Konotop is a city of regional subordination and is the administrative and cultural centre of Konotop district, in the western part of Sumy Oblast. Located 240 km to the northeast from the capital of Ukraine, the city is home to 93,000 people. Konotop is an industrial city with nearly 12,000 buildings and strategically located at the intersection of rail lines.
The service area of district heating supply of the Municipal Company “Teplogarant” is divided into five district heating areas, it operates 38 boiler houses with a total installed capacity of 145 Gcal/h and a total length of district heating networks of 38 km.
Konotop Demonstration Project – overview
The proposed project involved interconnecting the three boiler house areas in the city of Konotop. It also involved the installation of a new biomass boiler in the existing boiler house making it possible to close down the old boiler houses . The existing gas boilers would act as peak load boilers in the interconnected system. These investments would dramatically reduce the use of fossil fuels in the system and it was proposed the installation of IHSs in all the buildings connected to these three district heating systems which would reduce the use of fossil fuels and make it possible to operate the entire extended district heating system as a fully demand-driven and modern system.
Konotop Demonstration Project – details
The project area is situated close to the central part of Konotop city and includes heated areas of three boiler houses.
Specifics of the Konotop project included:
- Installation of a biomass boiler (1×3.0 MW) and boiler house modernisation
- Close down of two boiler houses
- Installation of new interconnection network – approx. 545m to interconnect the areas supplied by the three boiler houses.
- Individual Heat Substations – Introduction of 45 IHSs.
The proposed investment was EUR 1,090,000 with a simple pay-back time of 2.9 years. The proposed financing plan was as follows:
- Total loan – EUR 500,000 (46%)
- Total grant – EUR 300,000 (27.5%)
- Total Konotop local contribution – EUR 290,000 (26.5%)
Once implemented, the project was expected to benefit the local community by:
- Saving 1,800,000 m³ gas per year
- Saving 3,480 tonnes CO2 per year
Current status
The project was previously in the stage of receiving all the necessary approvals in preparation for implementation but was rejected by the Konotop city council, the owner of the DH company. Konotop is a city in Sumy Oblast in North-eastern Ukraine. After the capture by Russian Military Forces, the city’s civil infrastructure facilities were seriously damaged. The city needs significant investment to restore its civil infrastructure after de-occupation.
Photo credit: city administration