Egypt Round II Solar PV Feed-in Tariffs Program: TAQA Arabia for Solar Energy (Subproject of AIIB-000035) (AIIB-000051)

Countries
  • Egypt
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
B
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Voting Date
Sep 4, 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
TAQA Arabia for Solar Energy S.A.E.
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 19.00 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)
$ 19.00 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.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 75.00 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.
Bank Documents
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AIIB website

Updated in EWS May 23, 2023

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Project Description
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Egypt Round II Solar PV Feed-in Tariffs Program (the Project) consists of 11 photovoltaic solar power plants (the Sub-projects), 9 x 50MWac and 2 x 20MWac, all to be located in the Benban Solar Park near Aswan, with an aggregate power generation capacity of 490MWac. The solar power plants will be developed by different Sponsors and all output generated will be sold to the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) under a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement.

The Project entails the development, financing, construction, testing, commissioning, operation and maintenance of a 50MWac solar PV power plant located in Benban Solar Park. All output generated by the Project will be sold to the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) under a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement.

The project applies the IFC’s Policy on Environmental and Social Sustainability, including the relevant Performance Standards.

Investment Description
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The Project cost is up to $70-75 USD million. The Bank is considering a senior loan of up to $17.5-19 USD million. The Project will be co-financed by IFC and other lenders for up to $41 USD million, and the balance will be covered by equity.

Private Actors Description
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The Project is being developed by TAQA Arabia for Solar Energy S.A.E. (the Borrower), a special purpose vehicle owned 100% by TAQA Arabia S.A.E. (100%), the Sponsor.

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - TAQA Arabia Client -

Contact Information
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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB):
Ms. Carmen de Castro
Project Team Leader / Investment Operations Specialist
E-Mail: carmen.decastro@aiib.org

Sponsors
Company: TAQA Arabia
Point of Contact: Eng. Adham Abubakr
Title: Business Development Manager
Address: 57 Cornish El Nile- Maadi- Cairo- Egypt.
Tel: +(202) – 25260900 – Ext. 322
Fax: +(202) – 25260911
Mob.: +(2) – 01227799262
Email: adham.abubakr@taqa.com.eg
Web: www.taqa.com.eg

General IFC Inquiries
IFC Communications
2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20433
Telephone: 202-473-3800
Fax: 202-974-4384

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF AIIB

The AIIB has established the Accountability Mechanism for Project-Affected People (PPM).  The PPM provides “an opportunity for an independent and impartial review of submissions from Project-affected people who believe they have been or are likely to be adversely affected by AIIB’s failure to implement the ESP in situations when their concerns cannot be addressed satisfactorily through Project level GRMs or AIIB Management processes.” Two or more project-affected people can file a complaint.  Under the current AIIB policy, when the bank co-finances a project with another development bank, it may apply the other bank's standards. You can refer to the Project Summary Information document to find out which standards apply.  You can learn more about the PPM and how to file a complaint at: https://www.aiib.org/en/about-aiib/who-we-are/project-affected-peoples-mechanism/how-we-assist-you/index.html.

The complaint submission form can be accessed in Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Bengali, Chinese, English, Tagalog, Hindi, Nepali, Russian, Turkish, or Urdu. The submission form can be found at: https://www.aiib.org/en/about-aiib/who-we-are/project-affected-peoples-mechanism/submission/index.html.




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