BULGARIA TRANSMISSION NETWORK UPGRADE GREEN LOAN (EIB-20210737)

Countries
  • Bulgaria
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • European Investment Bank (EIB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
U
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."
Borrower
ELEKTROENERGIEN SISTEMEN OPERATOR EAD
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 124.32 million
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.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 118
Converted using 2022-12-12 exchange rate.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 349.79 million
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.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 332
Converted using 2022-12-12 exchange rate.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EIB website

Updated in EWS Nov 4, 2024

Disclosed by Bank May 30, 2022

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, the project consists of a loan to co-finance, alongside the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), a multi-scheme investment programme for the digital transformation, rehabilitation and upgrade of Bulgaria's electricity transmission network from 2022 to 2026.

The programme is expected to improve the planning, operation, monitoring, control, maintenance and protection functions of the transmission network, increase its capacity, improve its flexibility, reliability, safety and security, and enable the integration of increasing amounts of renewable energy sources.

As of November 4, 2024, the project disclosure does not appear anymore on the European Investment Bank's website, indicating the project might have been dropped or canceled.

Investment Description
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Private Actors Description
A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

Elektroenergien Sistemen Operator is the independent transmission system operator of the Republic of Bulgaria, engaged in managing and operation of the country’s high-voltage electricity transmission grid. 

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - ELEKTROENERGIEN SISTEMEN OPERATOR EAD Client -

Contact Information
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No contact information provided at the time of the disclosure.

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