Ildar Khalikov: “We have certain achievements and reserves in the sphere of energy saving in Tatarstan”
18 March 2014, Tuesday
On March 18 Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov held a session on results of the regional energy saving and efficiency programme implemented in 2013, and setting tasks for 2014 within the framework of the exhibition “Energy. Resource saving”.
Chairman of the Supervision Council of the State Corporation "Housing and Utility Reform Foundation" Sergey Stepashin, Board Chairman of the State Corporation "Housing and Utility Reform Foundation" Konstantin Tsitsin, Russian Deputy Minister of Energy Anton Inyutsyn took part in the session.
Opening the session, Ildar Khalikov thanked distinguished guests from Moscow for participation, and highly estimated exposition presented at the exhibition “Energy. Resource saving”. He also called heads of enterprises and representatives of municipalities for visiting the exhibition and become familiar with state-of-the-art energy-saving technologies.
According to Ildar Khalikov, energy-saving state policy has been implemented in Tatarstan for 15 years.
“We have certain achievements and large reserves,” he added. However, work on increasing energy efficiency is carried out not actively enough at budgetary and municipal institutions.
Vice-Premier, Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov made a keynote report at the session. He told that 441 million roubles were spent under federal energy-saving programme in 2013. Development of heat supply schemes for cities and townships started last year.
Ravil Zaripov continued that the share of industrial sector in terms of consumption of primary energy resources makes 85 per cent. He also focused on energy-saving measures taken at regional enterprises. Total budget expenses for payment of energy resources at budgetary organisations make 6.5 billion roubles per year.
Chairman of the Supervision Council of the State Corporation "Housing and Utility Reform Foundation" Sergey Stepashin appreciated systemic work in the sphere of energy saving carried out in Tatarstan. He noted that Russia has to develop its own energy-saving solutions. A considerable part of energy-saving potential belongs to housing and municipal economy sector, he said.
Sergey Stepashin called construction of energy-saving houses one of the ways to increase energy efficiency. By the way, the foundation stone of the first house was laid yesterday in Kazan, and Sergey Stepashin offered to make Tatarstan a leading region by the number of such houses.
Anton Inyutsyn, in his turn, told about foreign practices in increasing energy efficiency of economy and certain tasks to be fulfilled by Russian Ministry of Energy.
Addressing regional leadership, Anton Inyutsyn suggested imposing certain requirements on ministries, and developing the procedure to estimate energy efficiency. He also offered to launch a pilot project on attracting non-budget investments in modernization of budgetary institutions.
At the end of the session, awards were presented to best municipalities, ministries and agencies, winners of the contest on implementation of regional energy-saving programme and increasing energy efficiency in 2013. Schneider Electric and Kazan State Power Engineering University signed the agreement on rendering educational services.
On 13 July, speaking at a regular meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov with participation of the regional First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Nigmatullin and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Lenar Garipov reported about situation with the crops, readiness of harvesting complex and forage conservation work.
On July 8, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic, Head of the State Archive-Keeping Committee of Tatarstan Gulnara Gabdrakhmanova informed about the genealogy festival “Echoes of centuries in the history of the family”, which has been taking place under the patronage of the State Committee of the Republic for Archival Affairs since 2019. During the period of its existence, over 10,000 people took part in it.
On 3 July Tatarstan First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Nigmatullin and the regional Minister for Youth Affairs Rinat Sadykov took part in a solemn ceremony of opening the shift “Time of young heroes” in the children’s recreation camp Chayka in Vysokaya Gora region of the republic. More than 250 kids from 15 regions of the republic are taking part in this shift which is held for the second time this year, and speaking at the ceremony, Rustam Nigmatullin said: “Such shifts facilitate development of desire of young people to make their country better, to be proud of it and to protect their families and friends. We lay great hopes on you as you are the ones to create history of our Fatherland. I am sure the shift will be interesting, bright and informative.”
On 2 June, speaking at a briefing in the Government House of the republic held with all regions of the republic taking part in it via video conference, the regional Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Zyabbarov told journalists about preparation and holding the International Agribusiness Exhibition AgroVolga and the current situation in the agribusiness.