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EcoEnergy Donetsk completed the acquisition of land plot in Donetsk

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:21:36 +0100

Land plot acquisition advances the construction of Waste-to-Energy (WtE) facility in Proletarskij District, Donetsk, Ukraine.

December, 2011 - EcoEnergy Donetsk, the developer of the first state of the art WtE facility in Ukraine, has completed the acquisition of the land plot in the Proletarskij district, Donetsk.

On December 19, 2011, EcoEnergy Donetsk signed a land plot sale and purchase agreement with the Donetsk City Council, following the decision on land plot sale made by the Council on July 22, 2011.

EcoEnergy Donetsk acquired the land plot for the construction and operation of 100MW WtE facility. Land acquisition is one of the crucial stages in the WtE project development after the approval of feasibility study by the Ukrainian State Building Expertise.

Today EcoEnergy Donetsk, together with its partners, is working on the preparation of the Stage P project documentation in order to apply for the Ukrainian State Building Expertise.

EcoEnergy develops the WtE facility in Donetsk that will handle municipal solid waste amounting to approximately 470 000 tons per year. The WtE facility will produce electricity as well as heat and warm water, which will cover the major part of the Proletarskij district’s heating consumption.

Sustainable SWM Solutions for Ukraine

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:58:33 +0100

On November 29, 2011 EcoEnergy Scandinavia participated in the Solid Waste Management PPP Workshop, that was organized by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and SECO and took place in Kyiv.

During the workshop, the representatives from international and local companies and organizations made presentations and discussed questions related to the possible solutions of Solid Municipal Waste problems in Ukraine. Representatives from the Ukrainian municipal authorities were also actively participating in the workshop.

EES Mailboxes in the Proletarskii district of Donetsk

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:18:05 +0100

In May 2011 EcoEnergy Scandinavia sent 25 000 letters to the residents of the Proletarskii District in Donetsk within a framework of public consultations. In order to inform and get feedback from people regarding the project the company has set up a hotline with numbers +38 066 503 65 35, +38 066 503 65 37, +38 066 503 65 38, and even placed 6 specially designed EE mailboxes in Proletarskii district at the following addresses:

The Executive Committee of Proletarskii District Council in Donetsk (D-44, Heroes of Stalingrad Square, 1);
"Yubileinii" Culture palace (D-44, Bolshaia Magistralnaia Str., 29a);
Regional Center of Citizens Social Security (D-110, Razdolnaia Str., 27b);
Committees of "Dudinskii" and "Chulkovka" districts (D-32, Dudinskaia Str., 9-1);
“20th Victory Anniversary” Culture Palace (D-34, Filatova Str., 19a);
Committees of ‘COF “Chumakovskaia”, “Mine № 9”, "Capitalnaia”, "Voroshilovka", "Pervomaiskaia" districts (D-31, Arzamasskaia Str, 2).

EcoEnergy Scandinavia continues to lead public relations campaign in Donetsk. The company is open to questions and comments from people on the Waste-to-Energy project in Proletarskii district of Donetsk.
It is among the company’s priorities to have an open dialogue on technologies applied by the project as well as on its benefits for the residents of the area.

International Energy Forum in Zaporozhye, Ukraine

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:54:04 +0100

On November 2, 2011, EcoEnergy Scandinavia has taken part in the International Energy Forum in Zaporozhye, Ukraine. The forum had about 200 participants from 11 regions of Ukraine, Russia, Korea, UK, Sweden, Austria and Germany.

The forum representatives from government, industry, research institutes were talking about the energy strategy of Ukraine, energy efficiency and alternative energy. The representatives of foreign companies presented various perspective investment projects. EcoEnergy Scandinavia made a presentation on Waste-to-Energy technologies in Europe.

The organizers of the event were: Zaporozhye regional state administration, Zaporozhye Regional Council, Zaporozhye Chamber of Commerce and the European-Ukrainian Energy Agency.

