OREANDA-NEWS. December 20, 2007. In late November, a meeting on interaction issues between Institutes of the Russian Academy of Science and enterprises of Omsk Region in sphere of bio-energetic was held at the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Science. Academicians and professors of the Russian Academy of Science and also the General Director of the Group of companies "Titan" M.A. Sutyaginsky and representatives of business-community took part in the work of the meeting led by vice-president of the Russian Academy of Science A.D. Nekipelov, Titan's press service reported.

M.A.Sutjaginsky has informed participants of meeting about the pilot bio-power complex started by JSC "Group of companies "Titan" in Kazakhstan, and also about the beginning of realization on the territory of Omsk Region more scaled inter-branch project - bio-petrochemical cluster. He has emphasized, that it is the first time in Russia when the manufacture is created on the basis of complex integration of agro-industrial and petrochemical industrial potentials on technologies of deep processing of renewable vegetative raw material. In a base of such long-term program the determining factor should be the innovational developments, which are carried out in institutes of the Russian Academy of Science. Use of solely Russian modern developments will provide steady development and competitiveness of bio-power branch.

Academician A.D. Nekipelov has emphasized the urgency of a discussed problem and has suggested paying special attention to this major branch's economic aspects, in which elaboration and substantiation Russian Academy of Science could bring the significant contribution.

Academician B.F. Mjasoedov has noted, that development of bio-power branch corresponds to the general power strategy of Russia. He has reminded about the assignment of the President of Russia to the Government of the Russian Federation from December 4, 2006 № Pr-2097, which specifies an urgent need for the accelerated development of domestic bio-energetic. It was marked, that in various institutes of the Russian Academy of Science deep studies are carried out in the field of bio-energetic. He also has put forward the initiative to use the project "Bio-petrochemical Cluster" on the territory of Omsk Region as "an experimental platform" for interaction between representatives of fundamental science (representatives of institutes of the Russian Academy of Science) and initiators of the project (the Government of Omsk Region, JSC "Group of companies "Titan"). It will allow perfecting the introduction mechanisms of innovational development in the field of bio-energetic and of agro-power complex with the purpose to distribute them in other Russian regions.

Academician I.I. Moiseev in his speech has noted, that the newest development carried out for the Russian Academy of Science show an opportunity of realization essentially new ways and mechanisms of transformation various nature biomass in energy carriers, what is especially actual in connection with exhaustion of hydro-carbonic raw material.

Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Science S.D. Varfolomeev has paid attention of participants to necessity to expand the bio-power raw-material base by using the raw materials of inedible nature, in particular lignocellulose biomass. He also has emphasized the importance of metageneration in process technologies of renewable raw material and has noted complex character of the developed technologies directed on reception not only energy carriers, but also a wide spectrum of useful products. Professor V.O. Popov has told about the contribution of a biological science, in particular technologies of bio-catalysis, in the decision of processing problems of renewable raw material for reception biofuels and auxiliary products, and also necessity of strengthening the legislative base providing the prompt practical use of scientific achievements in real sectors of economy. Professor L.I. Trusov has resulted examples of successful realization of projects within the framework of the state-private partnership, leaning on advanced achievements of innovational fundamental science, and has noted efficiency of creation the joint educational and research centers and the centers of technologies transfer from institutes of the Russian Academy of Science to industrial enterprises.

During the meeting the arrangement about creation in 2007 joint working group of representatives from institutes of the Russian Academies of Science working in the field of bio-energetic and experts of JSC "Group of companies "Titan" has been achieved. A task of the working group will be coordination of the innovational project "Bio-petrochemical Cluster" and researches with the purpose of primary use domestic scientific development and technologies in the Russian biopower branch. One of the major results of the meeting was the decision to support the initiative of JSC "Group of companies "Titan" to create on the basis of Omsk university the Educational and Research center of bio-energetic, and also to reequip the unfinished distillery and arrangement of the territory adjoining to it (the Azovsky German national area of Omsk Region) into the Center of the innovational biopower technologies transfer.