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tighter environmental constraints,
and the exhausted productivity
potential of the existing technology.
To overcome these issues the global
power industry developed a new
innovation development concept:
the Smart Grid or intelligent power
system. Its key requirements include
fast response to emerging power
supply problems; affordability of
electricity for consumers; and the
reliability and quality of electricity
supply.
The third area is the international
integration of electric power
systems.
Everyone knows the advantages of
the interconnected power systems,
and each country seeks to create one.
The next step in this direction is
the establishment of international
energy associations. And the power
interconnection of CIS and Baltic
Countries is one such successful
examples. Another example is the
international integration in the form
of Union for the Co-ordination of
Transmission of Electricity (UCTE)
of the European countries.
Of course these projects will face
a lot of challenges. The greater is
the scale of the integrated power
systems, the harder it is to manage
such systems. And maintaining
the stability of the long distance
transmission with an acceptable
level of electric power losses is not
an easy task.
However, the current level of
technology development, including
DC transmission and intelligent
power systems, already make these
projects quite feasible.
Apparently, in the longer term
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we will have to integrate energy
systems on a global scale. This
will be a natural development of
global power industry and such
initiatives are already voiced at the
international level.
These global interconnection
projects have not been recognised
or approved at the international
level; but they are of interest
to us, because they suggest the
construction of transit power lines
through the territory of Kazakhstan,
which will attract additional
investments, new technologies
and utilise the transit and export
potential of the country. KEGOC
is already considering in its long-
term plans the construction of
long-range DC transmission lines in
Kazakhstan, which can later become
part of the global power network.
Now, with regard to
modernization of the electric
power systems in Kazakhstan.
As you know, the President of
Kazakhstan in his address to
the nation in beginning of this
year noted as a top priority the
acceleration of technological
modernization of the country's
economy, including using the
advanced digital technologies.
It is impossible to work effectively
in a changing world without
changing yourself. We need new
approaches and technologies in the
areas of generation, transmission,
distribution and consumption of
electricity. And one such technology
is a smart grid technology that I
mentioned earlier.
The company has been working
on it for more than ten years:
the National Power Grid uses
local microprocessor-based
automation system and fiber-optic
communication lines.
We continue this systematic
work, and, taking into account the
international experience in building
bulk transmission networks, we
have identified the priority areas of
the technological development of
the National Power Grid, including:
• Flexible alternating current
transmission systems (FACTS);
• Automatic frequency and power
control system for the Unified
Power System of Kazakhstan;
• The centralized system of
emergency control automatics;
• WAMS (Wide Area Measurement
System);
• WACS (Wide Area Control
System);
• Upgrade of the existing SCADA/
EMS system.
Could you please tell us about the
initiative to devise the development
areas for the Unified Power System
of Kazakhstan and the Integrated
Power System of Central Asia
within the Coordination Electric
Power Council of Central Asia, as
well as about the progress of the
common electric power market
in the Eurasian Economic Union
(EAEU) member states?
As the System Operator of the
Unified Power System (UPS) of
Kazakhstan, KEGOC interacts with
the neighbouring power systems to
manage and maintain the stability
of parallel operation.
In accordance with the
Intergovernmental Agreement