New waste processing plants will be built in the cities-millionaires

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:00:40 +0200

The Head of the Ministry of Environmental protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Nikolay Zlochevskiy gave an interview to ‘Komsomolskaya Pravda’ newspaper. During the meeting, a number of important questions was addressed, namely:

Reforming the system for monitoring emissions.
Benefits of the new monitoring system, and how it will reduce the frequency of inspections of enterprises and the corruption level of inspection bodies.
The problem of establishing the Ukrainian system for greenhouse gas quotas accounting, and selling quotas by Ukraine under the Kyoto Protocol.
Waste utilization: international practice and Ukrainian realities.

Approaching the last question, the minister noted : ‘You know, sometimes I myself mistakenly refer to such plants as to ‘waste incineration plants’, because they utilize plasma technology, which processes waste at high temperatures. Although in fact they are ‘waste processing plants’. In the heart of Vienna there is such a plant, and it does not impair the ecological situation in the city, and besides, it looks pretty good, even admirable. These are new technologies that are used in civilized countries. And we are still operating the ‘Energy’ plant at the Kharkovskiy district of the capital, thus urging the people of the Darnytskiy district to think about wearing gas masks.

Today our main task is the reconstruction of this enterprise and a number of filtration fields. We have already found the money for these projects: they will come from the funds received under the sale of Ukrainian quotas under the Kyoto Protocol.’

The minister also confirmed that the government has the intention to intensify the use of coal in energy production instead of natural gas. And assured that, given a proper implementation of filtering technology, the active use of coal will not bring any noticeable deterioration of ecological conditions: ‘Do not worry, modern equipment allows to clean emissions from burning coal to such an extent that you would not notice the difference. The most important thing is to introduce modern equipment. ‘

International Environmental Forum “THE ECOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL REGION"

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:49:14 +0200

On 23-24 of June, 2011 the company EcoEnergy Scandinavia took part in the International Environmental Forum “ECOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL REGION”, within the scope of which also took place the International Conference “ECOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL REGION” and International Specialized Exhibition “ECOLOGY-2011”.

The exhibition was organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Donetsk Regional Council, Donetsk Regional State Administration, State Department of Environment Protection in the Donetsk region and JSC “Specialized exhibition center”. The event was attended by the industry experts, officials, representatives of non-governmental and scientific organizations and foreign investors.

Mats Lundin, the Project Manager of EcoEnergy Scandinavia presented the report about “Waste-to-Energy facilities in European countries”. In the report there were presented the figures on the number of Waste-to-Energy facilities in different countries of Europe and the volume of processed solid municipal waste per year. He emphasized the advantages of the technology used on facilities under consideration, and the fact that the production of energy from waste is widely used way of solid municipal waste disposal.

The representatives of the company tried to pay attention to all the visitors who passed by the sector belonging to EcoEnergy Scandinavia, where was shown short video made by Donetsk journalists who visited several facilities in Sweden that will be used as an example for Waste-to-Energy facility in Donetsk city.

Donetsk journalists were invited to Sweden to visit these facilities where they filmed them and interviewed the representatives of the EcoEnergy Scandinavia Company, workers and people living close to the facilities under consideration. The workers and residents living nearby agreed that such facilities solve the problem of MSW and do not harm the ecology.

Among the visitors of the exhibition there were a lot of Proletarskij district residents where the Waste-to-energy facility is planned to be constructed. Not only residents of Proletarskij district showed their vivid interest and positive attitude to the offered technology but also environmental, governmental organizations and education establishments.

In Berdyansk, the 3rd Ukrainian MSW Treatment Seminar "Sanochistka 2011" was conducted

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:29:04 +0200

On June 2-3, 2011. in Berdyansk, the 3rd Ukrainian Seminar on Municipal Solid Waste Treatment 'Sanochistka 2011' was conducted. Constructive debate, sharing of experience, presenting know-hows in the sphere - these were the three pillars on which the conference was based.

