NPP ASI “EQUILIBRIUM”

Version 1.0 · 22 August 2026

Moscow

Status and purpose of the document

This document is a draft concept. It does not imply approval of the programme by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives and does not establish commitments for listed organizations. Participation of ASI, federal bodies, development institutions and other partners is subject to official approval, legal, financial and technical verification.

Summary for decision

NPP ASI "EQUILIBRIUM" is a proposed full-cycle research and production program. Its task is to bridge the gap between scientific development and serial implementation, forming a single trajectory from the initiative to a confirmed social, environmental and economic result.

The program is built around seven interrelated contours: strategic, initiative, scientific, industrial, financial and contract, territorial and digital. A special role is given to the model ECO-PPA - a system of long-term contracts for measurable results that can form the projected demand and the basis for project financing.

Proposed action

1. Agree on the development of the program passport and the creation of an organizing committee.
2. Identify 3–5 pilot regions and at least 10 first technological projects.
3. Develop standard regulations for selection, examination, piloting and ECO-PPA.
4. To form a scientific and technical council, an industrial council and an investment committee.
5. Launch a digital register of initiatives, projects, indicators and confirmed results.
6. Following the results of the pilot cycle, prepare a proposal for federal scaling.

Contents

1. 1. Passport of the program
2. 2. Strategic context and issues
3. 3. Mission, purpose and principles
4. 4. Target Model and Architecture
5. 5. 19 scientific and production directions
6. 6. Full cycle project conveyor
7. 7. Mechanism ECO‑PPA
8. 8. Management system and roles of participants
9. 9. Financial model
10. 10. Digital Platform EQUILIBRIUM
11. 11. The Pilot Portfolio
12. 12. Performance indicators
13. 13. Road map
14. 14. Risks and control
15. 15. Package of solutions for launch
16. Annexes

1. Passport of the program

2. Strategic context and issues

Russia has a strong scientific school, engineering competencies, resource base and large-scale domestic demand. However, the transition from research to mass application often breaks down into unrelated stages: the developer does not see the customer, the industrialist does not see the confirmed market, the investor does not see the projected cash flow, and the region does not see the solution with clear responsibility.

2.1. Key gaps

• between basic and applied science;
• between prototype and industrial design;
• between the pilot and the serial order;
• between the environmental effect and its economic assessment;
• between sectoral departments and territorial management;
• between multiple initiatives and a single portfolio of priorities;
• between financing capital costs and paying for the result of the life cycle.

2.2. Required transition

3. Mission, purpose and principles

3.1. Mission

To create a Russian system of knowledge transformation into a productive force that ensures technological sovereignty, security, environmental recovery and improving the quality of life.

3.2. Strategic objective

By the year 2030, a working scientific and production conveyor capable of annually bringing the selected initiatives to confirmed pilots, serial production and long-term contracts will be formed.

3.3. Principles

Full life cycle. The solution is considered from research to operation, maintenance and disposal.

Evidence. Each result is confirmed by measurements, independent examination and traceable data.

technological sovereignty. Priority for Russian competencies, critical components and localization.

Cooperation. Participants pool resources around a common program while maintaining legal and economic autonomy.

Results instead of process. Funding and evaluation are tied to readiness, impact and implementation.

Safety of the project. Technical, environmental, information and financial security are laid at the start.

Open scalability. The architecture allows the connection of new regions, industries and partner countries.

Balance of interests. Decisions take into account the interests of the state, people, business, territory and the natural environment.

4. Target Model and Architecture

The target model includes seven contours that work simultaneously and do not replace each other.

5. Nineteen research and production areas

Each direction can be detailed up to 13 sub-directions. Final Matrix 19 × 13 is formed not mechanically, but after sectoral expertise, analysis of national goals, technological priorities and real portfolio of projects.

6. Full cycle project conveyor

6.1. Technological readiness system

To unify solutions, it is recommended to apply the scale of technological readiness levels (TRL) with the addition of production, market and regulatory readiness levels. The transition between the stages is carried out only after passing the control gate.

• TRL - confirmation of the technology;
• MRL - readiness of the production process;
• CRL - Customer and market readiness;
• RRL - regulatory and certification readiness;
• IRL - integration readiness to work in a larger system.

7. Mechanism ECO‑PPA

ECO-PPA is proposed as a family of long-term agreements in which the subject of payment is not only the energy supplied, but also a measurable resource, environmental, infrastructure or social result.

7.1. Mandatory elements ECO‑PPA

1. Baseline and measurement method.
2. Results and quality requirements.
3. Term, volume, price and indexation formula.
4. Responsibility for creation, operation and maintenance.
5. Data access and independent verification.
6. Adjustment mechanism when conditions change.
7. Distribution of technological, market and regulatory risks.
8. Conditions for early termination, replacement of the operator and transfer of the object.

