Bhutan : Preparing the Bhutan Power Development Project
The TA is designed to (i) expand the nationwide power supply and extend electricity to remote rural households, and (ii) enhance regionwide energy efficiency and cross-border economic cooperation.
These impacts of the TA will be achieved by preparing and strengthening comprehensive project design, feasibility assessment, financing plans, and implementation plans for three components: (i) rural electrification (8,934 households), (ii) interregional transmission links (45 km between Dhajay and Gelephu), and (iii) Dagachhu hydropower development for power export (114 MW run-of-the-river type and 19 km transmission to evacuate power supply).
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Project Officer
Ogino, Kaoru
South Asia Department
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Project Name | Preparing the Bhutan Power Development Project | ||||
Project Number | 37399-012 | ||||
Country / Economy | Bhutan |
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Project Status | Closed | ||||
Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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Strategic Agendas | Regional integration |
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Drivers of Change | Private sector development |
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Sector / Subsector | Energy / Energy sector development and institutional reform |
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Gender | No gender elements | ||||
Description | The TA is designed to (i) expand the nationwide power supply and extend electricity to remote rural households, and (ii) enhance regionwide energy efficiency and cross-border economic cooperation. These impacts of the TA will be achieved by preparing and strengthening comprehensive project design, feasibility assessment, financing plans, and implementation plans for three components: (i) rural electrification (8,934 households), (ii) interregional transmission links (45 km between Dhajay and Gelephu), and (iii) Dagachhu hydropower development for power export (114 MW run-of-the-river type and 19 km transmission to evacuate power supply). To support the Government for promoting hydropower development and its private participation, the TA will also develop proper policy and institutional framework. To meet financing needs for the loan project, financial package will need to be devised through the public-private partnerships where the optimal financing/guaranteeing scheme will be sought from public and private investors and lenders, including bilateral and multilateral banks, or export credit agencies. |
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Environment | A |
Involuntary Resettlement | B |
Indigenous Peoples | B |
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Consulting Services | A total of 40 person-months of international and 32 person-months of national consulting services will be required for the TA to be implemented over 14 months. The consultant team will consist of eight (8) major expertise: (i) policy aspects, (ii) institutional aspects, (iii) engineering, (iv) economic analysis and evaluation, (v) financial analysis and arrangement, (vi) regulatory and legal aspects, (vii) environmental assessment and management, and (viii) social safeguard development. A consulting firm or consortium of firms will be engaged by ADB in accordance with the Guidelines on the Use of Consultants by Asian Development Bank and Its Borrowers, and the TA-financed equipment willl be procured under the ADB's Procurement Guidelines. |
Responsible ADB Officer | Ogino, Kaoru |
Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
Responsible ADB Division | Energy Division, SARD |
Executing Agencies |
Department of Energy |
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Concept Clearance | 21 Jul 2006 |
Fact Finding | 04 Oct 2006 to 19 Oct 2006 |
MRM | - |
Approval | 29 Jan 2007 |
Last Review Mission | - |
PDS Creation Date | 18 Apr 2007 |
Last PDS Update | 07 Oct 2010 |
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
29 Jan 2007 | 27 Feb 2007 | 27 Feb 2007 | 30 Apr 2008 | 31 Dec 2009 | 23 Sep 2010 |
Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
1,600,000.00 | 0.00 | 310,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,910,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 1,569,552.01 |
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Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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Preparing the Bhutan Power Development Project (Financed by the Japan Special Fund) | Technical Assistance Reports | Dec 2006 |
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