Kindergarten of Lozova to benefit from biomass-heating system
11:50 | 22.08.2018 Category: Regional
Chisinau, 22 August /MOLDPRES/- Solar and biomass energy bring clean energy and reduce the bills for heating and hot water in the kindergarten “Speranta” from Lozova village, Straseni district. Since autumn, the institution will have a modern biomass heating plant and solar panels. The new system will generate hot water throughout the year and heating during cold season in the two blocks of the kindergarten and one of the buildings where the primary school is located. In total, over 500 children and teaching staff will benefit of better conditions.
Modern technologies are installed with the European Union support within the Moldova Biomass and Energy Project implemented by the United Nations Development Programme.
According to a press release, the investments for the new system design, as well as the construction from scratch of the building for the heating plant and procurement/installation of two efficient pellet-based boilers, with a total capacity of 450 kW, as along with a set of six solar collectors, account for MDL 1.6 million of European funds. Community’s contribution is MDL 334 thousand, money that was used to build the biofuel warehouse.
Mayor of Lozova Lilian Botnaru said that the installation of a biomass heating system at the kindergarten was a priority for Lozova Town Hall. The heating expenses “consume” most of the money of the budgetary institution; the gas heating system is obsolete, and often is out of order during winter.
While the efficiency of green energy of Lozova kindergarten will be proved in a few months, the administration of the kindergarten in the neighboring Vorniceni village says that the benefits of the new technology are obvious. Here were installed six solar water-heating panels last year, and two pellet-based boilers, which replaced the 60-year old stoves installed in 2013.
Kindergartens of Lozova and Vorniceni are among 233 public institutions that installed biomass-heating systems and are among the 70 kindergartens and hospitals connected to solar water heating systems, with the European Union support within the Energy and Biomass Project.
The Energy and Biomass Project, phase two, is a project carried out in 2015-2018, with a total budget of Euro 9.41 million provided by the European Union and is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme.
(Reporter N. Sandu, editor M. Jantovan)
