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Amount
€ 67,000,000
Countries
Sector(s)
Bulgaria : € 67,000,000
Solid waste : € 67,000,000
Signature date(s)
21/12/2018 : € 67,000,000
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Summary sheet

Release date
4 September 2015
Status
Reference
Signed | 21/12/2018
20090545
Project name
Promoter - financial intermediary
TOPLOFIKACIA CHP PROJECT
SOFIA MUNICIPALITY
Proposed EIB finance (Approximate amount)
Total cost (Approximate amount)
EUR 67 million
EUR 161 million
Location
Sector(s)
  • Solid waste - Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
Description
Objectives

The project consists of the construction and commissioning of a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant for Sofia's district heating network operated by Toplofikacia utilising refuse derived fuel (RDF) to be produced at the municipality's new waste management facility. This would be the final phase of the integrated Sofia Municipal Waste project. The project is likely to be co-financed under the OP Environment during 2014-2020 and it is on the JASPERS action plan to support the prepration of the grant application.

The plant will combust refuse derived fuel (RDF), feed its electricity into the public grid, and provide heat to the district heating system of Sofia. It will partly replace heat generation in existing natural gas fired installations.

Environmental aspects
Procurement

The project concerns the construction and operation of a cogeneration plant processing more than 100 t/day of refuse derived fuel (RDF) from a mechanical biological treatment plant in Sofia. Hence the project is subject to Annex I of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive 2011/92/EC and consequently requires a mandatory EIA. It falls also under the provisions of the Industrial Emission Directive 2010/75/EC requiring, among others, use of best available technology.

The Bank will require the promoter to ensure that contracts for the implementation of the project have been/shall be tendered in accordance with the relevant applicable EU procurement legislation (2004/17/EC/ or 2004/18/EC and 2007/66/EC), with publication of tender notices in the EU Official Journal, as and where appropriate.

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Disclaimer

Before financing approval by the Board of Directors, and before loan signature, projects are under appraisal and negotiation. The information and data provided on this page are therefore indicative.
They are provided for transparency purposes only and cannot be considered to represent official EIB policy (see also the Explanatory notes).

Documents

Environmental and Social Data Sheet (ESDS) - TOPLOFIKACIA CHP PROJECT
Publication Date
1 Nov 2017
Document language
Main Topic
Lending
Document Number
73267527
Document Focus
Environmental Information
Project Number
20090545
Sector(s)
Regions
Countries
Publicly available
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Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) - TOPLOFIKACIA CHP PROJECT - EIA Report
Publication Date
4 Dec 2017
Document language
Main Topic
Lending
Document Number
80322584
Document Focus
Environmental Information
Project Number
20090545
Sector(s)
Regions
Countries
Publicly available
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