Modernisation Fund - Assessment of the expected emission reductions for some of the projects
Dear EIB,
Under Regulation 1049/2001 and Regulation 1367/2006, as amended by Regulation 2021/1767, I am requesting any document that contains the following information on the EIB's operations concerning Modernisation Fund (MF).
EIB's Assessment of the expected GHG emission reduction justifications for the following non-priority projects financed from MF:
1. Construction of a Natural Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Power Unit of approx. 850 MW at Isalnita MF 2022-1 RO 1-001
2. Construction of a Natural Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Power Unit of approx. 475 MW at Turceni MF 2022-1 RO 1-002
3. Scheme (Part 1A): Modernization of energy sources to biomass without CHP; non-priority investments of the Programme “HEAT” (Modernization of thermal energy supply systems) MF 2022-1 CZ 1-001
4. Scheme (Part 1C): Modernization of energy sources to natural gas without CHP; non-priority investments of the Programme “HEAT” (Modernization of thermal energy supply systems) MF 2022-1 CZ 1-003
5. Scheme (Part 2A): Modernisation of energy sources to biomass without CHP; non-priority investments of the Programme “ENERG ETS” (Improvement of energy efficiency and reductions of emissions of greenhouse gases in EU ETS industry) MF 2022-1 CZ 1-004
6. Scheme (Part 2C): Modernisation of energy sources to natural gas without CHP; non-priority investments of the Programme “ENERG ETS” (Improvement of energy efficiency and reductions of emissions of greenhouse gases in EU ETS industry) MF 2022-1 CZ 1-006
7. P-2E: Scheme – Modernization of natural gas energy sources without CHP, ENERG ETS (CZ) Programme MF 2022-1 CZ 1-008
I kindly ask you not to refer me to the documents that are already publicly available on the Modernisation Fund website.
I would prefer if you could deliver these documents in electronic format.
Thank you in advance for your kind assistance,
Gligor Radečić
[email address]
CEE Bankwatch Network
Heřmanova 1088/8
Prague 7, 170 00
Czech Republic
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Dear Mr Radečić,
We refer to your message of 14 June 2024 addressed to the European
Investment Bank (EIB) requesting a copy of the EIB’s assessment of the
expected emission reductions for a number of non-priority projects
financed from the Modernisation Fund (MF). We also refer to our
acknowledgement of receipt of the same date. Your message has been
handled on the basis of the EIB Group Transparency Policy (EIB-TP) ^[1],
which applies to these requests addressed to the EIB.
Please find attached to this message a copy of the EIB due diligence
reports of the projects concerned containing the requested information.
Information contained in these documents which falls outside the scope of
your request and/or cost-related information which, if disclosed, would
undermine the commercial interests of the parties concerned ^[2] has been
redacted and replaced by the symbol “[…]”. No overriding public interest
has been found to exist regarding the redacted information that would
prevail over the applicable disclosure exception ^[3] .
We hope that you find this information useful and remain available if you
need clarifications ^[4] .
Yours sincerely,
Infodesk Team
European Investment Bank
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[3] Art. 5.8, EIB-TP
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