The 13th session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme for young specialists from developing countries, countries in transition and least developed countries, which was launched on 30 September 2019 in ISEDC, continues to be implemented in Moscow.
Within theoretical and practical training sessions in ISEDC a series of lectures was given by invited teachers of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (PFUR), Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas and European University in St.Petersburg.
On October 7, Olga Kudryavtseva, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Environmental Economics of Lomonosov Moscow State University gave a lecture on the environmental assessment, renewable and non-renewable resources and their overall economic value, ecosystem services in the context of sustainable energy development. The fellows also took part in a game experiment on environmental economics, the point of which was to make a decision on the use of shared resources.
On October 8, at the Peoples ' Friendship University of Russia (PFUR) the participants of the Programme met with Margarita Redina, Dean of the Environmental Faculty of PFUR, Doctor of Economic sciences. In her lecture Dr. Redina focused on the wolrd energy resources, including their deposits, availability, distribution and use, and, as a consequence, the problems of ecology.
On October 9 and 10, experts of Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Ph. D. Mikhail Vorontsov and Anatoly Grachev gave lectures on the creation of an energy management system based on the comparison of energy efficiency indicators in comparable conditions by the example of natural gas compression systems.
During the lectures the concept of comparable conditions for energy efficiency indicators, absolute and specific costs of fuel and energy resources (FER), the advantages and relevance of these costs, examples of comparing the FER costs in comparable conditions were discussed.
At the end of the lecture in order to test the knowledge gained and prepare specialists for the exam to be held during the final week of the Fellowships Programme, M. Vorontsov and
A. Grachev conducted a practical seminar "How gas reciprocating compressors operate", where types of reciprocating compressors, physical basics of their operation and equations for calculating the energy consumption of compressors were studied. As a result of the seminar, the fellows were able on their own calculate the energy consumption for operation of one and two-flow compressors. As a result of their research and calculations, the participants of the programme proved that the knowledge gained was highly applicable for maximally approximating real tasks of energy management.
On October 11, Anna Kurbatova, Ph. D., Associate Professor of the Environmental Monitoring and Forecasting Department of the Environmental Faculty at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, discussed within interactive lecture topical issues of global and regional climate change, adaptation and mitigation strategies in developing countries.
On October 14-18, Maxim Titov and Olga Teplova from Research Centre on Energy Policy of the European University in St. Petersburg presented a series of lectures on "Sustainable energy development in the context of climate change".
During the lectures the participants of the Programme studied the economics of climate change, energy-efficient technologies for the implementation of mitigation strategies, including business prospects in climate policy in terms of energy and resource efficiency.
In addition, the participants were introduced to pricing formation for electrical power depending on the level of participation in the transformation of the energy system and learned about the role of subsidies (for fossil fuels, RES) as component of the transition policy to low-carbon energy saving.
Within the lectures, there was practical seminar on fuel pricing formation. As its result, the fellows grasped resources' pricing formation mechanism and were able to perform a comparative analysis related to resources’ policy instruments.
During the discussion on the results of the lectures and reports presented, the issues of economic and environmental use of RES, the typology of RES risks, as well as the political aspect related to the integration of energy efficiency solutions to improve energy security were raised.
On October 21 and 22, fellows of the 13th session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme will take part in the events of International Forum of Innovative Development "Open Innovations".
On October 24, a certification exam will be held, during which the fellows will present their examination projects.
The 13th session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme will finish on October 25 with a solemn ceremony of awarding with certificates to its participants – 19 young specialists from Asia, Africa, Central and Latin America, Eastern Europe and the CIS.
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