The Government of the Russian Federation, Rosatom and Gazprom signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of hydrogen energy
An agreement of intent for the development of the high-tech stack "Development of hydrogen energy" was signed by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak, Director General of the state corporation "Rosatom" Alexei Likhachev and Deputy Chairman of the Board of PJSC "Gazprom" Oleg Aksyutin.
Within the framework of the agreement, the state corporation Rosatom will implement a program until 2030 to create domestic technologies in the field of production and handling of hydrogen, organize serial production of Russian electrolysis plants of various capacities, and work will also be carried out on a project to create a nuclear power plant with high-temperature gas-cooled reactors and chemical-technological part (NPP with HTGR and CTP).
The Government of the Russian Federation intends to provide comprehensive support for all stages of the life cycle of new products in the hydrogen energy industry, using both financial and regulatory mechanisms, while Rosatom will continue R&D in this area and implement projects for the production of hydrogen with a low carbon footprint.
“Russia has a huge backlog in the implementation of projects for the development of hydrogen energy, the creation of mobile, powerful, modern energy storage systems. Gazprom, Rosatom, InEnergy have them. Hydrogen is already actively used in oil refining and petrochemicals, in the future it will be used in energy, housing and communal services, and transport. On behalf of the President, the "road map" for the development of hydrogen energy until 2030 was updated, which is a large set of tasks. It contains activities for more than 20 projects in the field of production, transportation and storage of hydrogen. As for the energy storage system, about 40 public and private companies, as well as leading educational organizations, including the Russian Academy of Sciences, are involved in the implementation of such projects. The implementation of these measures will result in the availability of domestic technologies in these areas, the growth of the industry's export potential and the strengthening of Russia's role as a world leader in areas,” Alexander Novak said.
“The importance of hydrogen energy is recognized at the state level. Rosatom, as a high-tech leader, is actively developing this area. I am convinced that the agreement we signed today will become an additional driver for the implementation of hydrogen projects, ensuring technological sovereignty and increasing the competitiveness of domestic solutions,” commented Alexey Likhachev.
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Today, one of the ambitious tasks for Russia is to achieve technological sovereignty in the field of hydrogen energy: hydrogen production, methods of its transportation, storage and technology for its application in various sectors of the economy - in transport, industry, energy sectors.
Hydrogen can be used for the accumulation, storage and delivery of energy and is considered as a promising energy carrier and a tool for solving the problems of developing a low-carbon economy. Leading Russian energy, technology and industrial companies today are faced with the task of creating a virtually new branch of Russian industry, as part of updating the infrastructure of the country's energy complex. Russia continues the progressive modernization of the energy sector, taking into account new promising trends and its own innovative developments. Large-scale work is underway to increase the share of low-carbon generation.