The Energy Efficiency Fund approve for financing 19 energy efficiency projects involving facilities from the public sector. The value of the projects was estimated at 44 million lei, about 25% of which will be covered by the beneficiaries, IPN reports, quoting a communique of the Ministry of Economy.
In the same meeting, the head of the Administration Board of the Energy Efficiency Fund, Deputy Minister of Economy Valeriu Triboi said the project beneficiaries asked for financial support for taking different energy efficiency measures and using renewable sources of energy so as to reduce the energy losses and the associated costs.
Among the institutions that will benefit from financing from the Energy Efficiency Fund are preschool education, cultural and medical institutions from the municipality of Chisinau, the districts Nisporeni, Criuleni, Falesti, Calarasi, Dubasari, Glodeni, Ialoveni, and Anenii Noi, and from the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia.
As many as 85 projects of the kind were approved for financing in 2014. The Fund covered 80% of their cost.