KYIV. Oct 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – KSG Agro has launched two modernized boiler houses working on pellets in schools in Dnipropetrovsk region, the press service of the agricultural holding has reported.
The investment in the project is UAH 1.5 million, the total capacity of the boiler houses is 1 MW.
The facilities are located in the villages of Trytuzne and Nadezhdivka.
Before modernization, the school boiler houses operated on natural gas and coal. According to calculations by KSG Agro, modernization will allow budget institutions to save up to 40% of funds used for heating.
Today the total amount of heat generation by the KSG Agro boiler houses is 5.25 MW.
It is planned that fuel for the five boiler houses, modernized by the holding, will be produced by an enterprise with a capacity of 2,400 tonnes per year in Novopokrovka. It is planned to put it into operation before the heating season. The pellet line of the enterprise has already been assembled and is now being tested.
KSG Agro, a vertically integrated holding, is engaged in production, storage, processing and sale of grains and oilseeds, as well as pig breeding.