The signed agreement will provide project participants with an access to a system of test sites with the ability to test new technologies and equipment prototypes.
The infrastructure of Energotekhnokhab includes tools for supporting and implementing technological projects in the energy sector from the concept to implementation.
The project involves energy companies, research institutes, engineering centers, digital services, venture funds planning to jointly develop complex industrial technological and innovative solutions with the export potential.
Inter alia, the areas of development that are topical for TATNEFT include:
- increasing the energy efficiency of the equipment
- technologies that reduce the carbon footprint, renewable energy sources, etc.
Nail Maganov, General Director of TATNEFT, said:
- We need technological solutions with high export potential, innovations in energy storage, automation, and carbon footprint reduction
- This will stimulate the growth of the domestic economy and strengthen the Russia's position in the international arena.
- I am confident that we will form the image of the energy industry of the future and will bring it to life through the joint efforts of leading energy and engineering companies, the scientific community and talented youth
- In turn, TATNEFT is ready to act as an industry expert setting the tasks
- I am ready to offer the company’s proving grounds for pilot implementation of innovations
St. Petersburg plans to develop a program of additional benefits for business and subsidizing the costs of relocating scientific and engineering personnel.
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