Vez Svoghe mini hydro project

Purpose of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessments

The proposed project is the construction of nine small hydro power plants (combined installed capacity of 25.7 MW) along a 33 km stretch of the middle section of the river Iskar. The plants will be built, owned and operated by Vez Svoghe Ltd – a special purpose company owned by Petrolvilla Bulgaria (90%) and the municipality of Svoghe (10%). Petrolvilla Bulgaria is controlled by the Petrolvilla & Bortolotti S.p.A. group, which is primarily engaged in the provision of energy and energy-related products and services in northern Italy.

There is a project summary document available for this project.

ESIA Summary

Executive summary (English) (707KB - PDF)

Executive summary (Bulgarian) (863KB - PDF)

Full ESIA availability

Full ESIA documentation is available locally at:
EBRD Headquarters in London, environmentandsocial@ebrd.com

And

Municipal office of Svoge

7, Alexsandar Stamboliiski Street
2260 Svoghe
Bulgaria

Tel: +359 (726) 2098
Fax: +359 (726) 2538; 2539

E-mail: secretary@svoge.bg or svoge@infotel.bg
Contact person: Diana Nikolova, Department of Ecology
Tel: +359 (726) 8545 E-mail: ecology@svoghe.bg

And

Municipal office of Mezdra
27, Hristo Botev Street
3100 Mezdra
Bulgaria

Tel: +359 (910) 92016, 92116
Fax: +359 (910) 92523
E-mail:   mezdra@mail.bg or admins@mezdra.org
Contact person: Daniela Draganova, Department of Ecology

And
Vez Svoghe’s office in Sofia
Vez Svoghe Ltd 7,
Stephan Karadja 1000
Sofia
Bulgaria

Tel: +359.2.989.25.06
Website: www.vezsvoghe.com

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EBRD Resident Office in Sofia:

Enquiries

Vez Svoghe’s office in Sofia 

Plamen Dilkov
Vez Svoghe Ltd
7, Stephan Karadja
Sofia, Bulgaria

Tel: +359.2.989.25.06
E-mail: plamen.dilkov@finenergy.it
Website: www.vezsvoghe.com