Company EcoEnergy Scandinavia, as a foreign investor who develops in Ukraine a Waste-to-Energy project, has made a speech at the seminar. Also the seminar was attended by heads of enterprises, institutions and organizations that work in housing and communal services, and, in particular, are engaged in evacuation, processing and utilization of waste. The problem of solid waste, as noted by Vitaly Shapovalenko, the Deputy Minister of housing and communal services, has long ago become a nation-wide. But to solve it, the state funds are not enough. The participants believe that attracting private capital to the sphere of municipal solid waste treatment could be a soultion to that problem. The mayor of Berdyansk Alexander Bakay has also participated in the seminar. According to his words, he learned a lot while listening to the participants. Indeed, during a seminar not only the legislative framework was discussed, but also some presentations were made from investors that are engaged in recycling.

Representatives from diffrerent regions presented to each other their programs on waste treatment. Each region is eager to get the status of "the cleanest region". This activity is not surprising, as Ukraine's president announced new national projects, one of which is construction of 10 waste treatment plants. Landfills have become obsolete - this idea has been repeatedly claimed and reasonably argumented.

"In the context of all the speeches, the presentation of the program from the Donetsk region seemed more than relevant. Waste-to-energy plant in the city of Donetsk is designed to solve several problems at once - to save the area from the dumps, reduce the number of hazardous landfills and provide the residents of Proletarskiy district with heat and electricity. " (Alexander Ignatenko, Director of Public Works, Utilities and mountains. Electric Department of Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine, Kiev)

"This plant has no analogue in Ukraine, therefore, we can not compare it to the existing waste incineration plants. The old plants built in the previous century, have only one-stage filtering. The modern ones have 5-7 stage filtering. " (Mats Lundin, Project Manager LLC Eco Energy, Donetsk)

Feasibility Study for Donetsk WtE-plant has been approved by the Ukrainian State Building Expertize

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:56:02 +0200

The Feasibility Study for the WtE-plant in Donetsk was approved by Ukrainian State Building Expertize. At the moment, this project developed by EcoEnergy Scandinavia is the first in Ukraine who has reached this stage. It will introduce the first plant of its kind in Ukrainian industry for municipal solid waste recycling.

The next step in the process of acquiring the construction permit, the Stage P, has been initiated by EcoEnergy Scandinavia. The goal is to achieve a positive approval for the Stage P by the Ukrainian State Building Expertize by autumn 2012.

EcoEnergy takes part in the II European‑Ukrainian Energy Day

Fri, 20 May 2011 12:34:08 +0200

During 31.05.2011 – 01.06.2011 in Kiev at the hotel «InterContinental» EUEA will conduct the II European-Ukrainian Energy Day. In 2010, this event, although having been conducted for the first time, had brought together over 300 participants from more than 10 countries. This year EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB will make a presentation on constructing a WtE-plant (a waste-to-energy plant that produces energy and heat from municipal solid waste) in Donetsk.

The project’s main aim is to discuss priorities for a balanced policy in the field of energy saving and alternative energy development in Ukraine.

The event will focus on:

The strategy of the Ukrainian government to promote energy saving and diversification of energy production
The priorities for a new energy strategy of Ukraine, as they are seen by the international communit
Introduction to the Energy Community: its impact on the market of renewable energy in Ukraine
Energy efficiency as a strategic priority for energy security
Funding for bioenergy projects.
Funding for 'green' energy projects: the structure and basic requirements. Successful schemes for financing projects in Ukraine
Many other issues

During 31.05.2011–1.06.2011 in Kiev at the hotel «InterContinental» EUEA will conduct the II European-Ukrainian Energy Day. In 2010, this event, although having been conducted for the first time, had brought together over 300 participants from more than 10 countries. This year EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB will make a presentation on constructing a WtE-plant (a waste-to-energy plant that produces energy and heat from municipal solid waste) in Donetsk.

The project’s main aim is to discuss priorities for a balanced policy in the field of energy saving and alternative energy development in Ukraine.

