Assam Power Sector Investment Program - Tranche 3 (ADB-47101-004)

Countries
  • India
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Dima Hasao District, Karbi Anglong
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Financial Institutions
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
A
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."
Borrower
Assam Power Generation Corporation Ltd
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Climate and Environment
  • Energy
  • Hydropower
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Investment Type(s)
Grant, Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 210.00 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.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 210.00 million
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Bank Documents
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Jun 25, 2020

Disclosed by Bank Oct 16, 2018

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Project Description
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According to the bank document, the proposed project is designed as a run-of-river scheme with diurnal storage on the Kopili river at Longku and will generate 120 MW power comprising the Main Power house(MPH) with 2 units of 55 MW each and an auxiliary Power house (APH) with 10 MW capacity (with 10%continuous overload) to be located at the dam toe. The dam will be designed as a concrete gravity dam, of height 70.13 m and width 345.05m. The scheme has been planned to run at full potential in the monsoon season and operate as a peaking station in the non-monsoon season,for at least 3 hours a day (with reservoir storage occurring for 21 hours/day, with no tailrace discharge). The proposed project will be the final stage of development of the Kopili river valley and along with the existing upstream hydropower plants, it is expected to fully harness the hydropower potential of the Kopili river.

Investment Description
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Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - Assam Power Generation Corporation Ltd Client -

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Responsible ADB Officer George, Len V.
Responsible ADB Department South Asia Department
Responsible ADB Division Energy Division, SARD
Executing Agencies Assam Power Generation Corporation Ltd.
Assam State Electricity Board ,
4th Floor Bijuleen Bhawan Paltan Bazar,
Guwahati-781001

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