Russia, Moscow
On November 17, 2008 the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed two Directives which will help to expand the national natural gas vehicle (NGV) market. Directive # 1662-R approved the Concept of the long term socio-economic development of the Russian Federation till 2020. Chapter 6 of the Concept “Development of the energy infrastructure and building up of energy efficiency of the economy” provides that “stimulation of the use of natural gas as a motor fuel” shall be one of the priorities. Another Directive signed a few moments after the socio-economic Concept determined priorities for the Russian government till 2012.
Among other tasks Directive # 1663-R instructs the Government to prepare a Federal energy saving program, introduce innovative energy efficient technologies and develop NGV-related incentives.
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