Sostanj lignite thermal power plant unit 6, Slovenia
March 31, 2011
In 2016 a new 600 MW unit at the Šoštanj lignite power plant (TEŠ6) started commercial operations. It has turned out to be a financial disaster. Slovenia’s official coal exit date is 2033, but the plant will likely close much earlier.
D8 Motorway, Czech Republic
February 18, 2011
The D8 motorway is part of the Berlin – Prague – Budapest – Sofia – Istanbul European multi-modal transport corridor IV. The controversial history of its construction started fifteen years ago when the Czech government reapproved a motorway scheme that was conceived in 1963.
Sakhalin II Oil and Gas Extraction, Russia
February 18, 2011
Since 1994, Shell has been spearheading an oil and gas extraction project in Sakhalin Island, a far eastern Russian territory. This development will affect the world’s last 100 or so western pacific grey whales; it will destroy the marine environment; and it will threaten the livelihood of tens of thousands of fishermen.
Zagreb municipal solid waste incinerator, Croatia
February 18, 2011
Zagreb City Council is planning to build a 385 000 tonnes-per-year waste-to-energy plant, for which the official cost estimate is EUR 161 400 000. The plant would burn municipal waste and sewage sludge. Croatian environmental NGO Green Action, along with local residents’ groups, believes that the incinerator plans are premature and dangerous.
Corridor Vc motorway, Bosnia and Herzegovina
February 18, 2011
The pan-European Corridor Vc is planned to run for 330 km through Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serious concerns about environmental impacts, land expropriation, and threats to cultural heritage have been raised along the motorway route, mostly between Sarajevo and the southern border with Croatia.
ArcelorMittal Temirtau, Kazakhstan
February 18, 2011
While fatal accidents at the ArcelorMittal Temirtau mines continue, the company has so far not provided sufficient information to allow an assessment whether an EBRD funded project to improve health and safety conditions is being implemented successfully.
Tbilisi Railway Bypass Project, Georgia
February 18, 2011
In order to improve the efficiency and safety of rail operations within the city of Tbilisi the EBRD together with the EIB is considering a loan of over EUR 290 million for the Tbilisi Railway Bypass Project. The main goal of the project to avoid the transit of hazardous freight (such as oil and oil products) through the middle of the city, but there are several deep concerns that undermine the project goals and cause a serious threat to Tbilisi’s population.
Gazela Bridge rehabilitation, Belgrade, Serbia
February 18, 2011
The resettlement of about 170 predominantly Roma families that lived below the Gazela Bridge in Belgrade, Serbia is part of a wider project for the reconstruction of a bridge across the River Sava. Although the project is backed by European public money, donor requirements to follow World Bank Group resettlement standards have for a long time been ignored by Belgrade City Council.
Nabucco gas pipeline
February 18, 2011
The Nabucco pipeline project is based on the idea to bring Caspian or Middle Eastern gas through Turkey to the EU. Its planned route is 3300 kilometres long with an estimated construction cost of almost EUR 8 billion.
Via Baltica and Via Carpatia expressways, Poland
February 18, 2011
Expressway developments in north-east Poland could have devastating ramifications on the Knyszyn and Augustow Primeval Forests and the Biebrza Marshes – areas of extraordinary beauty that are home to unique wildelife.
