The future combined heat and power plant in Chernivtsi will use biofuel obtained from a local landfill. The city has secured a grant of 29.4 million hryvnias, which will be spent on preparing a package of documents with a technical and economic justification.
According to Suspilne in Chernivtsi, this information was revealed in the annual report of Mayor Roman Klichuk.
"It is economically beneficial for the city to generate electricity from waste. We have seen this in other countries; our team traveled to Denmark. Especially if we can attract a grant or a low-interest loan," said the mayor.
The preparation of pre-project documentation will be financed by Swedish companies Swedfund International AB and SWECO International AB. In addition to funding, they will provide consulting services.
After that, the city will seek resources from international donors to implement other stages of the CHP construction. If conditions are as favorable as possible, the project will take up to three years to complete.
The new CHP plant will generate energy from biofuel and RDF fuel from sorted waste. To extract these resources, they plan to use a local landfill, where waste will be sorted for this purpose.
The city expects that construction of the new combined heat and power plant will help reduce environmental pressure by cutting landfill waste volumes.
Earlier, EcoPolitic described the development prospects of the biofuel sector in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Europe has increased the production of biomethane and biogas to 22 billion cubic meters per year.