8. Management system and roles of participants

8.1. Proposed roles

9. Financial model

The financial architecture must be appropriate to the project stage. In the early stages, grant and budget risk instruments predominate, in the later stages project financing, corporate order and cash flow under long-term contracts.

9.1. The principle of financial discipline

• separate accounting of funds by projects and stages;
• financing in tranches after the control gate;
• a unified register of contracts, obligations and results;
• independent technical and financial control;
• banning double funding of one result;
• disclosure of beneficiaries, conflicts of interest and intellectual property rights;
• reservation of funds for operation, service and decommissioning.

10. Digital Platform EQUILIBRIUM

EQUILIBRIUM serves as the digital environment of the program, but does not replace state information systems and departmental registers. Integration is carried out on the basis of agreements, security requirements and data legislation.

10.1. Data requirements

• traceability of the origin and changes in data;
• access differentiation and logging of actions;
• compatibility with Russian information security requirements;
• machine-readable metrics and open interfaces where permissible;
• storage of evidence, protocols and versions of methods;
• minimization of personal and sensitive data;
• Independent audit of algorithms that influence funding and admission decisions.

11. Proposed pilot portfolio

11.1. Criteria for selecting a pilot

• strategic importance and confirmed need of the customer;
• technological readiness sufficient for testing in real conditions;
• the presence of the right holder and an understandable model of intellectual rights;
• measurable result and the ability to set a baseline;
• platform, responsible operator and access to infrastructure;
• certification plan and regulatory feasibility;
• financial model of the first series and the potential for replication;
• acceptable safety and risk profile.

12. Performance indicators

The indicators should be fixed after the initial inventory. The following are the proposed pilot cycle benchmarks that need to be agreed with participants and the financial model.

12.1. Balance of indicators

It is unacceptable to evaluate the program only by the number of events, applications or participants. The top-level index should take into account five dimensions: technological readiness, production readiness, economic sustainability, confirmed effect and scale of implementation.

13. Road map

13.1. First 100 days

1. Designate a responsible action team and secretariat.
2. Agree on terminology, program boundaries and outcome criteria.
3. Build a registry of at least 30 source initiatives and 20 technology needs.
4. Conduct rapid screening and select 10 projects for in-depth examination.
5. Identify 3–5 potential pilot regions.
6. Prepare a standard project passport, consortium agreement and structure ECO-PPA.
7. Develop a prototype digital registry and portfolio panel.
8. To hold a strategic session with scientific, industrial and financial partners.
9. Prepare an estimate of the pilot cycle and a list of sources of funding.
10. To submit a package of decisions for consideration by the authorized bodies of the program.

14. Risks and control system

15. Package of solutions for launch

To move from the concept to the current program, it is proposed to prepare and agree on the following set of documents:

1. decision to establish an organizing committee.
2. Passport NPP ASI "EQUILIBRIUM".
3. Regulations on the management system and project office.
4. Regulations for selection, examination and passing of the control gate.
5. Methodology for assessing technological, production and market readiness.
6. Standard passport of the scientific and production project.
7. Model agreement of the project consortium.
8. Measurement and verification of results.
9. Concept and model structure ECO-PPA.
10. Regulation on the digital registry and data handling.
11. Criteria for the selection of pilot regions and facilities.
12. Financial model and budget of the pilot cycle.
13. Communication strategy without premature statements of official status.
14. Plan of legal, antimonopoly, procurement and information security expertise.

Annex 1. Project Card

Annex 2. Minimum composition of expert opinion

• summary and unambiguous recommendation: allow, modify or reject;
• assessment of scientific novelty and evidence;
• assessment of technological and production readiness;
• patent purity and the right to result;
• safety requirements and environmental restrictions;
• analysis of the market, the customer and competitive solutions;
• Financial feasibility and sensitivity of the model;
• a list of assumptions, data gaps and mandatory conditions;
• pilot plan, criteria for success and termination;
• potential for replication and systemic effect.

Annex 3. Terminological minimum

Conclusion

NPP ASI "EQUILIBRIUM" is proposed not as another list of initiatives, but as a discipline for bringing initiatives to results. Its meaning is to combine the strengths of science, state, industry, regions and society into a reproducible system, where each project has a customer, an evidence base, a production chain, a financial model and an understandable effect.

The program can become a practical outline of the image of the future: a technologically sovereign economy in which the development of production simultaneously strengthens security, restores the natural balance and improves the quality of human life.