en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Siberian Generating Company (SGK) and the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation have jointly proposed implementing an experimental legal framework pilot in the Kuzbass region to promote the economic circulation of coal combustion ash and slag. The relevant proposal was put forward at a thematic meeting convened by the Federation Council, focusing on the processing and application of ash and slag materials in the construction, road, and industrial sectors.
According to the company's press service, SGK specifically put forward two legislative initiatives. The first aims to "unblock" obstacles in the application of federal regulations at the local level: it proposes allowing the use of ash and slag materials (ASM) to fill areas currently hindering the development of residential settlements, followed by covering with a fertile soil layer and implementing greening after construction is completed. The second focuses on developing offset contract mechanisms, whereby energy companies invest in the construction of dry ash collection and storage systems, while processing enterprises simultaneously invest in matching receiving equipment, with both parties locking in supply and demand through long-term contracts; local authorities can then provide support to investors and prioritize the use of building materials containing fly ash in municipal budget projects.
Pyotr Sankov, Sales Director for Ash and Slag Materials at SGK, presented the progress of the pilot project at the Kemerovo State District Power Station (Kemerovskaya GRES). The power station has currently achieved fly ash separation from two electrostatic precipitators, with an annual shipping capacity of approximately 20,000 tons. The next step plans to retrofit another four boilers to a dry ash removal method, at which point the station will be able to collect and ship 120,000 to 130,000 tons of ash and slag annually. Sankov stated that this project has the potential to be replicated at other coal-fired power plants in Russia.
The Russian federal energy authorities expressed support for the direction of the aforementioned systemic reforms, with specific measures including: incorporating secondary raw materials into consideration at the initial design stage of budget-funded facilities, updating the effective data on ash and slag materials within the current construction pricing system, and expanding preferential treatment for suppliers using secondary raw materials in government procurement.
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