Russian Railway Transport Research Institute (VNIIZhT)

Energy strategy for rail transport: an efficient tool for managing energy savings

Alexander KOSAREVDeputy General Director, VNIIZhTProfessor, Doctor of Technical Sciences

Unit costs of energy in Russia’s transport system

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Freight transport, kg of fuel equivalent/10,000 tkm

Rail transport (electric traction)

Motor transport

Aviation

Passenger transport, kg of fuel equivalent/100 pkm

Rail transport (electric traction)

Motor transport

Aviation

53,0 280,0

3100,0

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Energy saving operations in Russian Railways: structure

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Railway energy saving programmes

Russian Railways investment programmes and projects

Introducing resource saving technologies

Section – fulfilling the objectives of the Energy Strategy

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Russian Railways energy savings

Integral effect of savings in fuel, energy and material resources

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Company operational indicators influencing energy consumption and energy savings

Acquisition and consumption of fuel

and energy resources

Strategic energy saving technical resources and

technologies

Analysis of implementation of Russian Railways Energy Strategy (over monitored period)

Introduction, efficiency, deviations, cause and effect dependencies

The state of the fuel and energy resources market in the Russian Federation fuel and energy complex

Production of fuel and energy resources, tariffs, shortages, regional aspects

Analysis and development of corrective actions in Russian Railways fuel and energy resource management

Analysis of correspondence to standards for consumption, deviation, establishment of causes

Analysis of implementation, deviation, cause and effect dependency

Corrections to the Company’s energy saving operations and acquisition totals – fuel and energy resource consumption for subsequent periods

Information systems – ASKUE, ASKU TER, subsystems

electricity coal

heat

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types of fuel

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nBasic diagram of Russian Railways energy savings controlling system

Matrix of integral effect of fuel and energy resources savings resulting from investment and innovation priorities in Russian Railways’ energy strategy

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2006

2010 without Russian Railways Energy Strategy

2010 according to updated Russian Railways Energy Strategy

1. Introduction of resource saving technologies.

2. Production of new locomotives.

3. Modernisation of traction equipment.

4. Multiple unit rolling stock.

5. Freight wagons.

6. Passenger cars.

7. Optimisation of operations.

8. Fuel and energy resource management and automatic

management systems.

9. Power supply and electrification.

10. Track and structures.

11. Signalling and communications.

12. Railway energy saving programmes.

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Forecast of unit expenditure of energy for Russian Railways train traction for the period up to 2030

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Forecast of unit expenditure of diesel fuel for Russian Railways train traction for the period up to 2030

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Energy intensity of Russian Railways’ industrial operations

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