Second Russian National Dialogue On Energy, Society And Security

Second Russian National Dialogue on ENERGY, SOCIETY AND SECURITYFigure 5. Potential locations for TPPs on the Kola Peninsula.Finally, there is the Kislogubsk TPP, which was built in the Kislaya Bay in the1960s as a pilot project in order to gain the technical and scientific experience requiredto build larger plants, such as the Mezensk TPP. This plant is currently non-operational.The Sevmash facility in Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk Oblast) is currently developing apilot model of a water wheel for the Mezensk TPP, which will be tested in the KislayaBay.Wave EnergyThe ocean waves accumulate wind energy as they travel across a vast area. Theyare essentially a natural form of concentrated energy. Another positive factor of waveenergy is the fact that it is everywhere, and as a result is accessible to a wide range ofcoastal consumers. The average annual potential for wave energy in the Barents Sea isestimated at 22–29 KW/m, which comes close to the figures for the neighboring Norwegiancoast (25–30 KW/m). As regards the White Sea, the average annual potential ofwave energy is considerably lower at just 9–10 KW/m, due to the comparatively smallsurface area of the sea and ice cover during the winter.Wave energy has one of the highest real efficiency values among non-traditionalenergy sources. The overall real efficiency of a wave power plant generating electricityamounts to 30–80%. The power generating capacity of wave energy along a 10-kilometerstretch of the coast of the Kola Peninsula could amount to 1.2 billion KWh for theBarents Sea and 0.4 billion KWh for the White Sea. Wave power plants in these regionsare projected to have capacities of 230 MW and 100 MW.Bioenergy ResourcesCompared to other types of RES on the Kola Peninsula, there are relatively fewbioenergy resources. In the Murmansk Oblast, the bioenergy resource potential, in-84