Costel Hanta
Municipality of Galati
Romania
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1. Galati City - General Information
 the seventh biggest city in
Romania (231.204 inhabitants at
2011 census);
 The country biggest iron and steel plant (ArcelorMittal Galati);
 the country's largest Danube shipyard (Damen Shipyard);
 the biggest river-maritime harbour in Romania;
 the first Software Park in
Romania;
 academic, research and cultural centre.
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Galati Municipality – Short presentation
 administration of the public and private city domain;
 administration of local road transport infrastructure;
 financing of local culture institutions;
 administration of the local public sanitary institutions;
 municipal territory planning and urbanism;
 water supply, sewerage and WWTP
 municipal waste management;
 social assistance services (social cases, disabled people);
 municipal public transport;
 building social housing;
 public order and safety;
 civil status services;
 preventing and managing the local urgency situation.
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Regional Operator For
Water Supply And
Sewerage
Number of employees 359
Annual budget (2013)
78.294.382 Euro
Local Public
Transportation
Service
Municipal Heating Utility
Company Ecosal Public Service
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Galati Municipality
Main Networking activities
 International Black Sea Club - connected with :
Black Sea Economic Cooperation, Economic and Social
Council of the United Nations, International Union of Local
Authorities, European Council for Small Business.
 The Council of Danube Cities and Regions offers assistance to all potential partners in identifying appropriate themes and modalities for cooperation in implementing the EU Strategy for the Danube Region .
 Twin cities:
Pessac – France, Ancona – Italy, Coventry – England,
Pireus – Greece, Wuhan - Republic of China, Hammond –
USA, Limon - Costa Rica, Odessa, Mickolaev, Sevastopol,
Yalta - Ukraine
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Galati Municipality
EU Projects and International Cooperation
I. 22 projects financed by structural funds, with a total value of about 35 million euro, as follows:
 16 projects within the Regional Operational Programme 2007-2013,
(urban, social, educational and health infrastructure)
 3 projects within the Transnational Cooperation Programme South -
East Europe:
RETINA - revitalization of traditional industrial areas
DAHAR - the development of the inland river ports
SILVER CITY - innovative urban strategies and action plans to increase the role of seniors
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Galati Municipality
EU Projects and International Cooperation
 one project within URBACT II Programme FIN-URB-ACT - integrated urban actions for fostering and financing innovative economies and
SMEs
 one project within the Joint Operational Programme Romania -
Ukraine - Moldova - providing medical and social services
 the BSBEEP project financed by the Black Sea Basin Joint
Operational Programme 2007 – 2013
II. other 8 projects under evaluation procedure, with a total value of about 8 million euro
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Galati Municipality
Strategies/Programmes/ Projects/ Initiatives about energy efficiency
 The Strategy for Local Development of Galati City 2014 – 2020
 Pilot – ESCO City within EBRD – GEF project in Romania (energy efficient rehabilitation of 36 public buildings – schools, kindergartens and LED public lighting)
 5 projects for energy efficient housing rehabilitation (11 residential buildings with 585 apartments)
 Brownfield Revitalisation Plan and Investment Programme within
RETINA project (4 scenario proposals - Photovoltaic Park, Biogas capture system, Recovering recycled materials, Waste to energy)
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Galati Municipality's expertise
 the heating network, with 119 thermal points and 2 heating stations running on gas - heating more than 80.000 apartments;
 94% of the total amount of thermal power is distributed to the population.
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Galati Municipality's expertise
" Strategy for the development of the centralized heat distribution in Galati"
The strategy fit with the requirements of the Heating 2006-2015 programme, warmth and comfort, approved by Government Decisions no.
462/2006 and no. 381/2008 – and the Local Council (no. 295/2008).
Objectives
1 - The rehabilitation and modernization of the thermal points
2 - Rehabilitation and modernization of heating systems
52 thermal points and 14 thermal distribution points completely upgraded and 16 thermal points are in progress of upgrading.
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Galati Municipality's expertise
Number of lines (trails, km tram runaway, km trolleybus lines)
 Tram - seven tracks
 Trolleybus - two paths
 Tram track length: 55 km of which 48 km one way used
 Trolley line length: 25.4 km one way
The number of electric vehicles in the company (trams and buses)
 66 tram cars, of which 63 motor coaches
 3 trailer wagons
 13 buses
Technical parameters of vehicles (installed capacity, consumption/km)
 Trolleys 150 kW - 170 kW
 Trams 4 x 43 kW, 2x 160 kW, 2 x 140 kW
 Average consumption 1,8 kW/ km – 2,8 kW/ km
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Galati Municipality's expertise
Modernization strategy of the company in the electricity domain
 Acquisition of 25 new trolley buses, evaluation of the electric traction system, i.e. medium voltage and dc power cables, replacing worn contact wire and equipment in the recovery stations
 New recovery stations at EU standards
 Modernization of tram lines
 New electricity and thermal generation capacity
 Cooperation with EU partners
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Energy profile of Galati City
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Energy profile of Galati City
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Energy profile of Galati City
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M odernization and effciency of the public lighting system:
 replacing the 400w sodium light bulbs with 250w light bulbs on the main streets and boulevards, and 150w bulbs with 70w bulbs in the neighbourhoods;
 installing 72 Efiflux machines in the ignition posts that will reduce the tension from 230v to 190v and, implicitly the energy consumption, in certain time intervals (at night, after the hours with intense traffic);
 modernization of the lighting network on a length of aproximately 179 km, by replacing old cables.
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Energy profile of Galati City
II. Supervising the elimination of flaws underground (underground electric lines) that generate high losses of electricity (broken cables discharging underground)
III. Transitioning to lighting using energy saving light bulbs in the public institutions coordinated by the Municipality of Galati
IV. Refurbishment of two parks equipped with a lighting system based on solar energy (photovoltaic)
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