The City Hall of Bucharest (PMB) wants to build photovoltaic power plants with a total value of approximately 19 million RON and the institution wants to request financing for these plants through the 2014-2020 Large Infrastructure Operational Programme, according to Agerpres.

Three draft decisions could be introduced on the additional agenda of Monday’s meeting of the General Council of Bucharest.

The first project consists in the construction of photovoltaic power plants with the installed power of 785.33 kWp. The photoelectric system will serve the following depots: Ferentari, Floreasca, Obregia and Militari. These will contribute to the decrease of electricity costs, but also to the decrease of CO2 emissions. The project has a total value of 5,543,463 RON, including VAT, of which the total eligible value is 4,474,402 RON, and the applicant’s contribution is 1,783,460 RON.

The photoelectric system will be made up of a number of 1726 PV modules, each of them being made up of 144 cells (monocrystalline), with an average size of 2094 x 1038 x 35 mm and a weight of 23.5 kg.

The second project is aimed at the construction of photovoltaic power plants with an installed capacity of 808.99 kWp. The system will serve the following depots: Alexandria, Bucurestii Noi, Colentina and Dudesti. The project has a total value of 6,936,557 RON, including VAT, of which 4,930,670 represents the total eligible value, and 2,005,887 RON the applicant’s contribution. The photoelectric system will be made up of a number of 1778 PV modules, each of them consisting of a number of 144 cells.

The third project refers to the execution of a photovoltaic power plant with the installed power of 860 kWp, which will be located at the Repair Plant. The project will have a total budget of 6,843,081 RON, including VAT, of which 4,897,119 RON is the total eligible amount, and 1,945,962 RON is the applicant’s contribution. The photoelectric system will be made up of 1890 PV modules, each of them made up of a number of 144 cells.

According to the documents attached to the three projects, photovoltaic solar energy is based on the direct production of electricity through silicon cells. The sun provides an average power of 1 kW/sqm. Photovoltaic panels allow the conversion of only 10-15pct of this power, the energy production of a unitary surface panel varying with the increase or decrease in the intensity of solar radiation: 100 kWh/sqm in Northern Europe, while in the Mediterranean area is much higher.

From a financial point of view, it is expected for the investments to be recovered in about four years. It is estimated that the projects shall be implemented in about 12 calendar months after the signing of the execution contract.

Agerpres