DEVELOPMENT OF WIND POWER ENGINEERING AS ONE OF THE WAYS TO INCREASE THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF RUSSIAN REGIONS
The development of renewable energy has become a global trend, changing not only the technologies used in the energy sector, but also global consumer demand. This industry emerged due to a new value system updating the climate agenda and struggling for environmental well-being and it meant a change in the business logic of large consumers who set the goal of a com-plete provision of their production processes with electricity from renewable sources of energy for the next 10-15. The possibility of establishing protectionist barriers for products with a high carbon footprint is predicted. Such a policy is being implemented by a number of states. Therefore, for the competitiveness of both the country as a whole and its individual regions, it is necessary to increase the share of renewable energy sources in the energy balance.
The authors analyze the main trends in the development of wind generation as a promising direction for improving the energy efficiency of the domestic economy and necessary conditions for its competitiveness in the long term. The dynamics and prospects of the implementation of the largest wind energy projects are considered using the example of the Rostov region, which is a leader in the scale and number of projects implemented in this direction in our country.
Keywords: wind energy, regional development, energy efficiency, smart economy.
Highlights:
the development of wind energy is a global trend that meets the conditions of sustainable development of countries and their regions and the inevitable condition for maintaining competi-tiveness in the global space;
the surplus of energy resources of the Rostov Region with the observed growth and with-out high energy tariffs actualizes the development of alternative energy projects for the region;
the Rostov region has great potential for the development of renewable energy, including wind and solar energy, as evidenced by a large number of projects implemented on its territory with large international companies acting as strategic investors;
the development of wind energy in Russian regions will ensure their economic growth, will improve many related industries and will bring a large number of positive economic and so-cial effects.
Sergey G. Tyaglov, Doctor of Economics, Professor; Susanna A. Bugayan, a doctoral candidate; Ekaterina V. Parada, Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor - Rostov State University of Economics (RINH), Rostov-on-Don.