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Lviv Wastewater Biogas Project (EBRD-45779)

Countries
  • Ukraine
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Dec 16, 2015
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Investment Amount (USD)
Not Disclosed
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EBRD website

Disclosed by Bank Oct 16, 2014


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Project Description
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TRANSLATED VERSION OF THIS PSD:UKRAINIAN Ukrainian PROJECT DESCRIPTION The EBRD is considering providing a loan to the Lviv Communal Enterprise "Lvivvodokanal", a municipally owned water and wastewater utility operating in the city of Lviv, to finance the rehabilitation and upgrade of the wastewater treatment infrastructure, as well as the installation of a biogas production capacity in the City (the "Project"). The project aims at improving wastewater treatment in Lviv, reducing the pollution discharged into the Poltva River (the Baltic Sea Basin), enabling the City to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieving significant energy saving by installing the biogas production capacity. TRANSITION IMPACT The transition impact of the project is expected to derive from: THE CLIENT Lviv Communal Enterprise "Lvivvodokanal", a municipally owned water and wastewater utility operating in the city of Lviv. EBRD FINANCE EUR15 million EBRD loan to the Company, secured by a municipal guarantee of the City. PROJECT COST Up to EUR31.5 million. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Categorised B. The environmental and social impacts associated with the modernisation of the wastewater infrastructure and construction of the biogas plant on the existing facilities are expected to be mainly positive and result in significant environmental benefits, upgrade of service quality, improvements in energy efficiency and reduction of greenhouse gases. Any potential adverse impacts are likely to be site-specific and can be readily identified and addressed through mitigation measures. Potential environmental and social issues can include standard EHS construction risks, disruptions to waste water services during the modernisation programme and air emissions related biogas plant operation. TECHNICAL COOPERATION Pre-signing
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