The use of digital technologies for the Russian Arctic energy infrastructure assessment

Abstract

Despite the predominance in the economic specialization of the Russian Arctic regions of industries, one way or another related to energy, the problem of their fuel and energy supply, as a special category of consumers of the domestic energy market, still retains its high relevance. The aim of the study was to identify current trends in transport, logistics and energy subsystems on the basis of data obtained with the help of digital technologies. To achieve this goal, information tools for spatial data placement, in particular, geographic information systems (GIS) are used. The research methodology is based on the territorial-sectoral approach. Investment digital maps and regional registers of investment projects made on the basis of "Investor" GIS class are used as an information base of the study. The main directions of further formation of transport and energy subsystems in the Arctic as part of the national transport and energy complexes are determined. It is established that the modernization of the Arctic gas transportation complex and territorial gasification have become one of the basic directions of improving regional energy. The practical experience of implementation of transport and energy projects in the Russian Arctic is considered. It is determined that in the processes of formation of the territorial infrastructure of the Arctic regions, a pronounced imbalance of investment support between the programs of development of industrial and municipal energy has been established. Keywords— Russian Arctic, fuel supplies, infrastructure, geographic information system, investment, imbalance.