The Moldova Energy and Biomass Project, funded by EU, co-funded and implemented by UNDP, aims to contribute to a more secure, competitive and sustainable energy production in the Republic of Moldova. It lays the basis for the establishment of functional markets for biomass technologies while increasing the use of renewable energy sources, in particular for heating public buildings and households in rural areas. New jobs and income are created and secured through the establishment of value-added chains at the local and regional level through the supply of biomass fuel and technologies.

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The long-term goal of the Project was in reforming the manner in which agricultural, forestry and other production activities are planned and regulated across different land units and tenure categories at the landscape level.
The Project focus was biodiversity conservation, however it addressed anticipated negative impacts of Climate Change (CC) by increasing resilience of the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in the targeted districts. By removing the precursors of degradation and careful monitoring of the self-restoration 14 capacities of steppe, forest, meadows and swamp the project contributes to higher resilience of the ecosystems and the species they host, to CC impacts. The project also provisioned afforestation, influencing future humidity conditions through changes in both, temperature and precipitation.

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This is a success story of two small municipalities on how they can contribute at the local level to the global targets within the Covenant of Mayors Initiative. The actions took place in Cantemir and Ocnita, Republic of Moldova. Both cities have committed to reduce their energy consumption and CO₂ emissions by 20% till 2020 and developed the Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAPs). Among dozens of the projects included into the SEAPS, municipalities have focused and implemented ones on modernization of the street lighting systems using innovative technologies and best European practices.

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Navahrudak district hosts the oldest and the biggest wind farm in Belarus, located near village Grabniki, as well as numerous of wind turbines in other locations. Electricity in the district is generated by 20 wind turbines, both state-owned and private, with a total capacity of 32 MW.

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With the support of the European Union, Navahrudak developed a road map to increase its renewable energy sources (RES) share in the local energy balance. Following the strategy, the municipality managed to attract funding for RES and implement a couple of pilot projects.

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SAVEWATER project financed by the European Union introduced a comprehensive smart system for monitoring, control and management of water, heat energy and electricity supply systems in Chavusy district.

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The EU funded project “Cantemir: Thermal rehabilitation of educational buildings - CanTREB» was implemented within the framework of Covenant of Mayors Demonstration Program by Cantemir municipality and NGO “Alliance for Energy efficiency and Renewables”. 4 public buildings (2 kindergartens, lyceum and gymnasium) have been thermally refurbished in the line with the best European practices and allowed municipality to reduce costs for their maintenance and operation as well as improve indoor conditions for children and staff of public institutions. Moreover, biomass boiled is constructed to provide heat energy for modernized buildings.

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PubLiCity project funded by the European Union is the largest public lighting modernization project in Belarus for the time being. Within the project almost two thousand LED luminaries with smart control system were installed in Polack and 26 city buildings, monuments and other sites were equipped with efficient architectural lighting.

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Introduction of EE technologies (modern autonomous heating system on local biomass (hazelnut shell), solar PV and SWH systems, thermal insulation of building) in Erisimedi Kindergarten of Sighnaghi municipality.

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Introduction of the modern street lighting system in Ozurgeti has improved the illumination level on the streets, reduce energy consumption and energy bill, as well as decrease CO₂ emissions thus contributing to the fulfilment by the Ozurgeti Municipality commitments under the Covenant of Mayors Program.

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