The event will focus on:

The strategy of the Ukrainian government to promote energy saving and diversification of energy production
The priorities for a new energy strategy of Ukraine, as they are seen by the international community
Introduction to the Energy Community: its impact on the market of renewable energy in Ukraine
Energy efficiency as a strategic priority for energy security
Funding for bioenergy projects.
Funding for 'green' energy projects: the structure and basic requirements. Successful schemes for financing projects in Ukraine

Many other issues

EcoEnergy Scandinavia signs MoU for the development of a 100 MW WTE facility in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine

Wed, 18 May 2011 13:17:00 +0200

The Swedish company EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development, financing, construction and operation of a 100 MW Waste-to-Energy (WTE) facility in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine. The facility will process approximately 500 thousand tons of Municipal Household Waste (MSW) and generate district heat and electricity.

The Swedish company EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB signed the MoU with the City of Krivoy Rog as part of a larger roll-out plan for the development, financing, construction and operation of WTE facilities in Ukraine. The facility in Dnepropetrovsk will be the third developed by EcoEnergy Scandinavia in Ukraine. In addition to Krivoy Rog, EcoEnergy is developing WTE facilities in Donetsk and Kiev.

- Signing this MoU further consolidates our commitment to invest in renewable energy generation in Ukraine, using local fuel and providing the population with one solution to waste handling. The Krivoy Rog plant will be part of a greater waste management development by the city, reducing the use of landfills, says Lars Guldstrand, Chairman, EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB.

The WTE facility in Krivoy Rog will further consolidate EcoEnergy’s presence in Ukraine. The facility in Krivoy Rog will produce approximately 30 MW of electricity and 70 MW of district heat. The facility will be designed according to EcoEnergy’s trademark and in-depth engineering skills.

- The facility will enhance the path taken by the authorities to find new solutions for handling waste and energy diversity. In addition, the population will benefit from district heat produced by local, renewable fuel. The facility will be financed by private capital, says Henrik Norström, Chief Investment & Financing Officer, EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB.

EcoEnergy will perform an in-depth feasibility study according to international standards, prior to initiating the development, financing and construction of the project. Once completed the facility will generate electricity and district heat, enough to keep 20 000 homes in the greater Krivoy Rog warm, as well as providing hot water.

For information please contact:

     Göran Svensson - CEO
     E-mail: goran.svensson@ecoenergy.se
     Phone: +46 703 73 48 00

     Henrik Norström – Chief Investment & Financial Officer
     E-mail: Henrik.norstrom@ecoenergy.se
     Phone: +46 733 40 30 45

About EcoEnergy Scandinavia
EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB is a fast growing and innovative company with its roots in Sweden's five decade experience of developing Waste-to-Energy (WTE) facilities and bio-fuel based combined heat and power (CHP) facilities. The company provides facilities to a global market. It develops, designs, finances, constructs, owns and operates facilities, offers service and support in the production process and acts as a financial partner for facilities owned by its customers. The company is based in Stockholm. Read more about EcoEnergy at www.ecoenergy.se.

EcoEnergy Scandinavia signs MoU for the development of a 200 MW WTE facility in Kiev, Ukraine

Tue, 17 May 2011 14:46:09 +0200

The Swedish company EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development, financing, construction and operation of a 200 MW Waste-to-Energy (WTE) facility in Kiev Oblast, Ukraine. The facility will process approximately one million tons of Municipal Household Waste (MSW) and generate district heat and electricity.

The Swedish company EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB signed the MoU with the Kiev Oblast as part of a larger roll-out plan for the development, financing, construction and operation of WTE facilities in Ukraine. The facility in Kiev will be the second developed by EcoEnergy Scandinavia in Ukraine. The first, in Donetsk, is progressing in its development and construction is expected to start later this year.

- We are very happy for the opportunity and are looking forward to provide Kiev with renewable energy. Up and running, the WTE facility will receive local unsorted MSW, process the material and produce district heating and electricity. In that way we meet a growing energy demand, make use of household waste, reduce landfills and improve the regional environment, says Lars Guldstrand, Chairman, EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB.

