The share of renewable energy sources in the fuel balance of the Vitebsk region is planned to be increased to 53% in 2009

May 21, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The share of local types of fuel in the fuel and energy balance of the Vitebsk region in 2009 is planned to be increased to 53%, reported today at a meeting of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, head of the regional housing and communal services department Andrey Shoretz, according to a BELTA correspondent. According to the results of January-March, the specific weight of local types of fuel was 39.7%. In order to increase this indicator, a number of measures are being taken to convert boiler houses to local types of fuel, optimize heat supply schemes, and other measures are being taken, the head of the department said. Touching upon the results of the past heating season, Andrey Shoretz noted that it passed without significant disruptions in the supply of heat and water. At the same time, the organizational and technical measures carried out during the preparatory period allowed for the timely completion of work on the repair and replacement of gas, heat and electrical networks, main and auxiliary equipment of power plants and boiler houses, modernization of heat sources in housing and communal services organizations with increased fuel and electricity consumption. In particular, planned tasks were completed for the repair of 392 heat sources, the replacement of 92 km of heat networks in single-pipe calculation and 5 uneconomical boilers, and the creation of reserves of fuel oil, firewood, wood chips and peat briquettes. 294 thousand sq.m. of roofing were repaired. To increase the share of local types of fuel, 55 boilers running on local types of fuel were installed, including 20 boilers with mechanized fuel loading. In addition, 32 boiler houses were converted to other types of main and backup fuel. Due to all the measures taken, the use of local types of fuel and secondary energy resources increased by 93.2 thousand tons of conventional fuel. Currently, housing and communal services organizations of the region have begun active preparation for the new heating season. It is planned to complete the work by September 1. -0-