Solar panels for generating power to be installed at Oncology Institute

Photovoltaic solar panels for producing electric power will be installed at the Oncology Institute in Chisinau by the end of 2012. A relevant agreement between the Government of Moldova and the Government of Japan was signed on May 11, Info-Prim Neo reports Using light and heat energy from the sun, the panels will produce 15% of the annual volume of electricity consumed by the Oncology Institute. Minister of Health Andrei Usatyi said the solar panels will be beneficial to the patients suffering form cancer. They make no noise and do not pollute the environment. The minister also said that such power and heat generation systems are to be implemented in other national hospitals too. “For the national economy, it is important to invest in such projects. The investments are recouped during five years,” said Andrei Usatyi. “It is a great pleasure for me to take part in the exchange of notes for the project to use clean energy through the agency of the solar power generation system in Moldova within the Japanese Program for Environment and Climate Change,” said the Ambassador of Japan to Moldova based in Kiev Tadashi Izawa. The diplomat voiced hope that the implementation of the given project will lead to the more active use of solar energy and other sources of renewable energy. In the name of the Japanese people, he thanked the Moldovans for the support provided to the Japan quake victims. The project “Promotion of Clean Energy by Using the Photovoltaic Solar System” is implemented within the program “Scheme of Grants for Environment Protection and Climate Change Aspects” that is financed by the Government of Japan. The project value is about US$5 million.