Two high-performance Combined Heat and Power Plants (CHPs) with a total electrical power of approximately 55 MW and a thermal power of at least 43 Gcal/h are to be built at Termoelectrica S.A.. Within the international tender for the selection of the company that will be responsible for the design, construction, installation and commissioning of the equipment, four international companies from countries such as Turkey, Hungary and Azerbaijan submitted their bids.
It should be noted that in accordance with the tender procedure, which is carried out according to the rules of the financier, after the evaluation of the technical offers, the opening and evaluation of the financial offers follow, taking into account the financial offers of the companies that have passed the technical qualification.
The new plants are to be completed within 2 years from the date of entry into force of the construction contract and will replace the former CET-1, which was put into operation in 1951.
The CETs are to be built using modern and flexible high-efficiency cogeneration technologies, thus contributing to increasing the domestic electricity production capacity and strengthening the country's energy security, including due to the fact that they will be able to operate throughout the year, not just during the heating season, covering the thermal load by producing domestic hot water.
The international tender for the “Installation of high-efficiency gas-fired cogeneration plants at CT Vest and CET Sursa 3, and installation of electrical transformers and distribution facilities (design, supply, installation)” is part of the Second Project to Improve the Efficiency of the Centralized Thermal Energy Supply System (PIESACET-2), financed by the World Bank. The estimated cost of the project is 81 million euros.
This project is implemented by the Government of the Republic of Moldova, through the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Moldova and the Consolidated Unit for the Implementation and Monitoring of Energy Projects (UCIPE). The project beneficiary is Termoelectrica S.A.