Belarus and Russia signed the fuel and energy budgets for 2012, BelTA learnt from Deputy Economy Minister of Belarus Anatoly Filonov.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko deems it necessary to introduce limits for gas and electricity consumption by companies.

Belarus will take part in a project to produce electric energy from municipal waste in Vietnam, Chairman of the State Committee for Science and Technology of Belarus Igor Voitov told reporters on 1 December

The new price for Russia’s gas for Belarus based on the decreasing coefficient will help strengthen the energy security of Belarus, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, analyst Piotr Nikitenko told BelTA.

In line with a purchase agreement, Russia’s Gazprom will pay $2.5 billion for 50% of Beltransgaz’ shares, BelTA learnt from the information service of Gazprom.

The Energy Efficiency Department of the State Committee for Standardization and the Permanent Mission of Belarus to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva discussed cooperation within the framework of international projects in energy efficiency and renewable energy under the auspices of the UNECE, and promoting initiatives and interests of Belarus in the UNECE Committee on Sustainable Energy, BelTA learnt from the department.

Belarus and Poland will continue the dialogue on energy cooperation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Poland to Belarus Leszek Szerepka told media on 16 November.

It is still cheaper to transport Russian gas to Europe via Belarus, BelTA learned from Professor Mikhail Kovalev, Dean of the Economy Department of the Belarusian State University.

There are no links between the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant and establishment of the energy supply joint venture of Belarus and Russia, Director of the Nuclear Energy Department of the Energy Ministry of Belarus Nikolai Grusha told reporters on 10 November, BelTA has learnt.

The Latgale district court (Latvia) is expected to look into the case on the ownership of process oil in the Polotsk-Ventspils oil main on 24 November 2011, Polotsktransneft Druzhba told BelTA.