Bangladesh: Bangladesh Bhola IPP (AIIB-000057)

Countries
  • Bangladesh
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
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
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
Oct 8, 2019
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
Jagannath Sinhamahapatra, Director, Nutan Bidyut (Bangladesh) Limited, The People's Republic of Bang
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)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 60.00 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)
$ 60.00 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.
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AIIB website

Updated in EWS May 10, 2023

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Project Description
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According to bank website, the project will be developed by Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Capital Company Private Limited through Nutan Bidyut (Bangladesh) Limited (NBBL), a special purpose vehicle incorporated in Bangladesh for the sole purpose of developing and operating the project.

The 220 MW power plant will include two gas turbine generators, two heat recovery steam generators and one steam turbine generator along with the balance of the plant, including facilities for fuel gas transportation, compression and conditioning system, high-speed diesel storage, cooling water system and water treatment facility. Power will be evacuated through the proposed gas insulated switchyard of the proposed plant to the existing 230 kV air insulated switchyard to Barisal substation through the existing 230 kV transmission line. A gas pipeline of around 5 kilometers from the Shahbazpur gas field to the project site alongside the existing pipeline will be constructed.

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Alok Dayal

Senior Portfolio Monitoring Specialist

alok.dayal@aiib.org

 

Jagannath Sinhamahapatra

Director
Nutan Bidyut (Bangladesh) Limited
The People’s Republic of Bangladesh

j.sinhamahapatra@nutanbidyut.com

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF AIIB

In addition, the AIIB has a Bank Oversight Mechanism. According to AIIB's policies, "people who believe they have been or are likely to be adversely affected by a failure of the Bank to implement the ESP may also submit complaints to the Bank's oversight mechanism in accordance with the policies and procedures to be established by the Bank for such mechanism." However, at the time of writing, it is unclear what the exact scope and function of this Oversight Mechanism will be.

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