India : Solar Rooftop Investment Program - Tranche 1
The tranche 1 is a $100 million financial intermediation loan inclusive of a capacity development technical assistance (estimated utilization of the TA during tranche 1 is $2 million). As requested by the Government of India, Punjab National Bank is the borrower, and the India is providing a sovereign guarantee to the Asian Development Bank for the SRIP. The SRIP intends to primarily finance large solar rooftop systems on industrial and commercial buildings on standalone or aggregated basis. Punjab National Bank's loans to subborrowers will be priced based on Punjab National Bank's cost of funds and subproject-specific risks. The accompanying technical assistance for $5 million is critical to integrate the building blocks of the Government of India's sector development initiative to ensure a viable market demand, by strengthening (i) Punjab National Bank's institutional capacity, and (ii) certain market development elements.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Bhatt, Jigar Arvindbhai
South Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
India -
Sector
- Finance
Project Name | Solar Rooftop Investment Program - Tranche 1 | ||||||||
Project Number | 49419-002 | ||||||||
Country / Economy | India |
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Project Status | Active | ||||||||
Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Loan |
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Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth |
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Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Partnerships Private sector development |
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Sector / Subsector | Finance / Finance sector development |
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Gender | No gender elements | ||||||||
Description | The tranche 1 is a $100 million financial intermediation loan inclusive of a capacity development technical assistance (estimated utilization of the TA during tranche 1 is $2 million). As requested by the Government of India, Punjab National Bank is the borrower, and the India is providing a sovereign guarantee to the Asian Development Bank for the SRIP. The SRIP intends to primarily finance large solar rooftop systems on industrial and commercial buildings on standalone or aggregated basis. Punjab National Bank's loans to subborrowers will be priced based on Punjab National Bank's cost of funds and subproject-specific risks. The accompanying technical assistance for $5 million is critical to integrate the building blocks of the Government of India's sector development initiative to ensure a viable market demand, by strengthening (i) Punjab National Bank's institutional capacity, and (ii) certain market development elements. SRIP's value addition, inclusive of $330 million from ordinary capital resources and $170 million from Clean Technology Fund, is to facilitate India's transition to a low carbon economy and therefore contribute to the climate change goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 441,700 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent annually, or about 11 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent over the typical 25-year lifetime of rooftop solar systems. | ||||||||
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The Government of India (government) plans to expand the country's solar rooftop capacity by 40 gigawatts (GW) by 2022. To fuel India's economic growth, its power system will have to expand rapidly over the next decade. This is also to maintain national energy security and expand energy access to all people in India. To ensure environmental sustainability, the government places a high priority on renewable energy development. India's National Action Plan on Climate Change (prepared in 2008) outlines existing and future policies and programs addressing climate mitigation and adaptation. Under the plan, the government launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) in 2010 to add 20 GW of grid connected solar energy by 2022. On 17 July 2015, the Union Cabinet approved a revised JNNSM proposal to increase the original 20 GW solar energy target to 100 GW by 2022, including 40 GW of rooftop solar energy generation. The proposed Solar Rooftop Investment Program would therefore (i) establish a solar rooftop financing facility at Punjab National Bank to provide dedicated debt financing to help India meet its 40 GW solar rooftop capacity target by 2022; and (ii) provide associated institutional capacity and market development support, leading to a pipeline of bankable subprojects. | ||||||||
Impact | Energy security provided to all in an environmentally sustainable manner, and renewable energy developed |
Project Outcome | |
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Description of Outcome | Solar rooftop capacity in India increased. |
Progress Toward Outcome | 88 subprojects of 28.8 MW capacity have been approved under ADB financing. |
Implementation Progress | |
Description of Project Outputs | Debt funding to the solar rooftop sector increased. PNB institutional capacity improved. Solar rooftop market infrastructure and bankable subproject pipeline developed. |
Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | 88 Subprojects have been approved for financing by PNB. PNB has setup PMU at its Headquarters. The PMU is supported by consultants from ADB. Out of net loan amount of $9.5M, 7.3M has been liquidated, and $1.5M is being submitted for liquidation. Sensitization programs in 16 states have been conducted by PNB for potential customers, as well as field functionaries at more than 10 Zonal HQs. Advertisements in state level /regional newspapers across 16 states were published. Marketing and awareness programs are now being conducted for new Borrower to support in bankable subprojects pipeline development. The financing scheme has already been uploaded on PNB and MNRE websites. Consulting firm has been recruited and mobilized for designing specific web portal and portal has been finalized in consultation with PNB. Through TA 9187, various capacity development programs and training have been conducted for State Nodal Agencies / DISCOMs at 8 States/UTs allocated to ADB. Achieved. |
Geographical Location | Nation-wide |
Safeguard Categories | |
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Environment | FI-C |
Involuntary Resettlement | FI-C |
Indigenous Peoples | FI-C |
Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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Environmental Aspects | Categorized as FI, treated as C. No separate environment and social management system is required. |
Involuntary Resettlement | Categorized as FI, treated as C. No separate environment and social management system is required. |
Indigenous Peoples | Categorized as FI, treated as C. No separate environment and social management system is required. |
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
During Project Design | Extensive due diligence and consultation have been conducted. |
During Project Implementation | Due diligence and consultation is under progress. |
Business Opportunities | |
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Consulting Services | Recruitment of consulting services would be carried out under the capacity development component of Technical Assistance. The consultants would be engaged in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2013, as amended from time to time). |
Procurement | All procurement to be financed under the multitranche financing facility would be carried out in accordance with Asian Development Bank (ADB)'s Procurement Guidelines (2015, as amended from time to time), following stated eligibility criteria. ADB encourages Punjab National Bank to require its subborrowers to adopt internationally competitive bidding procedures to the extent possible when the amount of the investment is unusually large and economy and efficiency can be gained through such procedures. For procurement of goods and services to be financed by subloans from the ADB loan, Punjab National Bank would ensure that prices are reasonable and that relevant factors, e.g., time of delivery, efficiency, reliability, suitability for the subproject, and (for consulting services) quality and competence are taken into account. Solar panels procured under the India domestic content requirement would not be eligible for financing under the Solar Rooftop Investment Program. ADB loan proceeds would be disbursed in accordance with ADB's Loan Disbursement Handbook (2015, as amended from time to time). ADB may provide Punjab National Bank with United States dollars as the currency of payment. |
Responsible ADB Officer | Bhatt, Jigar Arvindbhai |
Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
Responsible ADB Division | India Resident Mission |
Executing Agencies |
Punjab National Bank 7, Bhikhaiji Cama Place |
Timetable | |
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Concept Clearance | - |
Fact Finding | - |
MRM | 20 Jul 2016 |
Approval | 07 Oct 2016 |
Last Review Mission | - |
Last PDS Update | 14 Dec 2021 |
Loan 8309-IND
Milestones | |||||
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
07 Oct 2016 | 30 May 2017 | 24 Aug 2017 | 30 Jun 2023 | - | - |
Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
Project Cost | 200.00 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
ADB | 0.00 | 24 Jun 2022 | 0.00 | 9.50 | 100% |
Counterpart | 100.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
Cofinancing | 100.00 | 24 Jun 2022 | 0.00 | 9.50 | 100% |
Status of Covenants | ||||||
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Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
Rating | - | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
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$100 Million ADB Loan to Punjab National Bank to Finance Solar Rooftop Projects
ADB and the Punjab National Bank today signed a $100 million loan — to be guaranteed by the Government of India — that will finance large solar rooftop systems on industrial and commercial buildings throughout India.
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