LUBILIA KAWEMBE HYDRO LIMITED (FMO-45941)

Countries
  • Uganda
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Active
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Apr 15, 2016
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Lubilia Kawembe Hydro Limited
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 10.20 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ FMO website

Updated in EWS Feb 26, 2019

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Project Description
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WHO IS OUR CLIENT

The client is Lubilia Kawembe Hydro Limited, a SPV set up to develop, construct and operate a 5.4MW run-of-river hydro plant in the Kasese district in Western Uganda. Lubilia is majority owned by DI Frontier Market Energy and Carbon Fund K/S Fund, a Danish private equity fund that is developing a portfolio of renewable energy IPPs in eastern Africa. DI Frontier is currently developing four run of river hydros, one of which is Lubilia, in Uganda under the KfW led GETFiT program.

FUNDING OBJECTIVE

FMO provides a USD 10.2 million senior loan, of which 50 percent has been catalyzed from Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund ("EAIF"). The loan facility will be used for the construction of the Lubilia hydro plant.

WHY WE FUND THIS PROJECT

FMO finances this small, run of the river hydro power plant in Uganda to support the development and construction of additional renewable electricity generation in Uganda. The project is expected to generate 21 GWh clean energy per year, and will support strengthening of Ugandaa€™s grid in the west of the country. The electricity produced will serve the equivalent of 256,000 people and has an annual avoided GHG rate of 11,000 tCO2eq. The project coincides with FMOa€™s strategy to contribute to clean energy projects in emerging markets. In line with this strategy, FMO also catalyzes funds from EAIF.

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FMO
South Africa
+27 11 507 2500

joburg-office@fmo.nl

 

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF FMO

Communities who believe they will be negatively affected by a project funded by the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) may be able to file a complaint with the Independent Complaints Mechanism, which is the joint independent accountability mechanism of the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) and the German Investment Corporation (KfW) . A complaint can be filed in writing, by email, post, or online. The complaint can be filed in English or any other language of the complainant. The Independent Complaints Mechanism is comprised of a three-member Independent Expert Panel and it can provide either problem-solving, compliance review or both, in either order. Additional information about this accountability mechanism, including a guide and template for filing a complaint, can be found at: https://www.fmo.nl/independent-complaints-mechanism.

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