A Ukrainian application for European funding of two new coal plants would cause massive health and environmental damage to local people from nitrogen oxide emissions and other related pollution effects, local environmental campaigners have told EurActiv.
Ukraine is asking the Energy Community – an EU-led partnership with Balkan and Eastern European states – to select a new 800MW coal plant at Burshtyn and three 220MW units at Dobrovtir as ‘Projects of Energy Community Interest’.
This would prioritise the projects, and enable a fast-tracking process that typically ends with funding from European development banks and private investors.
See full Press Release: http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-air-quality-2013/ukrainian-ecologists-call-eu-fun-news-528322
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