The project received non-reimbursable financing based on the funding contract concluded with the Ministry of European Funds as the Managing Authority for the Large Infrastructure Operational Program.
The project was implemented in the town of Ramnicu Valcea and its total value amounted to RON48.99 million. Non-reimbursable financing amounted to RON19.06 million, of which RON16.20 million represented EU co-financing through the European Regional Development Fund.
The overall objective of the project was to increase the energy efficiency of Chimcomplex S.A. Borzesti – Rm. Valcea Branch by installing a high-efficiency trigeneration plant with a capacity of 6 MWe and achieving savings in primary energy consumption through the use of energy produced in a high-efficiency cogeneration system.
The specific objectives of the project are aimed at:
-reducing the amount of primary energy for producing the same quantities of thermal and electrical energy in trigeneration, compared to separate production (the implementation of the project led to the reduction of primary energy consumption by over 20%);
-overall efficiency of energy production higher than in the case of separate production – gross overall efficiency of the installation exceeding 85%;
-reducing pollutant emissions corresponding to the amount of saved fuel – reducing CO2 emissions, depending on the produced electrical energy, by over 1500 tons/year
-increasing energy efficiency throughout the chain: resources, production, distribution, consumption.
The results obtained following the investment are as follows:
– reduction of greenhouse gases; the estimated annual decrease in greenhouse gases of 10,665.41 equivalent tons of CO2/year.
– installed capacity in high-efficiency cogeneration: 16.63 MW.
– annual quantity of emissions reduced as a result of energy production in cogeneration: 10,663.3 equivalent tons of CO2/year.
– annual primary energy savings obtained through high-efficiency cogeneration: 4,541 thousand tep/year.
– contribution to the POIM target: 232 thousand tep/year (2023) – 1.96%.