

At the end of the game, Alexander Novak awarded the winners of industry competitions: the IT Championship of the oil industry, a team competition to promote digital skills in industry, the REN Cup of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, the All–Russian competition for final qualifying papers and diploma research "Generation of the Future". Also, the best employers in the field of fuel and energy and industrial complexes were awarded for the first time as part of the REN.

"Thank you for participating in Russian Energy Week. I am sure that the future belongs to young people: those who are just studying at schools and universities or are already a young specialist. We have a huge country, the world's largest energy system and the most modern technologies. And you will have to move the country's energy sector forward in the future," Alexander Novak said.

As part of the Youth Day, the Deputy Prime Minister met with the participants of the REN section.Junior is an association of talented young students and specialists who are ready to take part in solving the economic and energy problems of the country. Alexander Novak answered questions about the current state and prospects of the global energy system, the technological development of the Russian fuel and energy complex, and the introduction of alternative energy sources.

"Today we are on the threshold of a new approach to energy. There is an energy transition towards cleaner energy sources, as well as the total digitalization of the industry. There is a qualitative change in management systems at all stages: from exploration to direct use of resources. All this makes it possible to increase the efficiency of the energy complex. In the future, the Russian energy sector will turn into a single digital platform, which will increase its efficiency and bring it to a qualitatively new level," said Alexander Novak.

A source: The Russian Government