Environmental impact assessment

Project description
and objectives:

The EBRD is considering financing the construction of a Greenfield biomass Combined Heat and Power plant (CHP) in the Nikopol municipality in North Bulgaria.
The plant will have a 15 MW biomass electricity generating power plant. The Project will also be available to produce 9.37 MW of steam annually for industrial purposes and hot water for district heating (11.20 MW annual heat output) in the town of Nikopol and/or Cherkovitsa.

The plant will use approximately 300 tones of straw a date for a total of around 110 000 tones per years. The use of biomass will help Bulgaria reduce carbon emissions, as a similar coal fired plant would emit around 440,000 tons of carbon per annum.

EIA summary:

Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)

Non Technical Summary (Bulgarian)  (0.9Mb)
Non Technical Summary (English)  (0.8Mb)

Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan (Bulgarian)  (0.6Mb)
Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan (English)  (0.5Mb)

Supplementary information (Bulgarian)  (2.3Mb)
Supplementary information (English)  (1.6Mb)

Full EIA availability:

Full EIA documentation is available locally at:

EBRD's Business Information Centre in London

Copies of EIA materials will be available for public review at the following locations:

• Nikopol Municipality; 5 Alexander Stamboliyski Str.; BUL-5940 Nikopol; Pleven District; Republic of Bulgaria
• CHPP Nikopol JSC 2 Elia Str. BUL-5940; Nikopol; Pleven District; Republic of Bulgaria
• Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Waters – Pleven; 1A Alexander Stamboliyski Str.; BUL-5800; Pleven; Republic of Bulgaria
• EBRD Regional Office Sofia; 17 Moskovska St.; BUL-1000 Sofia; Republic of Bulgaria
• EBRD Business Information Centre, London One Exchange Square; London, EC2A 2JN; United Kingdom; Tel: +44 207 338 6000

The ESIA package and Executive Summary have also been released for public review by the project sponsor on its website (www.enemona.com) and http://riewpleven.eu

Enquiries:

General Enquiries:

Mr. Boris Petlov; Executive Director, CHPP Nikopol; 1408 Sofia, Ivan Vazov District ; 150 Vitosha Street, bldg. 70, vh A, floor 2, apt.3; Telephone: +359 2 8158514; Fax: +359 2 8158520; Mobile: +359 887 700 972; email: b.petlov@enemona.com

Environmental enquiries:

Mr. Plamen Gechevsky; Stakeholder Liaison and Environmental Officer; CHPP Nikopol JSC; 5940 Nikopol, Pleven District; 2 Elia Str.; Telephone: +359 2 815 8519; Mobile: +359 885 262 284; e-mail: pl.gechevsky@enemona.com