An environmental impact assessment is expected to be ready in draft form early 2015, and a board vote on World Bank funding could come by that autumn.<ref name=lf>Lisa Friedman, "U.S. team at World Bank pushes for Kosovo coal plant," E&E, January 30, 2015</ref>
In 2014 ContourGlobal, a New York-based international power generation company, submitted a bid for the Kosovo C project. A 2014 WB memo obtained by ClimateWire stated that U.S. agencies such as the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corp. "may be an option with a U.S. bidder, but would need some political softening in Washington," to provide additional funds for the project.<ref name=lf/>
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