OREANDA-NEWS. February 18, 2010. As it was informed in the press service of the government, such hope was expressed by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic in Moldova Jaromir Kvapil during the meeting with the Prime Minister of Moldova Vladimir Filat.

The project provides investment of 615 million euros, including construction of infrastructure, involving opening of the new jobs, increasing energy security at the national level, as well as possibility of the heat energy supply at the regional level. The representatives of the Czech company assured that in the process of construction and operation of the future power plant the most advanced technologies meeting all European standards, in particular environmental requirements will be used.

The station will operate on coal and biomass, so the project will help to improve energy security without harming the ecology of the region. The Premier said that the priority of the Moldovan government is energy security and finding alternative sources of electricity and heat supplies. "The ecological aspect of such projects is very important for us", - explained Vlad Filat. As it was reported before, the agreement on construction of the power plants in Ungheni region was signed in December 2008 by the Moldovan government and the company United Energy Moldova sro, a part of the Czech company J & T Finance Group.

It was noted that this will become the largest investment project in the energy sector since the independence of Moldova. The power plants capacity can be expanded in future through the construction of two more blocks. The Czech company has its own coal suppliers; in addition, a successful location would allow the power plants to purchase coal from various suppliers, including Russia, Ukraine and South Africa.

In accordance with the agreement, the Czech company will be able to supply to the energy system of Moldova at least 735 million kW / h of electricity every year, or about 20% of the total domestic consumption. The remaining volumes will be exported to Romania. To do this, the company plans to build a high-voltage transmission line 400 kV Ungheni-Iasi. The Czech company J & T Finance Group is the largest investor in the Central Europe, implementing the long-term projects in the energy sector.