OREANDA-NEWS. May 12, 2009. Next month the Belarusian government will present a draft law on alternative energy sources, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky told media as he visited the poultry breeding farm Belorussky in the Minsk region on May 11.

The government intends to enhance support for the introduction of alternative energy sources. Biogas plants, which Belarus has started deploying, will allow avoiding the dependence on imported energy resources, in particular, the natural gas. “We don’t have gas. Today external sources say in the near future the gas will become more expensive. It is a fact which cannot be avoided,” noted the head of government. He underscored Belarus needs such installations.

The Premier was dissatisfied with unequal performance of biogas plants launched roughly at the same time in the Minsk region (Belorussky) and the Brest region (Zapadny) last year. The Brest region project is much slower.

According to Sergei Sidorsky, a serious approach is needed to finding alternative energy sources because the future of the country’s economy depends on the assimilation of biogas plants. Within the next three years the share of Belarus’ heating energy and electricity generation using local and renewable sources should reach 25%. “We will secure the goal but so far the progress stands at 18%,” stated the Premier. It means that efforts aimed at introducing alternative energy sources should be stepped up.