EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Ever Great Energy Company Limited is a Zambian owned private Company incorporated in January 2024. This is the first Thermal Plant project the company will be embarking on. However, the directors of the company have vast experience in business and the mining sector.
The company is proposing to set up a Thermal Power Plant that will occupy 400 hectares of land in Senior Chief Mweemba’s Chiefdom of Sinazongwe District.
In line with the provisions of the Environmental Management (Amendment) Act No. 8 of 2023 and the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations SI No. 28 of 1997, an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the proposed thermal power plant project by Ever Great Energy Company Limited has been prepared and the company has engaged Tsalach Global Limited to undertake the ESIA study on their behalf. The ESIA of the project will involve incorporating views, concerns and contributions from interested and affected parties (stakeholders). Site location suitability studies for the project within the project area and ecological surveys of the project area will be conducted to determine the feasible design of the proposed project.