Equipment for the production of pellets for heating, so-called pellets, was installed in Talny in Cherkasy region, in particular to provide heat supply to social facilities.
The pellets are made from plant waste, i.e. the branches are processed after cleaning the city "thickets", reports Details.
It is noted that such waste was a problem for the community and was previously taken to the landfill. Now they have become a raw material for the production of pellets, which helps to save money on garbage disposal and make the community energy independent.
"For the city, this remaining raw material is a problem. She has nowhere to go. And in general, socially, this is a burning problem. If it is burned in an open space, the CO2 emissions are quite large. This is harmful combustion. Ecology, first of all, means burning correctly. And the correct way to burn it is in heat-generating boilers," said the representative of the investor Oleksandr Kroshka.
He added that the investor plans to invest over 200 million hryvnias in the community within 5 years in:
- production of fuel pellets;
- solar and wind power.
Kroshka said that the community already produces 400 kilograms of pellets per hour, that is, 3-4 tons per day. Two tons of high-quality pellets replace 1 thousand m3 of gas.
In the material, it was said that the community mostly has centralized heat supply. However, the school, kindergarten, and a number of other institutions were heated with gas and firewood, which was quite expensive. A boiler for heating with pellets has already been installed in the territorial center where there are sick "lying" people.
According to Vasyl Sidek, the head of the Talniv City Council, such boilers are planned to be installed in a school and a kindergarten.
He emphasized that investors have already invested about 4-5 million hryvnias in the community in the first year. It also created 10 new jobs.
"We plan, of course, when there will be two or three shifts, to double and then triple the number. We will work for Europe, namely, there are agreements and signed contracts with Italy for fairly large volumes, and we are focused on EU countries, because there is a demand for energy efficiency there," said Kroshka.
Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that economic consultant Vadim Novikov stated that for Ukraine replacing natural gas with biomass waste is the easiest and cheapest way to get rid of dependence on Russian gas.
Also, for Trostianets, a master plan for the restoration and further development of energy systems has been developed in Sumy Oblast, which provides for a gradual complete abandonment of gas burning at power plants.
