GrC3 W1 - Bishkek District Energy Modernisation

Overview
Project Summary Document
Environmental and Social Documentation
Procurement
Complaints

Overview

A sovereign loan of up to €8.3 million to the Kyrgyz Republic to modernise district energy infrastructure in Bishkek, improve its energy efficiency and reduce emissions from heating. The proceeds will be used to modernise boiler houses, rehabilitate the aging network, install renewable heat sources, individual heating substations (IHS) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, and procure specialised vehicles. The project is a follow-on investment under the EBRD Green Cities Programme and the City's Green City Action Plan (GCAP).

Project ID 56980

Status In Exploratory, Pending Final Review

Location

Kyrgyz Republic

Business Sector

Municipal Infrastructure

Notice Type

State

Project timeline

Exploratory
Passed Concept Review
Passed Structure Review
Passed Final Review
Board Approved
Signed
Implementing
Completed

Company Contact Information

Ulan Aytiev, Director
kpbte@mail.ru
+996 (312) 491310
74 Gagarin street, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

Project ID 56980

Status In Exploratory, Pending Final Review

Location

Kyrgyz Republic

Business Sector

Municipal Infrastructure

Notice Type

State

Approval Date

07 Nov 2025

Disclosure date

08 Oct 2025

As per section 1.4.2 (iii) of the Directive on Access to Information: "For Projects approved by Bank management where the Board of Directors has delegated the approval authority, the PSD shall be disclosed at the start of the relevant no-objection notification period to a member country of the Bank in accordance with Article 13 (iii) of the Agreement Establishing the EBRD."

Project Description

Project Objectives

A sovereign loan of up to €8.3 million to the Kyrgyz Republic to modernise district energy infrastructure in Bishkek (the "City"), improve its energy efficiency and reduce emissions from heating. The proceeds will be used to modernise boiler houses, rehabilitate an aging network, install renewable heat sources, individual heating substations (IHS) and SCADA, and procure specialised vehicles. The Project is a follow-on investment under the EBRD Green Cities Programme and the City's Green City Action Plan (GCAP).

Transition Impact

ETI Score: 65

The Project's Green transition impact (TI) stems from its environmental benefits through: (i) a reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, pollution and waste, and (ii) related improvements in the air quality.

Client Information

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC SOVEREIGN

Borrower: the Kyrgyz Republic, represented by the Ministry of Finance.

Project entity: Municipal Enterprise Bishkekteploenergo (BTE), the DE operator, supplying heat to north-western and south-western parts of the City.

EBRD Finance Summary

EUR 8,250,000.00

Total Project Cost

EUR 19,900,000.00

The EBRD loan will be co-financed by a concessional loan of up to €8.2 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) or another source, and an investment grant of up to €3.5 million from an international donor or the EBRD Shareholder Special Fund.

Additionality

The Bank's additionally stems the following components:

Financing structure;
Standard-setting: helping projects and clients achieve higher standards;
Knowledge, innovation, and capacity building.

Environmental and Social Summary

Categorised B (2019). The Project is expected to result in significant environmental and social (E&S) benefits associated with the overall improvement in the quality of heating and hot water services. It will also result in the enhanced resilience of the district heating system in Bishkek, lower air emissions and improved overall quality, reliability and energy efficiency of the DE services.

Key E&S risks and impacts to consider include the BTE's capacity and management systems, temporary disruptions to supply of heat and hot water to the community and public access, labour management and operational health and safety (OHS) procedures for contractors, gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH), traffic safety and community health and safety during construction works, safe removal and disposal of any asbestos-containing materials, disposal of demolition waste, temporary and permanent land acquisition, stakeholder engagement and grievance mechanism. A solar PV component will need to be managed in line with the Bank's Management Approach to Solar Supply Chain.

E&S due diligence (ESDD) will be carried out by an independent consultant as part of the Feasibility Study. It will involve BTE's corporate E&S audit, review of risks associated with its current operations, associated facilities and management systems, and an E&S assessment of the investment components. It will review the main combined heat and power plant (CHP) activities (as the Associated Facility) on a risk basis to meet the objectives of the EBRD Performance Requirements (PRs) and good international practice (GIP). It will also review the tariffs affordability analysis to ensure potential impacts on vulnerable groups are adequately mitigated. Overall decarbonisation plans for BTE will be reviewed for the purpose of phasing out coal-based heat generation.

Project specific Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP) will be prepared and agreed with the BTE prior to final approval. Post-signing technical cooperation (TC) support will be provided for ESAP implementation and capacity support.

This section will be further updated upon completion of the ESDD.

Technical Cooperation and Grant Financing

Pre-signing:

TC1: Feasibility Study to conduct a technical, economic, environmental and social due diligence.

