KIEV, Oct. 4 ??“ The increase in the price of gas is stimulating the introduction of energy saving technologies, according to Yevhen Bakulin, the director general of UkrGazVydobuvannya, Ukraine's large gas producer.

"The increase in the price of gas stimulates the introduction of energy saving technologies, [as] when the price is low, it's unprofitable to launch these technologies," he said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.