Works aim to modernize the gas network over a length of about 24 kilometers in four localities in the county.
As a result of the investments, the supply of natural gas to the residents of Bistrita will be improved, ensuring the continuity and operational safety of the distribution network.
The most important investment projects, which consist in the replacement of natural gas pipelines and connections, will take place in the localities of Nuseni (over 9 km), respectively Chiochis (over 6.5 km), the municipality of Bistrita (6 km) and Beclean (over 2 km). In 2023, in Bistrita-Nasaud county, three investment projects were carried out through which more than 8 km of natural gas pipelines and connections were modernized, and the network was extended by approximately 50 km, for the connection of new consumers.
In 2023, Delgaz Grid invested about RON419 million in the distribution of natural gas, especially for the modernization of over 250 km of pipelines and gas connections, the distribution network being extended by 468 km. At the same time, in partnership with the local authorities, 14 new natural gas distribution points were established, over a length of 110 kilometers, in localities in the counties of Iași, Bacau, Satu Mare, Suceava, Botosani, Cluj and Harghita. Also last year, seven natural gas measurement regulation stations were modernized in the counties of Sibiu, Suceava, Bacau, Satu Mare and Bihor.
Delgaz Grid, the distribution company within the German E.ON Group, operates a natural gas network of 25,800 km across 20 counties in the North and West of Romania (Cluj, Bistrita Nasaud, Maramures, Satu Mare, Salaj, Timis , Arad, Bihor, Caras-Severin, Hunedoara, Mures, Sibiu, Alba, Harghita, Iasi, Botosani, Vaslui, Suceava, Neamt and Bacau) and an electricity network of 81,500 km in six counties in Moldova: Bacau, Botosani, Iasi , Neamt, Suceava and Vaslui. Since entering the local market in 2005, E.ON has invested EUR2.3 billion, mainly for the modernization of gas and electricity networks, and transferred EUR3.4 billion in taxes and fees to the state.