Rusatom Service JSC (a company of Rosatom’s electric power arm) and Siberian Agrarian Group JSC (Sibagro) cemented foundations of their cooperation on March 26 at the 13th ATOMEXPO-2024 International Forum in Sochi.
Rusatom Service was represented by its Director General Evgeny Salkov, and Sibagro, by its Director General Sergey Ilyinykh.
The parties signed a memorandum of understanding concerning the construction of a biogas power plant on the territory of an agricultural complex located in the Republic of Buryatia. The memorandum stipulates that Sibagro will provide a land plot and raw materials for energy production, and Rusatom Service will build a biogas power plant.
The final project agreement is slated to be completed and signed in the first quarter of 2025.
“We highly appreciate our cooperation with Sibagro, the country’s largest agricultural holding. A synergy of Rosatom’s competencies and Sibagro’s resources will accelerate the development of biogas technologies in the region, contribute to decarbonization and help build modern architecture and create new jobs,” commented Director General of Rusatom Service Evgeny Salkov.
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The ATOMEXPO International Forum is the main event of the global nuclear industry, the largest exhibition and business platform where the current state of the nuclear industry is discussed and trends for its further development are formed. It has been held since 2009. The Forum is attended by executives of key companies in the global nuclear industry, government agencies, international and public organizations, and lead experts. The Forum format includes an exhibition and a congress with an extensive business program, the key event of which is a plenary session. Panel discussions and round tables discuss topics that are most important for the nuclear industry. Leading companies in the global atomic industry and related industries present at the exhibition their technologies and competences.
As part of demonstrating Rosatom’s commitment to the climate agenda, compensation of the carbon footprint of the XIII International Forum ATOMEXPO-2024 will be ensured using special certificates.
