Preparing Renewable Energy for Climate Resilience (ADB-54142-002)

Countries
  • Bhutan
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
U
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
Nov 18, 2020
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
Government of Bhutan
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 Type(s)
Advisory Services
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 0.75 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 @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Dec 11, 2020

Disclosed by Bank Nov 18, 2020

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Project Description
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This project will prepare the Bhutan Renewable Energy for Climate Resilience Project with the following outputs: (i) construction of two solar PV power plants located in central-west Bhutan with a total capacity of 48-megawatt peak (MWp), (ii) construction of one wind power plant located in western Bhutan with a total capacity of 23 MW, and (iii) respective transmission lines for grid connection. This will be the first step to diversify the generation portfolio of Bhutan's hydropower dominated energy sector.

In addition, this project will strengthen the EA's institutional capacity on solar and wind power project design, financial evaluation, implementation, operation, renewables grid integration, and environment safeguard monitoring. The proposed project will support an awareness campaign on the benefits of efficient and safe electricity use conducted with project affected people with a special focus on women participation. It will also promote renewable energy by incorporating and implementing a training program into the schools' science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curriculum with special attention to training female students. The following areas will be explored during the project preparation: (i) women's employment during project construction and operation, (ii) supporting students with a special focus on females from educational institutions in STEM curriculum by organizing extracurricular learning and/or special lecture in whole project cycle of the proposed project to foster understanding of non-hydro renewables, and (iii) gender inclusive local community participation to foster understanding of the project by organizing study tours to the project sites.

 

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ADB
Meindl, Christoph (Project Officer)

Project contacts not available at the time of disclosure.

 

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