Ploiesti - Romania
Operation of cogeneration plant and heating network
The first public-private partnership for managing a heating network in Romania.
Contract facts
Operator:
Dalkia Termo Prahova,
(84% Dalkia Romania
and 16% local authorities)
Contract start:
2004
Contract duration:
15 years
Key figures
Population served:
58,000 housing units
151,000 inhabitants
Total installed power:
950 MW thermal energy
Cogeneration power:
709 MW thermal energy
Heating network:
132 km (primary network)
91 km (secondary network)
Challenge
The Romanian government has embarked on a plan to overhaul the energy sector with the aim of reducing energy losses and polluting emissions. Veolia Energy-Dalkia in Romania signed a partnership agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in order to install energy conservation equipments and renovate existing facilities in the heat production and distribution network for the City of Ploiesti.
Objectives
- Managing the sale price of electricity and heat by optimizing facilities operations.
- Generating energy conservation while providing residents with a guaranteed level of heating and related services.
- Reducing polluting emissions.
Veolia Energy-Dalkia's solution
An innovative public-private partnership
Veolia Energy-Dalkia, the City of Ploiesti and the Department of Prahova founded Romania's first public-private partnership in the energy sector.
Operation and maintenance of the cogeneration plant and networks are also operated under
a public-private partnership.
Energy and cost savings
- Work undertook to improve energy production and operation of the facilities has resulted to important energy savings, which have an impact on heating prices.
- Since the beginning of the contract, the city has saved more than €25 millions in subsidies.
Award
First place in the 2007 ranking of the "Top National of Private Companies" in the "production and distribution of heat and hot water" category sponsored by the National Council of small and medium-sized companies in Romania.
An important environmental efficiency
- Cogeneration leads to decreased global energy consumption.
- Efficient operation of facilities as well as the use of gas leads to a reduction in polluting emissions. Reduction in CO2 (-35.6%), SO2
(-73.8%) and NOX (-34.9%) emissions and dust (-49.2%) between 2005 and 2007. - The production plant set in Brazi is the only facility in Romania compliant with European regulations concerning polluting emissions.
