RUSSIA ENERGY MINISTER LAUNCHES AMBITIOUS CO-GEN EXPANSION INITIATIVE

RUSSIA’S combined heat and power sector is poised to undergo a radical transformation that will use the open market to rejuvenate and update the industry, according to the country's energy minister.Speaking to the upper house of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, energy minister Alexander Novak announced last November that creating a competitive market for combined heat and power (CHP) was a key priority.He wants to promote a new market-based ‘alternative boiler’ system – to be established from 2016 to 2022 - which would see new co-generation ...


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