DOI: 10.33917/mic-6.125.2025.35-46

This article analyzes the prospects of integrating renewable energy sources into Russia’s power systems, which are facing the depletion of traditional generation resources. Using the Krasnokamensk CHP plant – critical for the Zabaykalsky Krai – as a case study, the paper explores a hybrid solution involving wind power installations to offset coal shortages. The study evaluates the techno-economic aspects of this approach, including the use of the Weibull distribution function to accurately assess the wind energy potential of the region. It is demonstrated that a synergy between wind power and CHP is the optimal strategy for extending the operational life of the plant, diversifying the fuel mix, and achieving sustainable development goals.

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DOI: 10.33917/mic-1.120.2025.103-111

Today, a pressing issue in the field of energy efficiency in the Russian Federation is the problem of energy supply to remote areas. The high cost of fuel delivery to such regions of the country makes the use of renewable energy sources attractive. In this article, using the example of the village of Tiksi, the efficiency of combining traditional diesel generation and wind energy is shown, a technical and economic assessment of various ways of configuring the energy system is given, the possibility of using a hydrogen-based energy storage system to ensure uninterrupted power supply to the settlement from renewable energy sources and complete replacement of diesel generation in the energy system is demonstrated.

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