The total capacity of renewable energy generation facilities in Russia for the 4th quarter of 2022 increased by 4.9% and reached 5.78 GW

In the 4th quarter of 2022 the total capacity of renewable energy generation facilities in Russia amounted to 5.78 GW (including wholesale and retail markets, isolated power systems, own generation of industryies), which is 4.9% more than at the end of the 3rd quarter of last year , follows from the review of the renewable energy market in Russia prepared by the Association for the Development of Renewable Energy (RREDA) as of January 1, 2023.

As of the beginning of January, within the framework of CSA (Capacity Supply Agreement) RES 1.0 Program, 98 RES generation facilities with a total capacity of 4,002 MW (+6.8%) were put into operation in the WECM (Wholesale Market for Electricity and Capacity):

— SPPs – 1,788 MW (70 facilities),

— WPPs – 2,168 MW (24 facilities),

— SHPPs – 46 MW (4 facilities).

The increase in total capacity was due to the commissioning of 2 WPPs (230.3 MW) and one SHPP (25.1 MW).

In the structure of installed RES capacity, wind and solar power plants are leading (they account for 2.3 and 2.1 GW of capacity, respectively) and small hydroelectric power plants with a capacity of up to 50 MW (1.2 GW). In addition, there are biomass, biogas, landfill gas, tidal and geothermal power plants with a total capacity of more than 100 MW.

At the moment, the share of installed capacity of RES generation in the power system of the Russian Federation is 2.3% (CSA RES - 1.6%). According to the results of the 3rd quarter of last year, the share of renewable energy generation in the installed capacity of the UPS of the Russian Federation was 2.2%

As reported, the generation of electricity by renewable energy generation facilities built under the CSA RES Program amounted to 7.7 billion kWh in 2022, an increase of 18.1%.