Some problems of energy transition in Russia

Abstract

The article highlights the problems associated with one of the most important modern environmental challenges, which reflects the opportunities and limitations of the energy transition in Russian conditions. The “green” transformations taking place in the world, primarily in energy systems, growing climate change, and tightening environmental protection requirements determine the relevance and need for a timely and adequate response to the associated risks and threats. The modern energy transition reflects changes in the structure of primary energy consumption through the gradual expansion of the use of renewable energy sources. An analysis of the problems of the energy transition in Russia made it possible to identify the risks and threats caused by them, among which climate risks and threats, possible directions for decarbonization of the economy and the associated high costs of introducing renewable energy generation facilities, risks of increasing costs for reducing the carbon footprint of Russian companies in connection with the introduction of transboundary carbon regulation on world markets, risks associated with the need to reconstruct the energy system during the transition to the widespread use of renewable energy sources. lag in financing the transition to a low-carbon economy and the implementation of climate projects, etc. Proposals have been made for the formation of a system of measures aimed at neutralizing and minimizing relevant risks and threats. These proposals may be useful in developing management tools within the framework of environmental and economic policy at the regional and federal levels.