The WTE facility in Kiev will further consolidate EcoEnergy’s presence in Ukraine. The facility in Kiev will be double the size of the Donetsk facility, reflecting the larger demand for waste processing and district heat. The facility will be designed according to EcoEnergy’s trademark and in-depth engineering skills.

- The facility will enhance the path taken by the authorities to find alternative and environmentally friendly solutions to handling waste and producing energy. In addition, the population will benefit from district heat produced by local, renewable fuel, reducing dependence on foreign fuel and fluctuation in exchange rates, says Henrik Norström, Chief Investment & Financing Officer, EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB.

EcoEnergy will perform an in-depth feasibility study according to international standards, prior to initiating the development, financing and construction of the project. Once completed the facility will generate approximately 60 MW of electricity and 140 MW of district heat, enough to keep 40 000 homes in the Kiev Oblast warm, as well as providing hot water.

For information please contact:

    Göran Svensson - CEO
    E-mail: goran.svensson@ecoenergy.se
    Phone: +46 703 73 48 00

    Henrik Norström – Chief Investment & Financial Officer
    E-mail: Henrik.norstrom@ecoenergy.se
    Phone: +46 733 40 30 45

EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB has become a member of the European-Ukrainian Energy Agency (EUEA)

Mon, 16 May 2011 15:30:00 +0200

On May 16th, 2011, company EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB has become a member of the European-Ukrainian Energy Agency (EUEA). EUEA was created in 2009 as a joint platform for representatives from political, economical, scientific organisations, as well as for financial institutions and consulting companies in Ukraine and Europe. The organization's aim is to enhance communication between business and state bodies in order to establish market mechanisms in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency.

The main activities of EUEA are:

Energy efficiency in construction;
Energy saving contracting. It’s a system that allows a Third Party to control public and private facilities and Heat Supply Company. That would help to create a more energy-efficient system for consuming and producing energy.
Improvement of the Land Code of Ukraine to promote wind energy projects.

Public hearings in Donetsk on constructing a waste-to-energy plant were conducted

Fri, 13 May 2011 16:31:00 +0200

On May, 13th, 2011 EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB has conducted Public hearings in Donetsk on building a plant that produces energy and heat from municipal solid waste. The plant will not only solve the problem of solid waste, but will also provide electricity and heat.

Its heating pipeline will supply heat to a neighboring Proletarskiy district of Donetsk city, which has about 100’000 inhabitants.

EcoEnergy, being the designer of the plant, has proposed Donetsk ecologists to visit similar plants in Sweden that working on the same technology. The plant project discussed at the hearings in Donetsk is developed based on the experience of these plants that are already working for several decades in Europe and America.

The company has offered to a group of Donetsk ecologists a free visit to waste incineration plants in Sweden, so that they could personally see the proposed technology in operation, and make sure it is safe and secure.

Urban Design designs new WtE plant in Ukraine

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:00:00 +0200

EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB has appointed the Swedish architect firm Urban Design as winner of the architect competition on the architectural design of a new Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant in Donetsk, Ukraine. Urban Designs is awarded a signed contract and a cash prize of €10 000.

EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB is planning to construct the first modern incineration plant in Donetsk, Ukraine. The WtE facility will receive local unsorted household waste, process the material and produce district heating and electricity. The facility will be part of the incentives for renewable energy projects, developed by the Ukrainian government.

- The WtE plant in Donetsk will be EcoEnergy''s first facility in Ukraine, part of a greater rollout. We find it important that the architectural design of the facility in Donetsk illustrates a landmark, state of the art technology and environmental thinking. We are very pleased with Urban Design''s contribution that corresponds well to the high standards of the competition. It was a unanimous jury that appointed the architect firm as winner, says Henrik Norström, Chief Investment & Financing Officer, EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB.
The architect competition took place in the spring of 2010 and the participants were asked to design the shell of the building and the physical working environment of the WtE facility as well as the surrounding landscape and at the same time developing guidelines for the design of possible future facilities in Ukraine.

