More than 600 families will be able to purchase modern biomass boilers, after the procurement costs will be partially covered by European funds within the EU-UNDP Energy and Biomass Project. Applications can be already submitted and the money will be provided according to the ‘first come, first served’ principle, IPN reports.
Nicolae Zaharia, specialist within the project, said that households from villages and small towns will have now the opportunity to buy briquette, pellet fired boilers, or combined boilers, with 30% of the costs to be reimbursed through funds allocated by the Moldova Energy and Biomass Project. Those whose houses are located within an area served by a centralized heating provider cannot apply to the program.
Dirk Schuebel, Head of European Union Delegation to Moldova, said the €640,000 provided by the European Union will be used to subsidize around 600 boilers. “The new program will boost the further development of the already established markets in the Republic of Moldova – that of biomass fuel production, as well as the one centered on biomass-based technologies,” he stated.
“By launching this program, in fact a whole chain of benefits is created, bringing additional opportunities to men and women from Moldova: the national sector for modern biomass boilers assembling and manufacturing is developing, the biomass fuel production sector is expanding, new businesses are launched and new jobs are created,” said Narine Sahakyan, Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP in Moldova.
So far, nine companies have been accredited by the Energy Efficiency Agency to supply boilers to households under this program. The maximum value to be reimbursed out of the program funds is €1,000 per installed boiler.
