(Kazan City
KZN.RU, March 15). In Kazan a meeting of the Tatarstan Government dedicated to
the course of realization of the state program "Energy saving and energy
efficiency in the Republic of Tatarstan for 2014-2020" was held. The event
was attended by President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Acting Prime
Minister of RT Alexei Pesoshin, Deputy Minister of Energy Anton Inyutsyn, Mayor
of Kazan Ilsur Metshin and others.
The meeting
marked the priority directions of the state policy in the sphere of energy
saving in Tatarstan for the current year. Among them the realization of
investment programs, modernization of production facilities, the development of
distributed generation with priority use of cogeneration, the introduction of
energy management systems in industry and energy service contracts in the
public sector and other aspects appear.
At the end
of 2015 energy intensity of gross regional product in Tatarstan decreased by
23.2% compared to the base level of 2007. The challenge to 2020 is to ensure
reduction of the energy intensity of the country's economy up 16.8%, according
to the portal of the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan.
"Energy
supply saving is our competitiveness, and if we do not meet international
parameters, our business will not be very good," – R.Minnikhanov commented
on the course of realization of the state program.