The winner of the Youth Global Forecast is the recipient of a scholarship from the Government of the Russian Federation

Elizaveta Toloknova, a fourth-year student at the Institute of Energy of KuzSTU, won a scholarship from the Government of the Russian Federation. During her studies, the future specialist in the electric power industry has managed to go from the first scientific publications and student conferences to major industry projects at the federal level, and today she is engaged in research that can help more efficiently apply energy storage systems in distribution networks.

Her educational and scientific results have repeatedly received external recognition. Elizaveta is a scholarship holder of the Melnichenko Foundation, and in 2024 and 2026, as part of the KuzSTU Energiya Kuzbass team, she became the silver medalist of the Youth Global Forecast of Energy Development. Her portfolio also includes victories in interactive sessions of the Youth Day of the Russian Energy Week, scientific conferences and publications on modern technologies of the electric power industry.

Now, together with her supervisor, Ivan Paskar, senior lecturer at the Department of Power Supply of Mining and Industrial Enterprises, Elizaveta is engaged in the task of choosing the installation location and capacity of electric energy storage systems in 0.4 kV networks. Using a large computational model, Elizabeth analyzes the modes of the distribution network, identifies the most sensitive points and evaluates where installing the drive will have the greatest voltage effect.

"We do not want to get a solution for one specific substation, but a reproducible technique that can be applied to different distribution networks. It should answer two questions at once: where to install the drive and what capacity it should be. In the future, we plan to supplement the energy calculations with a feasibility study," says Elizabeth.

For Elizabeth, this job was a continuation of the opportunities she received at KuzSTU. Participation in scientific research is combined with teamwork, industry competitions and large professional venues. The Youth Global Forecast and the Russian Energy Week provide an opportunity to discuss their ideas not only within the university, but also with representatives of energy companies and industry experts.

"Getting a scholarship for me is a recognition of the efforts I've put in and a confirmation that I'm moving in the right direction. At the same time, these are new opportunities and an additional incentive to continue doing research. Next, I want to develop the topic of the use of energy storage devices and move from assessing their impact on electrical modes to a full-fledged feasibility study," she notes.

The student's supervisor, Ivan Paskar, notes that Elizabeth's important quality was the ability to gradually move from academic tasks to independent research: "Elizabeth did not come into scientific work with a ready-made set of competencies, but consistently gained them: conferences, team projects, Youth global forecast, first publications, work with computational models. Now we can already set a fairly serious engineering task for it, where it is necessary not only to perform calculations, but to propose a methodology that can potentially be transferred to other electrical networks. For an undergraduate student, this is a good level of independence. I think the main thing now is not to stop and develop this work further."

At the same time, Elizabeth's life is not limited to energy. She studies music, sings, plays guitar and piano, and in her first years represented the Institute of Energy at the "Debut" and "Student Spring". Now another important line has been added to the creative achievements – the scholarship of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Reference. The Youth global forecast is being implemented with the support of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, JSC United Energy System System Operator, leading industry companies, universities and scientific organizations. The project is part of the All-Russian Youth Action Plan aimed at popularizing the fuel and energy sector, energy conservation and engineering education. The competition is held under the auspices of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship with the support of the Presidential Platform "Russia – the land of Opportunities".

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