MOSCOW, October 19. /TASS/. Russian authorities plan to implement new energy storage system construction projects, Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilyov said at the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian legislative assembly.
Such systems are already operational in the Krasnodar Region, will soon appear in the Far East, and the next stage of energy storage development will involve their construction in the Moscow Region and the Republic of Crimea, the minister noted.
"We are moving toward large-scale projects for electrical energy storage. The first such project was implemented over seven months this year in the Krasnodar Region, carried out on our instructions by Rosseti and Rosatom. This project has already been operational for four months, and we are seeing its high efficiency. A decision has now been made to install 250 MW of energy storage in the Far East, where Rosseti will also handle the implementation. The Moscow Region is next in line, and Crimea is next in line," he said.
According to the decision of the government commission on electric power development, the 250 MW energy storage systems in the Primorye Regioin in the Far East will be commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2028 or early 2029.