Energy on Renewable Sources: Prospects
for the World and for Russia
B. N. Porfirievа1 and S. A. Roginkob2, *
Translated by B. Alekseev
а Institute of Economic Forecasting, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
b Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence to: e-mail: 1b_porfiriev@mail.ru; 2roginko@bk.ru
*RAS Corresponding Member Boris Nikolaevich Porfiriev is a Deputy Director and Head of the Laboratory for the Analysis and Forecasting of Natural and Technological Risks to Economic Development at the RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting (IEF). Sergei Anatol’evich Roginko, Cand. Sci. (Econ.), is Head of the Center for Ecology and Development at the RAS Institute of Europe (IE).
Received 3 February, 2016
Abstract—The outlook for global energy by the mid-21st century will largely depend on nontraditional energy sources, the role of which is growing rapidly already today. Colossal investments in the development of renewable energy sources (RESs) over the past 25–30 years have favored a technological leap, which has reduced the cost of energy by orders of magnitude. Some RESs approached traditional hydrocarbon energy by their economic indicators. The correct economic evaluation of prospects for RES development is a topical scientific and practical problem. Its solution will help, on the one hand, understand and measure the scale and depth of the effects of renewable energy sources on global and domestic energy and, on the other, evaluate the opportunities and prospects for the Russian Federation. The authors of this article analyze trends in RES development in global and domestic practice and recommend improvements to Russian policy in this sphere.
Keywords: renewable energy sources, wind energy, solar energy, hydroelectric plant, electricity production and consumption, regulatory and legal framework, Russia, EU.
DOI: 10.1134/S101933161606006X