BUGOYE HYDRO LIMITED (FMO-51836)

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
Jul 13, 2017
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
Bugoye Hydro Limited (BHL)
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)
$ 14.65 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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The Borrower is Bugoye Hydro Limited (BHL), a special purpose vehicle established to develop, construct and operate a 13MW run-of-river hydro power plant in the Kasese district in Western Uganda. The plant became operational in October 2009. BHL is indirectly wholly owned by Africa Energy Renewable Fund LP (AREF), a USD 200 mln fund which is managed by Berkley Energy Africa Limited.
FMO and Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) managed by Investec will each provide USD 14.6 million to (i) refinance the existing senior debt, (ii) fund Capex for repair works, and (iii) free up capital that AREF will invest in other greenfield energy projects in Uganda. EAIF was the single existing lender before FMO joined.
FMO is financing Bugoye, a small run of the river hydro power plant in Uganda, to support AREF in developing and constructing other greenfield renewable energy projects in Uganda. Part of the loan has been earmarked for repair works that should improve the long-term robustness of the plant. Furthermore, this financing, which is one of the first refinancings of a small hydro power plant on the continent, is an important milestone for Uganda's renewable energy sector. BHL has generated 78 GWh of clean energy per year on average and has supported the strengthening of Uganda's grid in the west of the country. FMO is additional in this transaction by providing long-term debt, which is not available on the commercial market in East Africa. The project coincides with FMO's strategy to contribute to clean energy projects in emerging markets.

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