Influence of Renewable Energy on Energy Security of Decentralized Electricity Systems

The article offers evaluation of the potential of renewable energy in improving the energy security of decentralized power supply systems and solving the problems of their development. The authors proposed a complex of indicative indicators with introduction of renewable energy sources as part of separate indicators, which allows us to research the energy security problems of regional decentralized energy systems of power supply. In the rationale for each indicator the place of renewable energy sources in aspects of resource security, the level of reliability of autonomous power supply systems, environmental and other positions of energy security have been shown. The proposed module of indicators with introduction of renewable energy includes a science-based list of criteria, methods and tools for their evaluation with the focus of measures to ensure energy security by means of integrating into autonomous power supply systems of renewable energy plants. The article traces the matching of the proposed approaches with the place of renewable energy in strategic planning documents in the national security of the Russian Federation.