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23-10-2008
Usitall, a leading Swedish waste-to-energy company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the local authorities in Tulcea for a landmark project to build a waste incinerator which will supply heating and electricity to the town at the mouth of the Danube River Delta, and will reduce significantly the population's energy bills and the city's dependence on imported fuel. The project is the first of its kind in Romania, and it is based on the Swedish model, which burns waste to replace oil and gas for the production of thermal heating and electricity.
Usitall is based in the southwestern city of Linkoping, home to Saab, the producer of the Gripen multirole fighter of the new generation which has been offered to Romania, to replace the old MiGs 21 of the ROAF. Saab is a significant shareholder of the company, owning 30% of its shares, the rest being owned by the Linkoping municipality. For us, it is a very important step which offers a lot of opportunities, because this project makes landfills unnecessary in the future and it helps the conservation of resources by replacing fossil fuels and reducing the need for imported fuel," Usitall CEO Stellan Jacobsson said after the signing ceremony in Tulcea.
Jacobsson also said that his company is now exploring the Romanian market, in order to duplicate the project with local municipalities. "We have found that there is a growing interest for this kind of solutions," Jacobsson added, mentioning that besides energy efficiency, such technology will help Romania to align with the strict EU regulations for the disposal of landfills.
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