The proposed $505 million sovereign-guaranteed Solar Rooftop Investment Program (SRIP) is a multitranche financing facility, consisting of $500 million financial intermediation loans and a $5 million capacity development technical assistance. As requested by the Government of India, Punjab National Bank is the borrower, and the India provided 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 is priced based on Punjab National Bank's cost of funds and subproject-specific risks. The proposed 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 Name | Solar Rooftop Investment Program | ||||||||||||||
| Project Number | 49419-001 | ||||||||||||||
| Country | India |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||||||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Loan Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Partnerships Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Finance / Infrastructure finance and investment funds |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Some gender elements | ||||||||||||||
| Description | The proposed $505 million sovereign-guaranteed Solar Rooftop Investment Program (SRIP) is a multitranche financing facility, consisting of $500 million financial intermediation loans and a $5 million capacity development technical assistance. As requested by the Government of India, Punjab National Bank is the borrower, and the India provided 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 is priced based on Punjab National Bank's cost of funds and subproject-specific risks. The proposed 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 | Solar rooftop capacity addition is under progress in line with target set for the project. |
| 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) | PNB has launched a solar rooftop focused line with support from ADB and actively sourcing deals and building out its portfolio in the segment with a highly attractive product. Project of 1MW capacity is sanctioned under the scheme. Capacity building of PNB and consultant recruitment for PNB and MNRE is under progress. |
| Geographical Location | Nation-wide |
| 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 | 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. |
| 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 | 18 Apr 2016 |
| Fact Finding | 24 May 2016 to 26 May 2016 |
| MRM | 20 Jul 2016 |
| Approval | 30 Sep 2016 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 26 Sep 2017 |
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| Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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| Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
| Project Cost | 500.00 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
| ADB | 330.00 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | % |
| Counterpart | 0.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
| Cofinancing | 170.00 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | % |
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| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 0.00 | 5,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5,000,000.00 | - | 0.00 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Solar Rooftop Investment Program: Facility Administration Manual | Facility Administration Manual | Sep 2016 |
| Solar Rooftop Investment Program: Report and Recommendation of the President | Reports and Recommendations of the President | Sep 2016 |
| Solar Rooftop Investment Program: Framework Financing Agreement | Framework Financing Agreement | Aug 2016 |
| Solar Rooftop Investment Program: Project Data Sheet (हिन्दी) | Translated PDS | May 2016 |
| Solar Rooftop Investment Program: Initial Poverty and Social Analysis | Initial Poverty and Social Analysis | Apr 2016 |
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Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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| Project Management Consultant | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 14 Mar 2019 | 20 Mar 2019 |
| Environment Safeguard Consultant | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 16 Jan 2019 | 22 Jan 2019 |
| Strategy and Risk Consultant | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 04 Oct 2018 | 10 Oct 2018 |
| Legal Consultant | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 07 Sep 2018 | 14 Sep 2018 |
| Firm for Development of Solar Rooftop Portal | Firm - Consulting | Closed | 07 Aug 2018 | 24 Aug 2018 |
| Consultant firm for Capacity Development | Firm - Consulting | Closed | 07 Aug 2018 | 24 Aug 2018 |
| Project Technical Consultant | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 22 Nov 2017 | 28 Nov 2017 |
| Solar Rooftop Technical Lead | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 22 Nov 2017 | 28 Nov 2017 |
| Solar Rooftop Projects Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 22 Nov 2017 | 28 Nov 2017 |
| Project Management Consultant | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 07 Sep 2017 | 13 Sep 2017 |
| Solar Rooftop Technical Analyst | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 07 Sep 2017 | 13 Sep 2017 |
Contracts Awarded
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Procurement Plan
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