Tatarstan ranked second in gas motor fuel market development

24 August 2021, Tuesday

Tatarstan is the leader in the NGV fuel market development in the Volga Federal District and one of the most successful Russian regions. The region is actively working on developing the gas motor fuel market. Tatarstan was the first region of the Russian Federation to develop and apply a mechanism for subsidising the conversion of vehicles to NGVs. During the period of this measure, around 4,200 vehicles were retrofitted in the region between 2016 and 2019.

Improving the environmental friendliness of transport and reducing transport costs in the economy through the use of alternative fuels in transport is an issue of national security and public health. According to a new expert study, “expanding the use of NGV fuel in public and municipal transport will reduce the mortality of the Russian population by 2,800 people and economic expenses by RUB 152.3 billion annually”.

The rating was created in order to objectively assess the current state of use of natural gas (methane) as a motor fuel in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

The market development level in 2020 was assessed according to seven main indicators: the volume of natural gas consumption as motor fuel, the development of gas filling infrastructure, the methane vehicle fleet, the existing regional market support measures, the changes in NGV fuel consumption, the efficiency of using gas filling infrastructure, and the performance of indicators of the sub-programme “Development of NGV Fuel Market” of the Energy Development programme.

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