ENERGY
Energy supply of the Republic is formed by oil
extraction, oil gas recovery and electric energy production.
Total capacity of power stations amounts to
6.9 million kW; the biggest among them are Zainsk power station
(2.4 mil kW)-the mightiest in the Volga region,
and Nizhnekamsk hydroelectric station (1.25 mil kW).
Energy production per capita makes 8.600 kW/h. The Republic exports
9/10 of the extracted oil and 1/3 of electric power.
In its turn, Tatarstan imports mineral coal and natural gas from different
regions of Russia.
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