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Energy File – An Alarm for All of us
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“We have not inherited earth from our fathers, we are borrowing it from our
children”
Dear representatives of Kosovo Institutions
In this file you will find few of the most essential information on energy sector, the
Kosova C 2100 project, and environmental and social problems that threaten Kosova
for as long as a more sincere and thorough debate on investments on lignite coal
energy production does not begin.
The purpose of this file is to inform properly the Kosovar decision-makers on the committed
violations, problems, and risks, contained in the power-plant Kosova C of 2100
MW construction project. A series of documents, and in particular the study in front of
you “Kosovo C: A Modern Tale” present hundreds of arguments that the project needs
to be revised if we are to know its true consequences.
- Violation of Parliament’s decision on energy strategy – 2100 vs.
1000 MW
The Parliament of Kosova has adopted a strategy according to which energy facility to
be constructed should not exceed a capacity of 1000 MW. Tendering and other documents
prepared by the Steering Committee of the Kosova C project foresaw construction
of 2100 MW capacity, which is the double of the one planned by the Parliament’s
Strategy on Energy.
As the representatives of Kosovar institutions have never respected the Parliament’s
strategy so far and have never been sensitive to the project’s consequences. Bearing
in mind the importance this project has for the future of Kosova, we propose:
2. to send back the entire process of Kosova C2100 to the Parliament of
Kosova for revision
3. to create the necessary sensitiveness among the decision-makers for
the problems to be described in the following:
- Proceeding with no strategic assessment on project’s environmental
and social impact
Many EU documents require impact assessment prior to initiation of any program that
may have environmental implications. Kosova will face tremendous challenges when
respecting of EU’s demands on environment become obligatory. It is a well known fact
that the EU’s criteria are the strictest in the world in this field.
To illustrate, we will refer to the European Parliament’s and the Council’s Directive
2000 on Environment Impact Assessment of certain plans and programs.
All the plans and programs with a potential impact assessment should become subject
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