Ukraine: EU support helps bring new energy efficient trolleybuses to Kharkiv
ხუთშაბათი, 28 თებერვალი 2019 12:12Ukraine: EU support helps bring new energy efficient trolleybuses to Kharkiv o.polyuga Thu, 02/28/2019 - 13:12
The city of Kharkiv – Ukraine’s second largest municipality with a population of one and a half million – will soon introduce new energy efficient and ecologically-friendly trolleybuses to its streets. The implementation of the respective project and financial due diligence are being supported by the Municipal Project Support Facility, funded by the European Union.
A 12-year senior loan of €8 million from the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development and a parallel loan of €2 million from the Clean Technology Fund will help finance the acquisition of up to 57 new trolleybuses and the necessary maintenance equipment. Kharkiv’s 260-kilometre-long trolleybus network has 23 routes and is used by more than 140 million passengers every year.
The introduction of the new trolleybuses is expected to reduce electricity consumption by around 20% and CO2 emissions by 2,250 tonnes each year.
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