The Government on June 29 decided to transfer two hydrotechnical constructions located on the Raut River to Moldova’s Water Agency. These are the micro-hydroelectric plants in Cazanesti and Piatra villages of Orhei district. These plants, which are now nonfunctional, will be included in the list of surface waters, protection areas and strips and in the list of hydrotechnical constructions controlled by the water managing authority, IPN reports.

Thus, Moldova’s Water Agency will be able to reconstruct and use the micro-hydroelectric plants. This will enable to optimally use the water resources, to increase the internal power generation capacities and the share of electricity produced from renewable sources of energy. These priorities are stipulated in the national development strategy “Moldova 2020”. A number of economic entities, including producers of biofuel, repeatedly asked to rehabilitate and put the micro-hydropower plants into operation.

The micro-hydroelectric plants were built in the middle of last century and supplied electricity to a number of social facilities in Cazanesti and Piatra and in neighboring villages.

The Government also approved amendments and supplements to its decision on the implementation of the Agreement between the Government of Moldova and the Government of Ukraine concerning the common use and protection of border waters.