- This type of project is very important, since they have a significant visual and environmental impact on their surroundings. Our ambition is to deliver a high architectural level, combined with technical competence and resource-economic construction. We wanted to create a design that opposes the heavy, cubic power blocs. We have suggested a lightweight and transparent shell with a volume that varies from different viewing angles. The sloping surfaces on top absorb the light where the building meets the sky. In addition to the positive environmental impact of the facility itself, we have focused on the landscape, the importance of cultivating the land and sparing with the agricultural land, says Erik Jarlöv, Architect and Chairman of the Board, Urban Design.

Submitted entries were evaluated according to architectural design, function and logistics, implementation and the total economy. The winner of the competition, Urban Design, receives a signed contract that will allow them to continue the co-operation after the competition and a cash prize of €10 000.

The team of Urban Design:

Erik Jarlöv (responsible for the entry, Architect SAR/MSA)
Helena Glantz (Architect SAR/MSA)
Anders Ohlin (Architect SAR/MSA)
Helena Ekelund (Architect SAR/MSA)
Sofia Nyman (Architect trainee)

For information please contact:

Henrik Norström - Chief Investment & Financial Officer, EcoEnergy Scandinavia
E-mail: henrik.norstrom@ecoenergy.se
Phone: +46 733 40 30 45

Erik Jarlöv - Architect SAR/MSA and Chairman of the Board, Urban Design
E-post: erik@urbandesign.se
Tel: +46 708 27 77 04

EcoEnergy Scandinavia invites architect firms to design new WTE plant in Ukraine

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:50:33 +0100

The Swedish company EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB invites architect firms to a project competition regarding architectural design of a new Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plant in Donetsk, Ukraine. Besides signing of business contract, the winner will receive a cash prize of 10 000 €.

The Swedish company EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Ukraine and a number of municipalities to construct a number of Waste-to-Energy plants in Ukraine. Under the MoU, EcoEnergy will benefit from a number of incentives for renewable energy projects, developed by the government. The location for the first WTE plant will be in the city of Donetsk.

- We are very happy for the opportunity and are looking forward to provide Donetsk with renewable energy. Up and running, the WTE plant will receive local unsorted household, process the material and produce district heating and electricity. In that way we meet a growing energy demand, make use of household waste, reduce landfills and improve the regional environment, says Göran Svensson, CEO, EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB.

The WTE plant in Donetsk will be EcoEnergy''s first in Ukraine. As such the recognition factor of EcoEnergy plants should be high and the company wants the WTE plant in Donetsk to be a reference plant using the highest standards.

- The architectural design of the WTE plant in Donetsk shall illustrate a landmark building, state of the art technology, environmental thinking and characterize an EcoEnergy plant. Therefore, we have invited a limited number of select architect firms. The participants are asked to design the shell and physical working environment of the WTE plant as well as the surrounding within boundary landscape and at the same time drafting guidelines for designing possible future plants in Ukraine, says Henrik Norström, Chief Investment & Financing Officer, EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB.

Submitted entries will be judged according to architectural design, function and logistics, implementation and total economy. The jury will make its decision in April 2010. Winner of the competition will, besides signing of contract regarding continued business after the competition, also receive a cash prize of 10 000 €.

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For information please contact:

Göran Svensson - CEO
E-mail: goran.svensson@ecoenergy.se
Phone: +46703734800

Henrik Norström - Chief Investment & Financial Officer
E-mail: Henrik.norstrom@ecoenergy.se
Phone: +46 733 40 30 45

Swedish EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB signs Memorandum of Understanding with China to build a waste-to-energy facility

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:29:05 +0100

Today at the Swedish Department of Foreign Affairs, Swedish EcoEnergy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Changzhou Xinbei District Government and Jiangsu Guoyu Electric Co Ltd. regarding building local waste-to-energy facilities in the Changzhou Xinbei district. This is yet another important milestone for EcoEnergy after establishing a development project with the Ukraine Government and the acquisition of KMW Energi.

