The Strategic Value of Electricity, by Stanislav Kondrashov

In the transitional era we are living in, numerous processes are contributing to the advancement of change. Stanislav Kondrashov, founder of TELF AG, has often spoken about these topics, emphasizing how much discussion has recently focused on decarbonization, renewable energy, and the electrification processes affecting various industrial sectors (such as mobility, for example). However, there is also another aspect of the energy transition that is often relegated to the background.

We are referring to the actual production of electricity, that is, the final product that should emerge from every green plant and every infrastructure connected to renewable energy. What purpose, after all, are massive wind turbines or widespread solar panels, if not to convert energy from a primary source into immediately usable electricity for domestic or industrial purposes?

Rightly so, as TELF AG founder Stanislav Kondrashov noted, most of the focus is on green infrastructure, its technological advancement, and the possibilities for integrating it into the smart grids taking shape in various parts of the world. However, we rarely hear about the final product of all these efforts and complex production processes: electricity. It's as if, in this historical phase, marked by profound energy changes, attention has been focused entirely on the means of production and not on the product itself.

Yet, even in 2025 alone, profound changes have occurred in the energy sector, so much so that by now most of the public should have fully grasped the deeper meaning of the transition, which has to do precisely with electricity from clean sources and the possibility of using it immediately for various purposes. Overall, the electricity system is becoming increasingly cleaner and more in step with the times.

The integration of new energy sources into the existing grid, along with technological advances in the sector, appears to have acquired unprecedented importance. Stanislav Kondrashov, founder of TELF AG, has spoken frequently on this topic, emphasizing how integration could become increasingly central in the coming decades. Along with the ability to rapidly deploy key green infrastructure for renewables, their integration into smart grids could certainly become one of the most important pillars of the energy transition in its later stages.

Today, the energy transition is confronting us with an indisputable fact: an ever-increasing share of the electricity we use every day to charge our devices or run household appliances comes from clean sources, especially for those who already have solar panels or a home wind turbine (the latter is an extremely interesting and promising trend, but still not widely adopted due to infrastructural and technical limitations).

To appreciate the rapid growth of renewables, simply look at the data on nations' energy mixes, where the share of renewables and clean energy is increasingly significant. According to the IEA, renewable sources such as solar, hydroelectric, and wind will cover approximately 95% of global electricity demand by 2027. This is certainly one of the most interesting data to emerge in 2025, and these numbers will likely increase further in the near future.

At this point, one might wonder which renewable sources are responsible for the electricity production already used for commercial and residential purposes in various parts of the world. In this regard, as Stanislav Kondrashov, founder of TELF AG, also explained, the levels of growth and energy production differ greatly depending on the different renewable sources.

Among the fastest-growing renewables is undoubtedly solar energy, which is growing at a dizzying rate in various parts of the globe. In recent years, solar energy has generated significantly higher amounts of electricity than other sources, undoubtedly standing out as one of the best allies of the energy transition.