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Total energy supply (TES) includes all the energy produced in or imported to a country, minus that which is exported or stored. It represents all the energy required to supply end users in the country.
The government believes that having control over the entire energy sector will guarantee a secure and stable energy supply. Because of its modest natural resources, Belarus relies on imports from Russia to meet most of its energy needs.
Belarus depends heavily on imports for all types of fossil fuels, supplied mainly by Russia. The country is one of the world’s largest importers of natural gas: according to preliminary data for 2018, it imported 17 Mtoe (20 billion cubic metres [bcm]) of natural gas, making it the leading importer among EU4Energy countries.
It has two refineries and oil pipelines built during the Soviet era including the Mozyr Oil Refinery. Oil consumed in 2021 amounted to 49.13m barrels with 12.52 m barrels produced, the rest imported. Renewable energy generation accounted for 6% of Belarus’s energy in 2018, rising to 8% in 2020, mostly from biofuels and waste.
