Russia shifts focus to Asian electricity integration

摘要

Russia is changing its power integration strategy untilrn2030 by focusing on Asia, energy minister AlexanderrnNovak said at a round table discussion at the StrnPetersburg International Economic Forum in June.rnHowever, Novak also said that Russia would continue torndevelop its cooperation with the Western world.rn“We have a surplus of power generation in Russia,rnbut we need to modernize our power plants andrntransmission routes to increase power exports to otherrncountries,” he said, saying that the government plannedrnto expand Russian power capacity eight fold by 2035.rnNovak gave no specific figures, but in 2012 Russia hadrn234 GW of generating capacity, according to the USrnEnergy Information Agency. Novak said Russian powerrngeneration was running at 45% of capacity.