Poltava is the administrative centre of the Poltava Oblast as well as the surrounding Poltava Raion in central Ukraine. The total area of the city is 103 km2 and the population is approximately 300,000 people. The total housing stock of the city consists of more than 21,000 buildings, of which the absolute majority belongs to the private sector.
About 98% of consumers living in multi-storey residential buildings are connected to district heating systems. The district heating of Poltava is provided by two operators: the municipal company RMHSE “PoltavaTeploEnergo” and JSC “Poltava Turbomechanical Plant”. PoltavaTeploEnergo is the largest heat supplier providing heat and domestic hot water to the major part of existing heat consumers. “Poltavateploenergo” operates 95 boiler houses with a total installed heat capacity of 888 Gcal/h and a total district heating network length of 220 km.
Poltava II Demonstration Project – overview
This was the second DemoUkrainaDH project in Poltava.
The project was interesting from a demonstration point of view as it involved the installation of a flue gas condenser at the largest boiler house in the city, which would dramatically reduce the use of fossil fuels in the system.
The proposed project was assessed to demonstrate the highest energy saving and CO2 reduction of all the DemoUkrainaDH projects being, for Ukrainian conditions, the best example of a demonstration of new technology. The project’s replicability and the possibility to demonstrate the design of the system following European best practice district heating design criteria would contribute substantially to the demonstration value of the project.
Poltava II Demonstration Project – details
The Project area is situated in the southwest part of Poltava city and includes heated areas of three boiler houses, two of which are planned to be decommissioned in the future. About 60,000 people are connected to the district heating system and would benefit from future cost savings.
The Poltava II Project implied one component: installation of a flue gas condenser (FGC) at one of the PTVM50 boilers.
The proposed investment was EUR 1,680,000 with a simple payback time of 2.6 years. The proposed financing plan was as follows:
- Total loan – EUR 500,000 (30%)
- Total grant – EUR 300,000 (18%)
- Total Poltava local contribution – EUR 880,000 (52%)
Once implemented, the project was expected to benefit the local community by:
- Saving 26,000 MWh heat per year
- Saving 2,700,000 m³ gas per year
- Saving 4,900 tonnes CO2 per year
Current status
The project did reach the implementation stage but from different reasons was delayed. It is no longer a DemoUkrainaDH project but may continue as a somewhat extended project under SUDH.
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