Post-signing:

TC2: Project Implementation Support to: (i) prepare tender documents, including design and technical specifications; (ii) assist with tenders; (iii) supervise works and administer goods contracts; (iv) support in disbursement and reporting to the Bank, and (v) assist with ESAP implementation.

Company Contact Information

Ulan Aytiev, Director
kpbte@mail.ru
+996 (312) 491310
74 Gagarin street, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

PSD Last Updated

08 Oct 2025

Understanding transition

Further information regarding the EBRD’s approach to measuring transition impact is available here.

Business opportunities

For business opportunities or procurement, contact the client company.

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Tel: +44 20 7338 7168
Email: projectenquiries@ebrd.com

For state-sector projects, visit EBRD Procurement:

Tel: +44 20 7338 6794
Email: procurement@ebrd.com

General enquiries

Specific enquiries can be made using the EBRD Enquiries form.

Environmental and Social Policy (ESP)

The ESP and its associated Environmental and Social Requirements (ESRs) set out the ways in which the EBRD implements its commitment to promoting “environmentally sound and sustainable development”. The ESP and the ESRs include specific provisions for clients to comply with the applicable requirements of national laws on public information and consultation, and to establish a grievance mechanism to receive and facilitate resolution of stakeholders’ concerns and grievances, in particular, about the environmental and social (E&S) performance of the client and the project. Proportionate to the nature and scale of a project’s environmental and social risks and impacts, the EBRD also requires its clients to disclose information, as appropriate, about the risks and impacts of projects or to undertake meaningful consultation with stakeholders and consider and respond to their feedback.

More information on the EBRD’s practices in this regard is set out in the ESP.

Integrity and compliance

The EBRD's Office of the Chief Compliance Officer (OCCO) promotes good governance and ensures that the highest standards of integrity are applied to all of the Bank's activities in accordance with international best practice. Integrity due diligence is conducted on all Bank clients to ensure that projects do not present unacceptable integrity or reputational risks to the Bank. The EBRD believes that identifying and resolving issues in the project assessment and approval stages is the most effective means of ensuring the integrity of Bank transactions. OCCO plays a key role in these protective efforts andhelps to monitor integrity risks in projects post-investment.

OCCO is further responsible for investigating allegations of fraud, corruption and misconduct in EBRD-financed projects. Anyone, either within or outside the Bank, who suspects fraud or corruption should submit a written report to the Chief Compliance Officer by email to compliance@ebrd.com. OCCO will follow-up all matters reported. It will review all matters reported. Reports can be made in any language of the Bank or of the Bank's countries of operation. The information provided must be made in good faith.

Access to Information Policy (AIP)

The AIP, which entered into force on 1 January 2025, sets out how the EBRD discloses information and consults with its stakeholders to promote better awareness and understanding of its strategies, policies and operations. Please visit the Access to Information Policy page to find out what information is available from the EBRD website.

Specific requests for information can be made using the EBRD enquiries form.

Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM)

If efforts to address environmental, social or public disclosure concerns with the Client or the Bank are unsuccessful (for example, through the client’s project-level grievance mechanism or through direct engagement with Bank management), individuals and organisations may seek to address their concerns through the EBRD’s Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM).

IPAM independently reviews project issues that are believed to have caused (or to be likely to cause) harm. The purpose of the mechanism is: to support dialogue between project stakeholders to resolve environmental, social and public disclosure issues; to determine whether the Bank has complied with its Environmental and Social Policy or the project-specific provisions of its Access to Information Policy; and where applicable, to address any existing non-compliance with these policies, while preventing future non-compliance by the Bank.

Please visit the Independent Project Accountability Mechanism webpage to find out more about IPAM and its mandate and how to submit a Request for review. Alternatively, contact IPAM by email at ipam@ebrd.com for guidance and more information on IPAM and how to submit a request.

Environmental and Social Documentation is not available for this project.

Selected procurement notices related to this project may be shown below. Further procurement opportunities related to this and other projects, if available, maybe be viewed in the EBRD Procurement Portal.

The EBRD's Environmental and Social Policy (ESP), Access to Information policy (AIP) and Project Accountability Policy (PAP) enable sound and sustainable development in its projects. The Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM) deals with complaints about environmental, social and disclosure matters related to the Bank’s investments.

No complaints about this project have been made so far.

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GrC3 W1 - Bishkek District Energy Modernisation

Overview

Project timeline

Company Contact Information

Project Description

Project Objectives

Transition Impact

Client Information

EBRD Finance Summary

Total Project Cost

Additionality

Technical Cooperation and Grant Financing

Company Contact Information

PSD Last Updated

Understanding transition

Business opportunities

General enquiries

Environmental and Social Policy (ESP)

Integrity and compliance

Access to Information Policy (AIP)

Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM)