Termoelectrica has launched a broad process of modernizing the heat and hot water production and supply infrastructure. In the course of this year, the company has implemented a number of strategic investment projects aimed at improving the quality of the provided services and at ensuring the company’s operational optimization, IPN reports, quoting a press release of the heat supplier.

Termoelectrica S.A. director general Veaceslav Eni said that during the last five years the company managed to extensively repair about 135 km of heat pipes. “The process of modernizing the infrastructures of Termoelectrica attracts direct benefits for ensuring the comfort and safety of the inhabitants of the municipality of Chisinau by significantly reducing the disconnections caused by faults, diminishing losses and increasing the reliability of the heating system,” stated Veaceslav Eni.

On the whole, 11 sections of heat pipes were fully rehabilitated on a total length of about 5 km, as were approximately 2.5 km of inter-quarter heat pipes. The modernization works on heat pipes were completed on the streets Sarmisegetuza, Andrei Doga, Miron Costin etc. Sections of heat pipes are under repair on the streets Alba-Iulia, Meșterul Manole and Albișoara.

The works will continue until the second half of September and were projected to cost over 129 million lei. One of the objectives of Termoelectrica is to reduce to a minimum the cases of disconnections from the hot water supply services during the works.

Last year Termoelectrica rehabilitated about 20 km of heat pipes and replaced the thermal insulation on another 5 km of aboveground heat pipes.