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The [[World Bank]] is considering supporting the ''Lignite Power Technical Assistance Project'' with a World Bank grant of US$10.5 million and a European Commission grant of Euros 2 million, as well as providing "advisory services" for the inclusion of private capital in the new lignite mine and power plant.<Ref name=wb>[http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/ECAEXT/KOSOVOEXTN/0,,contentMDK:22473180~menuPK:297775~pagePK:2865066~piPK:2865079~theSitePK:297770,00.html Cleaning Up Kosovo’s Dangerous ‘Black Spot’,] World Bank, accessed May 13, 2011</ref>
In a July 2011 statement to ''ClimateWire'', a World Bank spokesman said the institution had not taken a decision on financing Kosovo B, and that an independent panel of experts was being tasked to determine if the project meets the bank's coal guidelines. The World Bank asked for and received [http://www.eenews.net/assets/2011/07/11/document_cw_02.pdf written support] from the Obama Administration for the World Bank to approve the loan for the new coal plant and privatize the country's electricity distribution system.<ref name=lfnyt>[http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/07/11/11climatewire-us-on-both-sides-of-new-battle-over-assistan-96428.html?pagewanted=1 "U.S. on Both Sides of New Battle Over Assistance to 'Ugly' Coal-Fired Power Plant"] NY Times, July 11, 2011.</ref>
In January 2012 a World Bank analysis concluded that building a lignite coal plant in Kosovo could cost nearly twice as much money as previously estimated.
