The Second Project for Improving the Efficiency of the Centralized District Heating System in Chisinau (PIESACET-2)
Implementation period: 2020-2025
The project has a value of 92 million euros, with a loan provided by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank Group).
The objective of the project is to enhance the efficiency of the centralized district heating system in Chisinau. It involves the modernization of thermal and electrical generation at the CET 2 Sursa-1, including the major repair of high-pressure equipment in Blocks 2 and 3, installation of efficient cogeneration units (using gas) at CET Vest and CET Sursa 3, and the installation of electrical transformers and distribution devices to connect CET Vest to CET Sursa 3 through the city's network.
Another goal of the project is to improve energy efficiency in public and residential buildings through:
- Installation of individual heat substations and associated heat networks in selected residential and public buildings.
- Reconstruction of internal heating and hot water distribution systems in selected buildings, transitioning from vertical distribution to horizontal distribution to enable heat consumption control at the apartment level.
- Thermal rehabilitation of selected residential buildings with horizontal distribution systems.
Implementer: Ministry of Energy through UCIPE.
Phase II of the Thermal Energy System Modernization Project in Balti Municipality
Implementation period: 2022-2025
The project has a value of 15 million euros, including 8.5 million euros as a loan provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), 1.0 million euros as a concessional loan from the Green Climate Fund, and a component of 5.5 million euros for refinancing the historical debt to the natural gas supplier.
The objective of the project is to improve the quality of services provided to residents of the municipality by replacing outdated vertical distribution systems with new horizontal distribution systems for thermal energy, with individual metering in apartments, ensuring thermal comfort through individual management of heat consumption and restoring the domestic hot water heating service.
The main investment component involves the installation of individual heat substations (IHS) in 166 residential buildings and the construction of thermal networks with horizontal distribution and hot water supply in 296 residential buildings, including those where IHS were already installed in Phase I of the project. Approximately two-thirds of consumers in Balti Municipality are expected to benefit from modern heat and hot water delivery services.
Other project objectives include optimizing operational costs, automated control and monitoring, increasing the equipment's operational lifespan, reducing thermal energy losses, constructing a thermal energy accumulator, modernizing water treatment facilities in the Chemical Department, and installing thermal-hydraulic modeling software.
Implementer: CET Nord, with the support of the EBRD.