Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden on cooperation in the sphere of efficient and renewable sources of energy.

The Parties shall cooperate in the following fields: (a) improvement of the fuel balance for the rational use of fuel; (b) production and utilization of pollution-free fuel through recycling of forestry waste and products of pulp and paper; (c) elaboration of alternative fuels based upon waste of pulp and paper and wood processing industry; (d) more efficient distribution and finite use of heat in the heating systems; (e) combined production of heat and electric energy based upon the local fuels and sources of renewable energy; (f) exchange of information and joint research; (g) elaboration and utilization of modern energy-saving and ecofriendly technologies; (h) elaboration and utilization of renewable sources of energy; (i) energy planning with the consideration of the rational use of different sources of energy (art. 1). The cooperation shall be carried out in the following forms: (a) bilateral research and development projects; (b) exchange of technical information and documentation; (c) exchange of delegations and experts (art. 2).