Annual report 2014
Since 1886
Innovation and R&D
The Program of innovative development
Lenenergo pays considerable attention to initiatives in the field of innovative development and implementation of R&D programs necessary for achievement of strategic objectives of the electric grid complex. The Company has adopted the Program of innovative development of Lenenergo for
In 2014, the Company approved the Policy of innovative development, energy saving and increase of power efficiency of Rosseti as the Company’s internal document (Order #338 of 29.07.2014). At present, Lenenergo conducts work on formation of the innovative development Program for
The goal of the innovative development Program — development and implementation of new technologies, innovative products and services that meet global standards, to enhance the economic and energy efficiency of power supply.
Tasks of the innovative development Program
Formation of the system of corporate governance, focused on the development and implementation of new technologies, innovative products and services
Creation of the system of search and selection of fundamental innovative ideas, development and implementation of the mechanism for selection of priority topics for R&D activities
Creation of the mechanism for implementation of pilot projects for innovative technologies and launch of trial production of experimental high-tech electrical equipment
Ensuring the necessary conditions for replication of innovations on the scale of Lenenergo and Rosseti
Development of the mechanism for financing innovation at the expense of own funds and attracting of investors
Ensuring integration of the Program with core business processes of Lenenergo
Providing the necessary level of personnel potential of Lenenergo
Ensuring protection of the intellectual property of Lenenergo
Providing the system of information support of innovative processes management and monitoring of advancement of innovations in Lenenergo
Promotion of innovative projects in the fields of energy conservation, energy efficiency, economic efficiency and reliability of electricity supply in the distribution grid complex
Optimization of operating costs and reducing Company costs
Dynamics of expenses for implementation of the innovative development Program in key directions, RUB mln
3,724 RUB mln
Expenses for implementation of the innovative development Program in 2014
Expenses for implementation of the innovative development Program in 2014
Trial operation of innovative equipment
| Equipment | Expected result of implementation |
|---|---|
| Gas insulated switchgear 110 kV PASS MOH produced by ABB. Place of installation — substation 110 kV #80 Ust-Slavyanka of the Lenenergo branch St. Petersburg High-Voltage Electric Networks. | Reduction of the area of placement of the equipment 110kV, reliability augmentation of power supply of consumers and reduction in engineering and construction works on installation of equipment at the substation 110 kV. |
| The system for determining fault location on transmission lines by wave method TWS FL produced by QUALITROL company (USA). Place of installation — OTL 110 kV Garbolovskaya-1, 2 of the Lenenergo branch St. Petersburg High-Voltage Electric Networks. | Reduction of time for elimination of failures at electric power lines and reliability augmentation of power supply of consumers. |
| Signal transfer device of relay protective automatic equipment for power lines |
Will allow retaining the existing devices of relay protection of OTL |
| Wire with protective insulation of series PZVG (produced by LLC Sevkabel-Engineering) and composite poles of series PK-110 with isolating traverses (produced by CJSC FENIKS-88). Place of installation — OTL 35 kV Shusharskaya-1 of the Lenenergo branch St. Petersburg High-Voltage Electric Networks. | Compact OTL. Reliability augmentation of power supply of consumers. |
| Analyzer of dissolved gases in transformer oil Smart 9 (produced by Lumasense, USA). Place of installation — substation 110 kV #165 Petrogradskaya of the Lenenergo branch St. Petersburg High-Voltage Electric Networks. | Fast fault detection for power transformers and increase their useful life, reliability augmentation of power supply of consumers. |
| Device for continuous monitoring of gas content in transformer oil SEVERON TM8 (produced by Qualitrol, USA). Place of installation — substation 110 kV #370 PGV-2 Svetlana of the Lenenergo branch St. Petersburg High-Voltage Electric Networks. | Early detection of faults in power transformers and increase their useful life, reliability augmentation of power supply of consumers. |
| Automatic monitoring system of the insulation pollution of overhead lines MetrySense-4000 (produced by Metricom, Israel). Place of installation — OTL 110 kV Obukhovskaya-3/4 and OTL 110 kV Kudrovskaya-5/Oktyabrskaya-11 of the Lenenergo branch St. Petersburg High-Voltage Electric Networks. | Will allow supervising distantly the level of pollution of overhead lines insulation and in a timely manner to clean it up in the areas of aggressive environment. |
In 2014, the programs were implemented together with such higher education institutions as St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, National Mineral and Raw University “Gorny”, St. Petersburg State Agrarian University, Ivanovo State Power University and National Research University “MEI”.
A total of 561 employees were trained on the professional development programs, which funding totaled RUB 4.3 mln, 25 employees were re-trained in higher education institutions for which RUB 9.1 mln was allocated.
R&D
Lenenergo has been implementing the program of research and development aimed at improving technologies and developing breakthrough solutions.
The main objective of the R&D Program is to create and develop a smart energy system with active-adaptive networks.
Tasks of the R&D Program:
Introduction of new technologies, innovative products and services
Decrease in wear of networks to the level of developed countries
Energy saving and power efficiency increase
Increase of economic efficiency and reliability of power supply in distribution networks
Optimization of operational expenses and decrease in Company costs
| Equipment, technology, material, system | Details of the contract for development | Nature of use (introduction, pilot operation application in activity) | Object of introduction, pilot operation, division using in its activity | Results of introduction, pilot operation, application in activity | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signal transfer device of relay protective automatic equipment for power lines |
Contract |
Pilot operation |
Substation 35 kV #13 Volkhov-Vasileostrovskaya, Substation 110 kV #14 Baltiyskaya, Substation 110 kV #104 Vasileostrovskaya (branch of Lenenergo St. Petersburg High-Voltage Electric Networks) |
By results of pilot operation | By results of pilot operation |
| Transfer of distribution networks 10 kV on resistance neutral grounding | Contract |
Introduction |
Substation 110 kV #75 Lakhta, #155 Piskarevka, #24 Rzhevka and #96 Ozero Dolgoye (branches of Lenenergo St. Petersburg High-Voltage Electric Networks, Cable Network and Suburban Electric Networks) | Reduced damage of electric grid equipment. Increased reliability of cables and other elements of the grid. | The effect was not determined due to insufficiently long period of operation |
| R&D protected by exclusive rights | Details of exclusive right | Details of the contract under which the R&D program was developed | The status of receipt of exclusive rights documents (protected/ applied) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Database “Data on the technical condition of overhead lines |
State registration certificate of the database #2014620617 of 25.04.2014 | Contract |
Protected |
| Signal transfer device of relay protective automatic equipment for power lines |
Application # 2014115494/20 (024303) of 17.04.2014 | Contract # |
Applied |