ROSATOM’s Digital Projects Win in RBC Digital Awards
The company Rusatom Smart Utilities (is part of the State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM) has confirmed the status of one of the leaders on the digital technologies market at RBC Petersburg Digital Awards. The winner was the project of formation of intelligent transport system (ITS) of Vologda system which was implemented jointly with the city administration. Besides, another project of Rusatom Smart Utilities – "Development of the portal “Our North”" became the finalist. At the official ceremony, awards were presented to Alexey Golubev, General Director of Digital Platforms and Smart City Solutions, JSC (developer of IT products for the projects of Smart City and digitalization of city environment, is part of Rusatom Smart Utilities).
Today Rusatom Smart Utilities implements the projects of digitalization of transport infrastructure in more than 20 Russian cities. Vologda agglomeration is one of key complex projects. The two-year contract allowed to achieve the first level of ITS maturity almost wholly. The project is implemented within the framework of the federal program “Common-system Measures of Development of Road Facilities” of the national project “Safe High-quality Roads”. More than 76 km of optical communication lines were mounted; 105 video surveillance complexes were installed, which have video cameras with wide angle of vision and infrared searchlight; besides, more than 300 detectors of transport were installed. In real time mode, they transmit information on the road situation to the established Center of Traffic Organization, which is the main element of the “road intelligence”. 69 traffic light facilities of Vologda have been connected to the ITS system (90% of city traffic lights). A coordinates feed has been launched, which means synchronization of traffic lights at some sections of roads – this allows to accelerate traffic flow. Traffic signal control is tested, both with a dispatcher’s help and automatically. Electronic traffic controllers are connected into the single network, they exchange data and align with the changing road situation adjusting the algorithm of transport passage. A dispatcher with manual control is connected in complicated situations.
Let us note that the award is arranged within the framework of the project-research RBC Petersburg “IT technologies and development projects” and is aimed to identify advanced products in the field of digital technologies created by St. Petersburg companies or implemented on the territory of the region. In total, 32 companies have taken part in the project; they presented to IT community and RBC expert club more than 60 projects for evaluation. The announced projects were assessed by the heads of large IT companies, representatives of public authorities of St. Petersburg, as well as scientific community. According to the voters, they chose winners guiding by a large number of factors. They include focus on innovation and unconventional approach, significance for business or society, efficiency in the area of import independence, as well as scaling potential.
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Rusatom Smart Utilities – a division of the State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM, a diversified holding operating in the energy industry, IT sphere, and housing and public utilities sector. The company manages non-nuclear generation of the State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM, implements projects in the field of digitalization of municipal and regional management, renovation of resource supply, and development of city environment. Generating capacities of the company and heat networks are located in 16 regions of Russia, including the facilities of JSC “Quadra – Power Generation”, which were included in the company’s structure in 2022. The total installed electric capacity of the electric power plants is 3.6 GW; total installed thermal capacity is 18.3 thous. Gcal/h. various projects in the field of digitalization and housing and public utility services are implemented in more than 50 cities from Murmansk to Sakhalin.
The RF Government and large Russian companies pay much attention to the development of digital economy and necessary IT infrastructure. The conditions created for development and fast implementation of modern technologies allow to create Russian software within the framework of the programs of achievement of technological sovereignty in the digital sphere. ROSATOM and its enterprises take an active part in this work.