The non-commercial public organization InterSolarCenter was created in 1994 with the support of the Ministry of Science and Technologies (now Ministry of Industry and Technologies), the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation (RF), and the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (RAAS). The main objectives are

• the integration of intellectual and financial resources in Russia for solving problems relating to application of renewable energy (RE)
• establishing contacts with UNESCO, European Commission (EC) and other international organizations for development and realization of RE projects.

To achieve these objectives, InterSolarCenter relies on groups of scientist, design bureaus and industrial firms that work in the field of RE application.

The main activities include:

• Providing information and training on renewable energy sources.
• Providing information and consultancy on renewable energies for the political decision-makers on a local, regional, national and international level.
• Publishing information material (brochures, didactic material, manuals, etc.) on renewable energy sources.
• Encouraging studies on the economics, techniques and feasibility in the field of renewable energy sources.
• Cooperation with international renewable energy organisations.
• Elaborating and implementing RE projects in Russia.
• Organizing national and international RE conferences etc.

InterSolarCenter was one of the initiators in the creation of the Scientific-technical Advisory Board on RE in the Ministry of Industry and Science of the Russian Federation and is a Secretariat of this Board.

Vice-presidents of InterSolarCenter are members of the Advisory Board.

InterSolarCenter also has close contacts in the Ministry of Energy.