Company name
USINA TERMELETRICA LENCOIS PAULISTA SPES.A.
Project number
14071-01
Category B projects have potential environmental and/or social impacts and risks that are less adverse than those of a Category A and which are generally limited to the project site, largely reversible and can be mitigated via measures that are readily available and feasible to implement in the context of the operation.
E&S category 
B
Country
Brazil
Sector
Energy
Status
Proposed
Disclosed date
02/06/2023
Projected date at which a project will be put forward for the Board of Executive Directors’ approval.
Projected board date
02/13/2024
Approval date
N/A
Signed date
N/A
Sponsoring entity
N/A
Team leader
Bianco del Barrio, Silvana
Investment type
Syndicated amount
USD $ 49,000,000
Financing amount
USD $ 36,288,100
Currency
BRL
Project scope and objective
The proposed operation consists of the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the Usina Termelétrica Lençóis Paulista (“UTE Cidade do Livro”), an 80 megawatts (“MW”) Thermal Power Plant (“TPP”) fueled by biomass, using preferably wood chip or sugarcane bagasse, and a substation, as well as a 25-kilometer (“km”) long 138 kilovolts (“kV”) Transmission Line (“TL”) to connect the TPP to the Brazilian interconnected grid at the existing Barra Bonita Substation (“The Project”). The Project will be developed in the municipality of Lençóis Paulistas, São Paulo State, Brazil. The Project’s estimated CAPEX amounts up to BRL 590 million.
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Client files
This section provides the key environmental and social assessment documents produced by the client for this project.
ESTUDO-SOCIOAMBIENTAL-LINHA-DE-TRANSMISSAO
761.6 Kb
ESTUDO-SOCIOAMBIENTAL-RAP-UTE-CIDADE-DO-LIVRO FINAL ANEXOS
25.6 Mb
ESTUDO-SOCIOAMBIENTAL-RAP-UTE-CIDADE-DO-LIVRO FINAL CAPITULOS
16.2 Mb
PLANOS-PROGRAMAS-SOCIOAMBIENTAIS-LINHA-DE-TRANSMISSAO
2.8 Mb
PLANOS-PROGRAMAS-SOCIOAMBIENTAIS-UTE CIDADE DO LIVRO
3.6 Mb
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Contact information
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Client Contact
CONTACT NAME
Murillo Galli
POSITION
Regional Business Development
PHONE NUMBER
+14 3264-1511
contato@utelencois.com.br
IDB Invest Contact
requestinformation@idbinvest.org
PHONE
+1(202)-566-4566
ADDRESS
1350 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005
COUNTRY OFFICES
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Environmental and social review
IDB Invest conducts an environmental and social due diligence (ESDD) commensurate with the nature, scale, and stage of the project, and with its level of environmental and social risks and impacts. The ESDD will confirm the project E&S categorization and assess the project with respect to the client requirements in IDB Invest Environmental and Social Sustainability Policy. The results of the ESDD, including any identified gaps are described in the Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) provided below. For projects approved as of 2016, any gaps with respect to IDB Invest's Environmental and Social Sustainability Policy at the time of the ESDD are addressed in the Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP) presented below, to comply with the date mentioned above.
UTE CDL - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL REVIEW SUMMARY (ESRS)
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UTE CDL - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ACTION PLAN (ESAP)
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