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The Port of Bridgetown Barbados (“BPI”, the “Port” or the “Company”) is a combined facility which
operates two functions through one port of entry: cruise tourism and cargo operations. BPI, a state-owned
entity, is planning to build a waste-to-energy (“WTE”) system consisting of an incinerator and an organic
or Steam Rankine Cycle turbine to manage waste produced from cruise ships and port operations and to
produce energy through the conversion of thermal to electrical energy. The Company is also planning to
install an additional 500 kW of rooftop solar photovoltaic (“PV”) system to double the generation capacity
of its existing 500 kW system. These proposed activities are all known as the “Project”.
The scope of IDB Invest’s environmental and social (“E&S”) review included online meetings and phone
calls with: i) BPI’s team (BPI’s management and technical specialists); ii) a service provider(garbage disposal
company); and iii) Hatch Ltd. (“Hatch”), a third-party technical engineering firm hired by IDB Invest to
support BPI in identifying feasible WTE technologies.
1 The review focused on: i) BPI’s corporate,
environmental, social, and occupational health and safety management procedures and policies; and ii) a
feasibility study for WTE and solar PV facilities developed by Hatch.
The environmental and social due diligence ("ESDD") process took place in July 2020 and was conducted in
a virtual form due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s traveling restrictions. |