Lars Guldstrand, Chairman of EcoEnergy :

"For EcoEnergy, this is an important milestone in building a strong player within waste-to-energy. Recently, we have started to build our first waste-to-energy facility in Ukraine and we have acquired Swedish KMW Energi with presence on the important US market. With the Changzhou Xinbei and Jiangsu Guoyu Electric agreement, we are about to enter the fastest growing energy market in the world."

In the memorandum of understanding, Changzhou Xinbei Government express support for EcoEnergy to invest and build a waste-to-energy facility. Also, Guoyu state they are willing to team up with Ecoenergy and setup a joint venture waste-to-energy facility in Changzhou Xinbei District, and to assist EcoEnergy to communicate and facilitate in China. Firstly, EcoEnergy will conduct on-site feasibility study for the project. If the results from Xinbei WTE project feasibility study proved the project to be feasible, all parties will start work on finalizing commercial terms for the project as soon as possible.

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Göran Svensson - CEO
E-mail: goran.svensson@ecoenergy.se
Phone: +46703734800

Lars Guldstrand - Chairman
E-mail: lars.guldstrand@ecoenergy.se
Phone: +46705288181

ABOUT ECOENERGY SCANDINAVIA

EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB is a fast growing and innovative company with its roots in Sweden’s five decade experience of developing waste-to-energy (WTE) plants and biofuel based combined heat and power (CHP) plants. The company provides facilities to a global market. It develops, designs, finances, constructs, owns and operates plants, offers service and support in the production process and acts as a financial partner for plants owned by its customers. The company is based in Stockholm. Read more about EcoEnergy at www.ecoenergy.se.

Swedish EcoEnergy to begin construction of waste-to-energy facility in Donetsk

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:00:57 +0100

Lars G, Alexander Lukyanchenko press conference Donbass Palace HotelThe Swedish company EcoEnergy Scandinavia and the Ukrainian government signed Memorandum of understanding on constructing and operating waste incineration plants in Ukraine. Today, EcoEnergy and the Municipality of Donetsk participated in a ceremony in Donetsk in conjunction with the launch of the construction of the first waste to energy plant in Donetsk. With state of the art technology, all the future facilities will lead to large environmental advantages as well as a new cost efficient energy source for Ukraine.

The participants at the ceremony where Mayor of Donetsk city Alexander Lukyanchenko, EcoEnergy Chairman Lars Guldstrand, and Biogasprom Director Valentyn Makogon in presence of other Members of the Parliament and the Mayors from the other 13 cities that are considered for hosting the initially planned facilities.

"The plant in Donetsk is the first plant of such kind built in the country and it begins the realization of the plan of attracting Ukraine to modern technologies of the use of renewable sources of energy. Also, the construction of the plant is an important step in the rational approach to the waste utilization with an obligatory environmental protection and providing Ukraine energy independence", says Alexander Lukyanchenko, Mayor of Donetsk City.

"For EcoEnergy, this is an important milestone and the first step in realizing the Ukrainian governments environmental concern when securing future energy production. We are now looking forward to pursue the construction of the Donetsk waste to energy plant, and to initiate further constructions throughout Ukraine", comments Mr Lars Guldstrand, EcoEnergy''s chairman of the board.

The construction and operation of the waste to energy plant in Donetsk will handle the solid domestic waste (SDW) accumulated in the city, amounting to 469 000 tons per year. The plant will be an incineration facility producing heat for district heating, warm water and electricity. As an option, there is possibility to build a sorting line where biological waste, metal and glass is sorted out, increasing the energy value of the waste, and a biogas production line, where the biological is transformed into biogas.

For more information, please contact:

Lars Guldstrand, Chairman, EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB +46 70 528 8181
Henrik Norström, Head of Project Development & Finance, EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB +46 73 340 3045