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Title: International environmental issues and requirements for new power projects

Conference ·
OSTI ID:682287
 [1];  [2]
  1. Golder Associates Inc., Gainesville, FL (United States)
  2. Golder Associates Inc., Washington, DC (United States)

The purpose of this presentation was to discuss the emerging role of financial entities in determining environmental requirements for international power projects. The paper outlines the following: emerging conditions; examples of announced privatization energy projects by country; types of government and international financial entity sources; problems for IPPs; similarity and differences between the World Bank and the USEPA; comparison of the international standards and regulations for power plants; recent trends/issues involving international power project approval; and recommendations for understanding/expediting the financial entities` environmental approval process and how to expedite this process.

Research Organization:
National Mining Association, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
682287
Report Number(s):
CONF-970121-Vol.1; ON: DE97006902; TRN: IM9942%%272
Resource Relation:
Conference: 5. annual clean coal technology conference: powering the next millennium, Tampa, FL (United States), 7-10 Jan 1997; Other Information: PBD: [1997]; Related Information: Is Part Of 5. annual clean coal technology conference: powering the next millennium. Vol.1; PB: 374 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English