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The Climate and Environmental Change, Political and Economical issues nowadays are forcing many countries to reconsider their way of energy production and consumption. Thus, the Russian Federation recently (2011) has completed major reconfiguration of the sector. This book is giving a comprehensive overview of the sector after the decade of restructuring. It determines political and economical development of the sector identifies technical capabilities, current and future energy matrix.
Taking into the account, that the country has high amount of conventional resources, the author reviews energy efficiency potential and programs, capacities for penetration of innovative smart technologies and for expansion of environmentally friendly solutions for energy production and consumption. She also analyzes and concludes the range of technical and economical potential for renewable energy boost at the main land as well as at remote areas.
As presented in the book, the result of the research gives a broad notion of possible directions of the Russian electricity sector development for the next 20 years.

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Alexandra Wasilewski, M.Eng., was born in 1985 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
In Bishkek in 2007 she finished her first education, M. Sc., by the specialization "Economy and Management at energy enterprise". After getting her first professional degree she collected several years of job experience being assigned in different projects of renewable energy and energy efficiency expansion in Kyrgyzstan. Collected practice in the field, as well as concerns of environmental security inspired her for further education and research at the area. In 2012 she finished her master education by specialization "Energy and Environmental management in developing countries". Sympathy to viable development of Eastern Europe and Eurasia was the principal background of direction of the Theme of the conducted book

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