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THE FUEL AND ENERGY COMPLEX
The share of
the fuel and energy complex (FEC) includes 25.6% of all capital
investments into the industry, almost one-fifth of the fixed production
assets, and 13.8% of the gross product.
The core of the FEC is the energy generation
sector, which provides for the needs of the national economy through
the united energy system. The production potential of the Belarusian
energy system is represented by 22 large thermal power-generation
stations with the total power of 7.3 million kW, 25 regional
boiler-houses with the output of 7,500 Gcal/h, 7,000 km of high-voltage
transmission lines and over 2 thousand km of heat networks. The
electricity-generating stations of the system generated in 2000 about
26.1 billion kW*h, which constituted about 75% of the country's needs.
More than half of the Belarusian power stations are
heat-and-power generating stations, which fact conditions specific
expenditures for generation of electrical and heat energy (272 g/kW*h
and 173 kg/Gcal) which corresponds to the best world indicators.
Natural gas constitutes 70% of the fuel consumed by the Belarusian
energy system.
Electrical networks are updated and reconstructed
through introduction of progressive technical solutions and devices.
The energy system has introduced a hierarchical multi-level automated
system of supervisory control on the basis of new computer systems;
operational information control complexes have been set up, which has
made it possible to attain a high level of equipment of electricity transmission
lines and equipment of the main network with modern relay protection
devices and trouble-free control relays.
The fuel industry of Belarus is represented by
enterprises extracting and processing oil and peat, among which the
dominant positions are taken by large oil refineries.
The system of Beltopgaz Concern includes 42
peat-extracting and peat-processing enterprises employing about 11,000
people. They extract annually 3 million tons of peat, including 2.8
million tons used for manufacture of peat briquettes and 0.2 million
tons used for manufacture of peat nutrient mixtures for domestic market
and for export.
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National Centre for
Marketing and Price Study
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Online Catalogue of
Belarusian Goods, Services and Companies
at the National
Centre for Marketing and Price Study
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Internet resource on investment potential of Belarus
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Belarus Investment Projects
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Belarus
Innovation Projects
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