A meeting of the Tatarstan Government dedicated to the implementation of the programme “Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency in Tatarstan” on the results of 2020 and the tasks for 2021 was held today at the site of the Kazan Expo International Exhibition Centre.
Chaired by Prime Minister of Tatarstan Aleksey Pesoshin, the meeting was attended by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Mikhail Ivanov and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov.
The meeting addressed issues of improving energy efficiency of the republic’s economy, development of power engineering in Tatarstan, development of the Russia’s NGV fuel market, as well as formation and implementation of governmental policies in the field of power engineering in Russia.
Rustam Minnikhanov underlined that a number of innovative energy projects are currently underway in Tatarstan, including hydrogen, CNG, and electric vehicles.
Speaking at the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov reported that the republic’s GRP energy intensity dropped by 5% in 2020 compared to 2019.
At the end of the meeting, Prime Minister of Tatarstan Aleksey Pesoshin awarded the winners of national contests for energy saving and energy efficiency.