The growth in the consumption of local fuels in the housing and communal services of the Vitebsk region has made it possible to reduce gas imports by Br34.7 million per year

August 25, Dubrovno district / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. An increase in the consumption of local types of fuel in the housing and communal services system of the Vitebsk region has made it possible to reduce natural gas imports by Br34.7 million per year. This was announced today at a field meeting of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee in Dubrovno by Yuri Dyadyolo, head of the housing and communal services department of the regional executive committee, as reported by a BELTA correspondent. During the implementation of the Housing and Communal Services Development Program for 2006-2010, 47 boiler houses were converted from fuel oil to local types of fuel. The share of local types of fuel in the fuel balance of housing and communal services increased from 18.5% in 2006 to 44% in 2010. The growth in the consumption of local types of fuel over 4.5 years amounted to 401 thousand tons of conventional fuel, which is equivalent to a decrease in the consumption of 349 million cubic meters of natural gas. The project for the development of small-scale energy in the Vitebsk region plans to increase the share of local types of fuel in the fuel balance of housing and communal services to 80% by 2015. The project will be submitted for consideration by the deputies of the regional council at the end of the current year. -0-